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โWell written and compelling, Eco Barons gives the reader a first glimpse of the activists, philanthropists and gadflies who may well turn out to be the J.D. Rockefellers and Rachel Carsons of our time.โโ Cleveland Plain Dealer Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Humes offers readers an eye-opening look at the remarkable philanthropists and visionaries who are devoting their lives to saving the earth from overdevelopment and destruction. In Eco Barons, Humes, the bestselling author of Mississippi Mud and Monkey Girl, gives us fascinating portraits of extraordinary men and women who are dedicated to humankindโs survivalโas important a contribution to the environmental cause as Al Goreโs An Inconvenient Truth. As the New York Times points out, โHumesโs urgent message is We must all strive to become โeco baronsโ in our own right if we are to save Planet Earth.โ ISBN:9780061350290
