{"product_id":"my-green-manifesto-down-the-charles-river-in-pursuit-of-a-new-environmentalism-paperback","title":"My Green Manifesto: Down the Charles River in Pursuit of a New Environmentalism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Gessner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMy Green Manifesto\u003c\/em\u003e, David Gessner embarks on a rough-and-tumble journey down Boston's Charles River, searching for the soul of a new environmentalism.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a tragically leaky canoe, a broken cell phone, a cooler of beer, and environmental planner Dan Driscoll in tow, Gessner grapples with the stereotype of the environmentalist as an overzealous, puritanical mess. But as Dan recounts his own story of transforming the famously polluted Charles into an urban haven for wildlife and wild people, the vision of a new sort of eco-champion begins to emerge: someone who falls in love with a forgotten space, and then fights like hell for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidering everything from Edward Abbey's legacy to Jimmy Carter's sweater, weaving his intellectual quest with real adventure, Gessner points toward a scrappy environmentalism that, despite all odds, just might change the world. \"Heartfelt and informed\" (\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eMy Green Manifesto \u003c\/em\u003eis a spirited call to arms by a major figure on the vanguard of a new environmentalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Gessner is the author of eight books and countless essays about the wild world, including \u003ci\u003eReturn of the Osprey\u003c\/i\u003e, which was hailed as a classic of American Nature Writing by the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e and was selected as one of their top ten nonfiction books of the year. Gessner is the recent winner of a Pushcart Prize and the John Burroughs Award for Best Natural History Essay. His essays have been included in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e series and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has also appeared in many magazines and journals including \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e. Founder of the journal \u003ci\u003eEcotone\u003c\/i\u003e, he teaches at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771452391712,"sku":"9781571313249","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fd82148dbb8581357b8650d088dd5218.webp?v=1780386837","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-green-manifesto-down-the-charles-river-in-pursuit-of-a-new-environmentalism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}