This compelling narrative nonfiction follows Charles Reith's extraordinary career in environmental science, cleanup, restoration, and business leadership. From radioactive waste disposal and toxic Superfund sites to solar and wind energy and reforesting damaged landscapes, Reith has spend a lifetime on the front lines of environmental change.
Moving from muddy field sites to the executive suite, he takes readers from polluted wetlands in Mexico to post-Katrina New Orleans to sub=Saharan Africa in a vivid, candid, and often funny account of the people, politics, and challenges behind environmental work.
Part career story, part environmental history, and part practical guid for future environmental leaders, this book offers insight, humor, and a rare inside look at a life devoted to restoring damaged landscapes and improving human livability.
A book for anyone who loves a good story ..........and loves the planet.
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