Geeking...week 4

I love this week's Weekly Geeks theme:

Choose a political or social issue that matters to you. Find several books addressing that issue; they don’t have to books you’ve read, just books you might like to read. Using images (of the book covers or whatever you feel illustrates your topic) present these books in your blog.

But I'm totally wimping out. Just like I've been wimping out with the meme Eva tagged me with a few weeks ago, in which I was to talk about the five issues that I care most about. I'm not wimping out because I don't care, but because I want so badly to be able to communicate eloquently about the things that I care so much about, the things that tend to cause my occasional insomnia. I worry that if I try to talk about such important issues, and do so poorly, it will do more harm than good. Really, Eva, I've spent hours trying to compose a post to answer the meme, to talk about the issues that matter to me. I actually only chose three because the first one was so many things rolled into one: 1. the state of the planet, from global warming to the loss of biodiversity to chemicals that cause endocrine disruption, etc., 2. poverty, and 3. giftedness (though I hate that term), from educational to emotional issues. But what I just wrote may be the closest thing to a post answering the meme that I'll ever get published.

Anyway, here's my cop-out post answer to this week's theme...

Books on my wish list on the subject of biodiversity loss:


The Diversity of Life by E.O. Wilson. This one's actually in my TBR pile, not my wish list. Anyway, it is supposed to one of the best books ever written on the subject of biodiversity and biodiversity loss.











The Root Causes Of Biodiversity Loss edited by Ian Johnson, Alexander Wood, Pamela Stedman-Edwards, and Johanna Mang. This book goes beyond the scientific reasons for biodiversity loss, such as pollution and habitat loss, and delves into the socio-economic reasons why people have chosen or are driven to degrade their environment.
















The Economic Value of Biodiversity by David Pearce and Dominic Moran. O.K., I admit it, I really don't have any burning desire to read this one, but I did think it was another interesting facet of the story.




The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth by E.O. Wilson. This book provides an interesting look at how disparate groups of people can come together and work for change.




















Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity by Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein. And finally, why it should matter even to those who couldn't care less about other species.













I'm really looking forward to reading everyone's posts for this week. I'm sure they'll be more enlightening than mine, and I'm sure my wish list will do a fair bit of growing!