From Pulitzer Prize winner Humes (Monkey Girl) comes Eco Barons, the story of a new and largely unheralded generation of Rockefellers and Carnegies who are having spectacular success saving forests and wildlands, pulling endangered species back from the brink, and pioneering the clean and green technologies needed if life and civilization are to endure.
"An eco baron is the opposite of a robber baron, using talent, gumption, and wealth not for personal gain but for environmental good. Award-winning journalist Humes brings a fluency in complex issues and a love of David-Goliath stories to this illuminating group portrait of embattled visionaries who 'are showing the world that nature can be nurtured'.... A dramatic, insightful history of environmental conflicts and breakthroughs threaded through timely and inspiriting profiles in courage and creativity." —Booklist (starred review)
"Humes' in-depth reporting makes the book stand as a solid portrait of the new face of American environmentalism." —Outside magazine
