Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash
Garbology : our dirty love affair with trash by Call Number: UCF Main Library General Collection - 4th Floor -- TD788.H86 2012ch3ck availability
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist takes readers on a surprising tour of the world of garbage. Take a journey inside the secret world of our biggest export, our most prodigious product, and our greatest legacy: our trash. It's the biggest thing we make: The average American is on track to produce a whopping 102 tons of garbage across a lifetime, $50 billion in squandered riches rolled to the curb each year, more than that produced by any other people in the world. But that trash doesn't just magically disappear; our bins are merely the starting point for a strange, impressive, mysterious, and costly journey that may also represent the greatest untapped opportunity of the century. In Garbology, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Humes investigates the trail of that 102 tons of trash--what's in it; how much we pay for it; how we manage to create so much of it; and how some families, communities, and even nations are finding a way back from waste to discover a new kind of prosperity. Along the way , he introduces a collection of garbage denizens unlike anyone you've ever met: the trash-tracking detectives of MIT, the bulldozer-driving sanitation workers building Los Angeles' immense Garbage Mountain landfill, the artists in residence at San Francisco's dump, and the family whose annual trash output fills not a dumpster or a trash can, but a single mason jar. Garbology digs through our epic piles of trash to reveal not just what we throw away, but who we are and where our society is headed. Are we destined to remain the country whose number-one export is scrap--America as China's trash compactor--or will the country that invented the disposable economy pioneer a new and less wasteful path? The real secret at the heart of Garbology may well be the potential for a happy ending buried in our landfill. Waste, Humes writes, is the one environmental and economic harm that ordinary working Americans have the power to change--and prosper in the process.
- Review in BooklistSeaman, D. (2012). Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash. Booklist, 108(14), 8.
- Review in KirkusGARBOLOGY Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash. (2012). Kirkus Reviews, 80(5), 478.
- Review in Orion MagazineSmith, P. (2012). Garbology. Orion Magazine, 77
A man and his mountain : the everyman who created Kendall-Jackson and became America's greatest wine entrepreneur by Call Number: UCF Rosen General Collection -- TP547.J22H86 2013ch3ck availability
The story of self-made billionaire Jess Jackson, who put Chardonnay on America's tables as he built the Kendall-Jackson wine empire from a few mountainous acres of grapes, and raced the Horse of the Year three years in a row, is a remarkable tale of romance, risk, and reinvention-perhaps the greatest second act in the history of American business. Jess Stonestreet Jackson was one of a small band of pioneering entrepreneurs who put California's Wine Country on the map. His life story is a compelling slice of history, daring, innovation, feuds, intrigue, talent, mystique, and luck. Admirers and detractors alike have called him the Steve Jobs of wine-a brilliant, infuriating, contrarian gambler who seemed to win more than his share by anticipating consumers' desires with uncanny skill. Time after time his decisions wouldbe ignored and derided, then envied and imitated as competitors struggled to catch up.He founded Kendall-Jackson with a single, tiny vineyard and a belief that there could be more to California Wine Country than jugs of bottom-shelf screw-top. Today, Kendall-Jackson and its 14,000 acres of coastal and mountain vineyards produce a host of award-winning wines, including the most popular Chardonnay in the world, which was born out of a catastrophe that nearly broke Jackson. The empire Jackson built endures and thrives as a family-run leader of the American wine industry.Jess Jackson entered the horseracing game just as dramatically. He brought con men to justice, exposed industry-wide corruption in court and Congress, then exacted the best revenge of all: race after race, he defied conventional wisdom with one high-stakes winner after another, capped by the epic season of Rachel Alexandra, the first filly to win the Preakness in nearly a century, cementing Jackson's reputation as America's king of wine and horses.
Eco barons : the dreamers, schemers, and millionaires who are saving our planet by Call Number: UCF Main Library General Collection - 3rd Floor -- GE195.H857 2009ch3ck availability
From Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Humes comes Eco Barons, the story of the remarkable visionaries who have quietly dedicated their lives and their fortunes to saving the planet from ecological destruction.While many people remain paralyzed by the scope of Earth's environmental woes, eco barons-a new and largely unheralded generation of Rockefellers and Carnegies-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.A groundbreaking account that is both revealing and inspiring, Eco Barons tells of the former fashion magnate and founder of Esprit who has saved more rainforests than any other person and of the college professor who patented the "car that can save the world," the plug-in hybrid. There are the impoverished owl wranglers who founded the nation's most effective environmental group and forced a reluctant President George W. Bush to admit that humans cause global warming. And there is the former pool cleaner to Hollywood stars who became the guiding force behind a worldwide effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.At a time when there is no shortage of dire news about the environment, Eco Barons offers a story of hope, redemption, and promise-proof that one person with determination and vision can make a difference.
Monkey girl : evolution, education, religion, and the battle for America's soul by Call Number: UCF Main Library General Collection - 4th Floor -- QH362.H86 2007ch3ck availability
What should we teach our children about where we come from? Is evolution good science? Is it a lie? Is it incompatible with faith? Did Charles Darwin really say man came from monkeys? Have scientists really detected "intelligent design"--evidence of a creator--in nature? What happens when a town school board decides to confront such questions head-on, thrusting its students, then an entire community, onto the front lines of America's culture wars? From bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize- winning journalist Edward Humes comes a dramatic story of faith, science, and courage unlike any since the famous Scopes Monkey Trial. Monkey Girl takes you behind the scenes of the recent war on evolution in Dover, Pennsylvania, the epic court case on teaching "intelligent design" it spawned, and the national struggle over what Americans believe about human origins. Told from the perspectives of all sides of the battle, Monkey Girl is about what happens when science and religion collide.
Over here : how the G.I. Bill transformed the American dream by Call Number: UCF Main Library General Collection - 5th Floor -- UB357.H76 2006ch3ck availability
In 1944, the U.S. government feared the flood of returning World War II soldiers as much as it looked forward to peace. To avoid economic catastrophe, FDR, the American Legion, William Randolph Hearst, and others began crafting the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944. It would be the single most transformative bill of the twentieth century. nbsp; Spun as the G.I. Bill of Rights, this program for vets included home loans, health care, educational funds, and career counseling. The effects were immediate and enduring#151;the suburbs, the middle class, America’s ever-increasing number of college graduates, the lunar landing#151;all are tied to the G.I. Bill. The Greatest Generation would not exist without it: Norman Mailer, Bob Dole, John F. Kennedy, Paul Newman, Jimmy Carter, Clint Eastwood, and many others benefited from its provisions. Here are the stories of some of these men and women, how their lives changed because of the bill and how this country changed because of them.
School of dreams : making the grade at a top American high school by Call Number: UCF Main Library General Collection - 3rd Floor -- LD7501.C284H865 2003ch3ck availability
A Pulitzer prize-winning journalist spends a year immersed in the high-pressure world of a competitive public high school-where teens chase 4.0 grades point averages, survive on as little as four hours of sleep, and chug lattes like water-and discovers the human story of what it takes to be a top student in America. Humes introduces a cast of passionate students, and touches on topics relevant to parents, teachers, administrators, and politicians, including destruction of equal education in America; standardized testing and cheating by students, parents, schools, and governments; public schools that succeed; and over-testing in our nation's schools.
Mean justice : a town's terror, a prosecutor's power, a betrayal of innocence by Call Number: UCF Main Library General Collection - 3rd Floor -- KFC1199.K472C724 1999ch3ck availability
Imagine being charged, tried, and convicted of murdering the person you love most in the world, sentenced to life in prison without parole -- but you are innocent. Although there is no credible evidence against you, the sheriff, the district attorney, and powerful politicians in your community do everything in their power to manufacture a case to keep you behind bars. Mean Justice tells the true story of one such person and of the town deep in the heartland of California that made his nightmare -- and many others -- a reality. Acclaimed journalist Edward Humes uncovers the poignant story of one man's battle against false evidence and official misconduct in a town without pity, where a shocking number of innocents have been wrongly' convicted. It is a story at once deeply personal yet sweeping in scope, for this dramatic account of injustice illustrates a disturbing national trend, in which innocence has become an unintended casualty of the war on crime, and where the immense new powers of prosecutors -- from Main Street to Wall Street to Pennsylvania Avenue -- remain dangerously unchecked.
No matter how loud I shout : a year in the life of Juvenile Court by Call Number: UCF Main Library General Collection - 3rd Floor -- HV9105.C2H85 1996ch3ck availability
"With the urgency of a suspense novel and the power of investigative reporting, Humes take readers onto the street with flak-jacketed probation officers fighting to keep kids alive, into the courthouses where hope and hopelessness collide daily in epic struggles that reveal the best and worst in ourselves and our children, and past the triple-steel doors of Los Angeles' mammoth Central Juvenile Hall, the system's grim, last stop. Here, as a volunteer teacher, Humes also coaxes from these children the stories and poems of a lost generation, raw screams for help and understanding." "Yet at the heart of this breathtaking portrait of the juvenile justice system are the stories of a handful of kids whose fates are by turns infuriating, frightening, and uplifting: the fifteen-year-old killer the system can't punish; a boy who faces life in prison for a murder he didn't commit; the abused child who was imprisoned instead of helped; the all-American cheerleader and honor-roll student who does drive-by shootings; the gang-banger who finds redemption in the eyes of a disabled girl." "No Matter How Loud I Shout is a profoundly moving story of personal heroism as well as a damning indictment of a system in chaos. Edward Humes is the first journalist granted unrestricted access inside the carefully guarded world of the juvenile justice system, and this groundbreaking work should serve as a wake-up call for all Americans."--BOOK JACKET.- Murderer with a badge : the secret life of a rogue cop byCall Number: UCF Main Library General Collection - 3rd Floor -- HV6248.L344H86 1992ch3ck availability
"In this gripping true-crime account of violence, illicit sex, and cold-blooded murder for hire, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Buried Secrets tells the riveting story of the mild-mannered traffic cop who led a sinister double life as a professional killer." "Nicknamed "Mild Bill" by his fellow LAPD cops, William Leasure whiled away his career writing traffic tickets and working auto accidents. He was a low-key, unassuming man who had never even used his service revolver in the line of duty. Married to a Los Angeles prosecutor, he was nobody's idea of a criminal mastermind." "But behind his bland mask, Bill Leasure was literally getting away with murder - as many as three murders, in fact, each carefully and professionally planned. He was also a modern-day pirate, accused of stealing a string of luxury yachts worth $2 million. Stolen cars sat in his garage, insurance frauds filled his diary. Yet for a decade, he remained above suspicion. Leasure has been called the most corrupt policeman in the scandal-plagued history of LAPD; and yet so effective was his disguise that even when he was caught aboard a stolen boat, hard-bitten cops had trouble believing he was dirty. To this day Bill Leasure denies his guilt, and his own "explanations" of the charges against him are woven throughout this incredible chronicle of deception and betrayal." "Murderer with Badge also chronicles an epic criminal investigation, one that shook the entire Los Angeles Police Department - a chilling prelude to the videotaped beatings and citywide riots that have thrust LAPD into an uncomfortable national spotlight. Based on meticulous research and exclusive interviews with Leasure, and including many never-before-seen photographs, Murderer with a Badge is a stunning recreation of a rogue cop's secret life and the surprising, often bizarre, events that finally exposed him."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Other Guides about Garbology
- Garbology for faculty and staff: Talking about trash with students (California State University Northridge)This webpage contains many resources for Garbology, including links to relevant books, articles, news stories, and garbage art creations; CSUN-specific resources; sample discussion questions, syllabi, and lesson plans; videos; and websites.
- Garbology: Our dirty love affair with trash (Marymount California University)This library guide contains many supplemental resources for reading and teaching Garbology, including a book summary, book reviews, video clips, links to interviews with the author, a list of “book tie-ins” organized by subject (see “Book Themes”), sample reading questions, and a list of relevant programs and events.