First Steps: Conserving Our Environment

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Library Journal (05/01/2008)
Zammit-Lucia (coauthor, "Migraine") presents a triptych of awesome photographs engaging readers and gently persuading them to become more active in the conservation of our planet. Based on a recent exhibit at the United Nations in New York that will be traveling throughout the United States, the book combines black-and-white and color photography with text to help illuminate environmental issues. These truly spectacular photographslandscapes, animal portraiture, and moreare divided into three main sections: "Land & Sea," "Sharing," and "Modern Living." The book's coffee-table size does not recommend it for public libraries at which space is a concern; such sized books are put away on a back shelf with the atlases. Recommended instead for larger or specialized libraries.Joyce Tallman, Euclid Hosp. Medical Lib., Cleveland Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly (02/25/2008)
In this series of stunning photographs, British photographer Zammit-Lucia celebrates the successes of the environmental movement and draws attention to the conservation work that remains. Zammit-Lucia is allergic to rhetoric, and his text, devoid of stridency, neutrally delivers extinction statistics and energy-saving tips. The images are what matter and best highlight our responsibility to imperiled habitats and species. The chapter Land & Sea juxtaposes dramatic landscapes (a deforested Sherwood Forest) and stark seascapes (a small boat adrift on dark water, closeups of coral and a diving whale) to accompany commentary on vanishing ecosystems. Arresting images of a near-extinct rhinoceros, a threatened polar bear and an endangered South Pacific palm tree illustrate threatened biodiversity. And in his Modern Living, section, Zammit-Lucia buttresses gorgeous cityscapes with his argument that cities are among the most environmentally friendly forms of human habitation, due to shared services, shorter travel distances and less wasteful distribution of heat and energy. Zammit-Lucia documents how suburbs ravage the environment while Manhattan uses less per capita of resources and energy than anywhere else in America. These surprising findings coupled with the raw emotional appeal of the photographs and a useful resource section distinguish this work as an aesthetic treat and a cogent call to action. (Apr.) Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.

ISBN: 0979507103 | EAN: 9780979507106
Publisher: Matte Press  | Publication Date: September, 2008

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