"Well written and compelling, Eco Barons gives the reader a first
glimpse of the activists, philanthropists and gadflies who may well turn
out to be the J.D. Rockefellers and Rachel Carsons of our time."
--Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Humes offers readers an eye-opening look at
the remarkable philanthropists and visionaries who are devoting their
lives to saving the earth from overdevelopment and destruction. In Eco
Barons, Humes, the bestselling author of Mississippi Mud and Monkey
Girl, gives us fascinating portraits of extraordinary men and women who
are dedicated to humankind's survival--as important a contribution to
the environmental cause as Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. As the
New York Times points out, "Humes's urgent message is clear: We must
all strive to become 'eco barons' in our own right if we are to save
Planet Earth."