Great general non-fiction and even fiction are an easy way to learn about the environment and science while being entertained. Not all of us have the patience to read text-books or even sit through educational TV. In my first recommendation for a green read, I’m recommending Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.
This book might not strike you right off as environmentally educational, but I recommend it first because it is quite readable, and because it shows how business, health, environment, and daily life is so intertwined. The simple choices we make in daily life, such as choosing McDonald’s french fries instead of cooking a locally grown, organic potato into the oven at home, add up. Plus, this is one of the first mainstream books of the decade to broach the topic of how our food gets to us–there are a lot of great books out there like that now, but this was one of the first.
