Natural Consequences

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This collection of environmental essays explores the threats of fire, drought, development, and fracking. Miller's thoughtful vignettes and fascinating historical interpretations clearly lay out our environmental challenges and threats due to climate change.

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Equal parts charming and unsettling, these are illuminating accounts of the world we inhabit now. And the essays come with lots of good advice, above all: go for a walk. But maybe stick this volume in your back pocket.
Bill McKibben, authorThe Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon
In this insightful collection of personal essays, Char Miller transits wonder, outrage, and revelation as he explores the complex issues facing Californias landscapesfrom mountain wildlands to seashores to home neighborhoods. I cannot imagine a more amiable, informed, and incisive guide. Read this book for enjoyment and to understand both the history and modern context of southern Californias dynamic natural and urban environments.Ann Vilesis, author ofAbalone: The Remarkable History and Uncertain Future of California's Iconic Shellfish
Char Miller confronts existential questions facing humanity today climate change and longtime misuse of the land and its resources. Almost unfortunately, he brings to the task a scholars wealth of knowledge about how bad things really are. But he also sounds a note of solace: we can find healthy ways to connect to the planets creatures, plants and phenomena like wildland fire, but it comes through coexistence, not domination.John N. Maclean, author ofHome Waters

Author Bio

Char Miller is the W.M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History at Pomona College. He is author of more than fifteen books includingWestside Rising: How San Antonios 1921 Flood Devastated a City and Sparked a Latino Environmental Justice MovementandNot So Golden State: Sustainability vs. the California Dream. He lives in Claremont, California.