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Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods, edited by Liz Carlisle and Aubrey Streit Krug

Now available from our newly-acquired imprint, Island Press:

Living Roots by Liz Carlisle & Aubrey Streit Krug.

From buffalo prairies to urban orchards, this book is an introduction to a diverse movement redefining how we grow, eat, & live with the land.

Learn more: bookshop.org/p/books/livi...

#urbanism #transitadvocacy #books | Raymond Berger If you’ve ever thought, “My city needs better transportation… but how do I actually make that happen?” 🚍 The book If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight by Carter Lavin is one of the most practical,...

"This is your playbook for turning your vision into reality" --- a very nice review of my book! Check out the review
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And check out the book at your local library or get it from @islandpress.bsky.social & @princetonupress.bsky.social

If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight

A pretty cool thing about having written a book is randomly getting texts & DMs from folks with pics of them and the book.

Always brightens my day

(Ends up you can get it at the Cal library)

Or get your own at
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Bitter Honey: Big Ag’s Threat to Bees and the Fight to Save Them by Jennie Durant Environmental writer Durant debuts with a deeply researched exposé of the agricultural industry’s role in bee population decline...

@publisherswkly.bsky.social calls Bitter Honey "an important wake-up call." Read their full review here, and get your copy this May!

No idea how all that works.

I recommend getting it from wherever you most like getting books.

You can order from @islandpress.bsky.social 's website and get 20% off with discount code FIGHT

Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods, edited by Liz Carlisle and Aubrey Streit Krug

From buffalo prairies to urban orchards, an introduction to a diverse movement redefining how we grow, eat, & live with the land.

Liz Carlisle & Aubrey Streit Krug's Living Roots is out now!

Learn more & order yours: bookshop.org/p/books/livi...

#Agriculture #Food #PerennialFoods #IslandPress

Listen to a sample of the Princeton Audio edition of Furious Minds by Laura Field. Enjoy 30% off with code PUP30.

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"[An] excellent new book."—Michelle Goldberg, New York The New York Times

"Fascinating and important"—Jennifer Szalai, New York The New York Times

Sharon Usadin, co-author of Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America, at the Birmingham Public Library on Saturday, February 28th from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm CST for an author talk

See @sharonudasin.bsky.social at Birmingham Public Library tomorrow (Feb 28) at 11:00am CST for a free discussion of her book, Poisoning the Well, and the proliferation of forever chemicals in consumer products and their devastating effects on us and our environment

Learn more here: buff.ly/dylqOaD

ICYMI, great conversation on fighting for change on the ground, to get us all moving. With @carterlavin.bsky.social

Rules I live by:

1). Never miss a Super Bowl

2). Never miss a chance to talk ag policy

progressive.org/op-eds/how-t...

Book: If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight Podcast Episode · Redeye · February 16 · 19m

@carterlavin.bsky.social, transportation activist and author of If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight, talks to @redeyeradio.bsky.social, sharing strategies for creating the change we want to see in our communities:

A picture from Instagram of a young woman in Malaysia holding a copy of "If you want to win, you've got to fight: a guide to effective transportation advocacy" while standing behind a bike with a front wicker basket and standing in front of a large tree. The picture says "yay! finally got my hands on your book, @carterlavin. Direct shipping from the US was crazy expensive but thanks to my friend Joe, he had a conference in Orlando and @island Press could deliver it straight to his hotel. Can't wait to dive in."

My book -- If You Want to Win, You've Got To Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy is now in Malaysia! (+ France, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Italy, Ireland, Germany, Mexico, & England)

!!!
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Sharon Usadin, co-author of Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America, at the Birmingham Public Library on Saturday, February 28th from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm CST for an author talk

See @sharonudasin.bsky.social at Birmingham Public Library next week, Feb 28 at 11:00am CST for a free discussion of her book, Poisoning the Well, and the proliferation of forever chemicals in consumer products and their devastating effects on us and our environment

Learn more here: buff.ly/dylqOaD

If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight

Been a bit busy with the Bay Area measure to save our transit thing and have been slacking on the "telling people about my new book on how to win transit, bike, and street safety changes to their community" thing

Get your copy today from @islandpress.bsky.social

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Book: If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2026-02-16 · 19m

ON OUR POD: Transportation activist Carter Lavin on his new book, If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight. @islandpress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @carterlavin.bsky.social @visionzerovancouver.ca @movementyvr.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @modacitylife.com
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Barn Gothic: Three Generations and the Death of the Family Dairy Farm by Ryan Dennis

Ryan Dennis

In a new op-ed for the #IslandPress Short-form Program, author @penofryandennis.bsky.social writes that it's time to un-rig agriculture and put family farms back at the center of U.S. farm policy after decades of consolidation, trade harms, and neglect: progressive.org/op-eds/how-t...

The Power of Perennial Agriculture Agroecologist and professor Liz Carlisle discusses her latest book, a collection of guest essays that makes the case for more diverse crops.

“A transition to perennials is a huge learning experience. People need to figure out what to grow, which varieties, how to space them, and how to take care of them over multiple years.” @civileats.com spoke with Liz Carlisle, co-editor of the forthcoming book Living Roots:

Book Cover with graphic representing a transit map. TEXT over top "If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight." subtitle A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy Author: Carter Lavin

Saturday | 10:30 PT Transportation activist Carter Lavin on his new book, If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight.
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Living Roots, edited by Aubrey Streit Krug and Liz Carlisle. From buffalo prairies to urban orchards, an introduction to a diverse movement redefining how we grow, eat, and live with the land

Living Roots, edited by Aubrey Streit Krug and Liz Carlisle, is an introduction to a diverse movement redefining how we grow, eat, and live with the land.

Available March 3 (28 April UK pub).

Preorder yours today: bookshop.org/p/books/livi...

#Agriculture #Food #PerennialFoods #IslandPress

Nancy Castaldo, Podcast Episode · New Books in Environmental Studies · 02/09/2026 · 41m

Happy to share this interview on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my book, SQUIRREL: How a Backyard Forager Shapes Our World.
@islandpress.bsky.social #squirrels #nature
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Don't overlook the importance of removing small dams. Thanks to @earthislandjournal.bsky.social for running this excerpt from my new book. @princetonupress.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social #undammed #damremoval

#IslandPress has long championed urban planning literature, publishing foundational books across transportation, street design, & more. Publisher @hboyer.bsky.social & senior editor Stacy Eisenstark discuss the future of publishing for planners—& of @islandpress.bsky.social, newly an imprint of PUP.

When Profit Trumps People: The Administration’s Assault on Environmental Justice By Kathi Earles, MD, MPH, DABOM

Federal rollbacks of environmental protections mean more toxic air and hazards, and one clear message: Profit is trumping people, health, and justice.

⬇️ Read more from Dr. Kathi A. Earles, a 2025 Climate and Health Equity Fellow, on who pays the price. @islandpress.bsky.social

Closeup of cover image of Squirrel: How a Backyard Forager Shapes Our World by Nancy Castaldo.

The top ten most discussable books reviewed in Booklist over the past 12 months cover topics like science and nature, the beauty industry, and the infinitely complicated dynamics of family. Get those program planners out and check out our Top 10 Book-Group Books: bit.ly/3ZNZ2Ls

This is part of an 8-day regional tour that starts in Atlanta and ends in Huntsville. More details on all the talk locations soon!

The Power of the Public Library “A community is not a machine,” writes Eric Liu, in his introduction to Shamichael Hallman’s book, Meet Me at the Library (Island Press…

The Power of the Public Library: A review of Shamichael Hallman’s book, Meet Me at the Library (Island Press, 2024).
You can tell a lot about a community by their #library.

(Originally for @apa-star.bsky.social)
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Love them or hate them - what if squirrels are the key to understanding our planet's future? The latest @islandpress.bsky.social new book Squirrel: How a Backyard Forager Shapes Our World by Nancy Castaldo is out now!

Buy @ipsuk.bsky.social!

The Real Threat to Arctic Security Conflict in the Arctic is entirely avoidable and unnecessary.

In a new op-ed for the #IslandPress Short-form Program, author @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social writes that unfounded rhetoric and threats surrounding Greenland have undermined Arctic stability and risk U.S. security:

Cruising: The Bad, The Ugly, and The Good? Can the cruise industry set a new course and demonstrate models of sustainability?

In a new article for the #IslandPress Short-form Program, author Robert Searns examines the cruise industry through the eyes of a lifelong environmentalist—reckoning with #climate impacts and the hard question of whether cruising can ever be sustainable: