Island Press at Governors' Global Climate Summit

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and other U.S. Governors have gathered in Los Angeles this week for a Global Climate Summit. Their goal is to develop solutions to climate change, and build alliances among states and governments to advance a global climate agreement for the United Nations to use when they convene in Copenhagen in 2009.

Watch the video message from President-elect Obama to the Governors' Global Climate Summit:

» Featured climate change resource: Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction by Terry Tamminen

Latest News

• More earthly advice for Obama: New York Times Dot Earth

• Physician hopes to help raise eyebrows for fish regulations: HealthNews.com

• Planners predict a more-urbanized future: The Seattle Times

• Do we need population control?: Salon.com

• Deal with the water crisis now: Wired

• Gary Paul Nabhan on NPR's "Science Friday"

• Q&A with Paul Ehrlich: Mother Jones

New Slate of Bloggers at Island Press

Island Press welcomes a new schedule of bloggers to "Eco-Compass" for the next several weeks. It includes:

• Frank Ackerman (top left), author of Poisoned for Pennies: The Economics of Toxics and Precaution

• Jon Isham, co-editor of Ignition: What You Can Do to Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement

• Ann Vileisis, author of Kitchen Literacy: How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes From and Why We Need to Get it Back

• Peter Newman, co-author of Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change

Go to the "Eco-Compass" blog now to check out their thoughts and leave a comment!

From The Population Bomb to The Dominant Animal

Watch Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University Professor and co-author of The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment, talk about the state of the environment since his book The Population Bomb was published 40 years ago.

Expert Profile: Dr. Jane M. Hightower

Dr. Jane M. Hightower is a board certified internal medicine physician in San Francisco, Calif. She published a landmark study that brought the issue of mercury in seafood to national attention. She continues to publish scientific papers and give lectures on the subject. She is the author of Diagnosis: Mercury: Money, Politics, and Poison.

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Ecologically Responsible Tourism

Is it possible for developing nations to benefit economically from tourism while simultaneously helping to preserve pristine environments? 

Ecotourism and Sustainable Development, Second Edition by Martha Honey answers this question and more.

Although “green” travel is considered by some as a “win-win” solution for the Third World, the environment, the tourist, and the travel industry, the reality is far more complex.

» Watch a segment from NBC's "Today Show" on "What is ecotourism?"