Henry David Thoreau 
The Green Thoreau 
America’s First Environmentalist on Technology, Possessions, Livelihood, and More

Henry David Thoreau saw nature as teacher and companion, and many of his philosophies guide the contemporary environmental movement. What Thoreau wrote about simplicity, materialism, technology, and our troubled relationship with nature is perhaps even more relevant to our lives today than it was in the nineteenth century. In these pages, editor Carol Spenard La Russo presents quotations by Thoreau on nature, technology, livelihood, living, possessions, time, diet and food, and aspiration. At turns passionate, funny, and profound, this collection serves as a compelling introduction — or vivid reminder — of why Thoreau is one of America’s iconoclastic greats.

About the author

Carol Spenard La Russo, formerly a senior editor at New World Library, has a BA and an MA in English literature. She taught English at San Francisco State University and piano at her home studio. Born and raised in New York, she lives in the wine country of Sonoma County, California, near her children and grandchildren.