Over Our Heads: A Local Look at Global Climate presents the latest findings on climate change-the causes, the impacts, the solutions-in easy-to-understand terms. Read it and learn what you can do to defend our climate.
John C. Ryan was research director at Northwest Environment Watch from 1993 to 2000 and is the author of Seven Wonders: Everyday Things for a Healthier Planet, State of the Northwest 2000, Hazardous Handouts: Taxpayer Subsidies to Environmental Degradation, and the co-author of Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things. He has worked for local nonprofit groups in Indonesia and for Worldwatch Institute in Washington, D.C. John's home is in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, but he practically lives on his bicycle.
Northwest Environment Watch is an independent, not-for-profit research and communication center based in Seattle, Washington. Its mission is to foster a sustainable economy and way of life in the Pacific Northwest.