The Wealth of Nature

wealth of nature book covers

Announcing the Results of the 2010 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Independent authors and publishers are passionate about getting their messages out, and they are changing the world, one book at a time.

Art is very pleased to be a contributing photographer to the iLCP’s Gold winner in the Environment/Ecology/Nature category, The Wealth of Nature: Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, and Human Well-Being, by Cristina G. Mittermeier, Jeffrey A. McNeely, Russell A. Mittermeier, Thomas M. Brooks, Frederick Boltz, Neville Ash. (CEMEX)

Special congratulations go to Amy Gulick for winning a Silver in the Environment/Ecology/Nature category for Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska’s Tongass Rain Forest (Braided River)

And to photographer James Martin for his special award for the book “Most Likely to Save the Planet”: Planet Ice: A Climate for Change, with essays by Yvon Chouinard, Gino Casassa, Richard Alley, Ian Stirling, Nick Jans, Broughton Coburn, and Gretel Ehrlich (Braided River)

Art’s books The Living WildThe High Himalaya, and Edge of the Earth~Corner of the Sky are all past winners of Independent Publisher Book Awards.

For more information visit the Independent Publisher Website.

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Hippo on Bing.com

Hippo on Bing.com © Art Wolfe

One of Art’s hippo photographs is the new background image on bing.com.

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