2025 National Outdoor Book Awards Silver Medalist People the Planet Needs Now
From climate change and industrial waste to social injustice and poverty, the challenges that our world faces are daunting. To make matters worse, many people are turning away from scientific fact in favor of their own beliefs and biases. Yet there is reason for hope. Heroes among us are fighting for a better world—and many of them are Black, Indigenous, and Other People of Color (BIPOC). Award winning author and photographer Dudley Edmondson spoke with 25 Black and Brown scientists, environmental justice and social justice activists to inspire change on a global scale.
People the Planet Needs Now is a compilation of personal stories and perspectives from across the United States and the world, as scientists and activists talk about the work they do and their life experiences.
Black & Brown Faces in America’s Wild Places 20th Anniversary Edition
After twenty years Black and Brown Faces in America’s Wild Places needed an update. This new version features all new photographs and updates on the lives of the amazing people in this landmark book.
The book’s purpose is to create a set of “Outdoor Role Models” for the African American community. Dudley feels it is important for them to see individuals who LOOK like them with similar life experiences talking about their passion for nature and the outdoors.
Beginner’s flower field guide
What’s That Flower is a beginners guide to the more common wildflowers of the eastern U.S published by DK Books London, UK and written by Dudley Edmondson