THOMAS M. KOSTIGEN, author, journalist, environmentalist, is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling title, The Green Book- The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time, as well as five other books , including You Are Here, The Green Blue Book, and What Money Means. He often appears on television and radio and has interesting ideas for media coverage of climate change and weather etremes around the world. i>From the Trade Paperback edition.