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This season of One Book, One Chicago, we're reading The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert and taking action during this Season For Change. If you need some inspiration, look to the many environmentalists that have come before us in these biographies of people who have done amazing things.

You might have spent some time walking around Chicago's Humboldt Park, enjoying the lagoon, picnicking on the grass, or watching a ball game, but did you realize the park is named for the German explorer and scientist Alexander Von Humboldt?

A new biography, Alexander Von Humboldt: How The Most Famous Scientist Of The Romantic Age Found The Soul Of Nature details the rise of the most famous scientist of the Romantic Age, who was a pioneer in the concept of environmental protection.

The four women featured in Andrea Barnet's book Visionary Women may not have known each other, but their similarities are striking. Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Go