The Environmental Guy
Laughs and Laments
A Personal Journey Across America’s Environmental Divides
About the Book
For fifty years, Charles C. Reith has been the environmental guy disposing of radioactive waste, cleaning up toxic Superfund sites, developing solar and wind energy, and reforesting damaged landscapes across five continents. Whether in muddy work boots or the C suite, he has spent a career bridging gritty science with business leadership, moving from polluted wetlands in Mexico to devastated post Katrina New Orleans to desertifying sub Saharan Africa.
This is not a dry memoir. It is a lively, candid, and often hilarious journey across the environmental landscape of America full of characters, mishaps, and hard won wisdom. Laugh out loud as Reith explains his frog branding operation to a skeptical rancher, or describes earthworm sexuality to a customer at a garden fair. Share his grief as America’s best chance at environmental leadership is snatched away by a hanging chad in Florida. A book for anyone who loves the planet and loves a good story.
About the Author
Charles C. Reith
Charles C. Reith, PhD is an environmental scientist, educator, entrepreneur, and sustainability advocate with more than fifty years of field experience. He has served as a university provost in Nigeria, a director at a Fortune 500 oil company, an expert witness in toxic tort litigation, and a Rotary environmental leader. He lives in Sarasota, Florida, where he continues to plant microforests and advocate for environmental resilience.
Testimonials
Through decades of stories — from boardrooms to backwoods — Charles captures what it truly means to serve the Earth with both science and soul. His reflections bring balance to a conversation often dominated by fear and frustration, showing us the joy in doing meaningful work.
