Frances Moore Lappé’s highly anticipated EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want has been selected as one of Publishers Weekly’s top ten science books for fall 2011. Alongside EcoMind, the list includes a range of acclaimed new releases covering topics from the history of the space shuttle to the development of a child’s brain.

Drawing on the latest research from fields ranging from anthropology to neuroscience, Lappé conveys a message in EcoMind that reaches far beyond the field of science. She argues that the greatest challenge to human survival isn’t our fossil fuel dependency, melting glaciers, or other such calamities. Rather, it is our faulty way of thinking about these environmental crises that robs us of power. Dismantling seven common “thought traps” that belie what we know about nature—including human nature—she offers contrasting “thought leaps” that reveal our inner power and have the potential to propel us into meaningful action. In the words of Jane Goodall, “Powerful and inspiring, EcoMind will open your eyes and change your thinking.”

Published by Nation Books, EcoMind will be available in bookstores starting on September 13th. The book is already available for pre-order through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Powell’s Books.

Visit the Small Planet Institute website to learn more about this forthcoming book and Frances’ EcoMind book tour.