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  • Recycling Reconsidered

    The Present Failure and Future Promise of Environmental Action in the United States

    by Samantha Macbride ...
    Series series Urban and Industrial Environments
    How the success and popularity of recycling has diverted attention from the steep environmental costs of manufacturing the goods we consume and discard.Recycling is widely celebrated as an environmental success story. The accomplishments of the recycling movement can be seen in municipal practice, a thriving private recycling industry, and widespread public support and participation. In the United ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • The Ecology of Commerce Revised Edition

    A Declaration of Sustainability

    by Paul Hawken ...

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  • Common Wealth

    Economics for a Crowded Planet

    by Jeffrey D. Sachs ...
    “Lucid, quietly urgent, and relentlessly logical . . . this is Bigthink with a capital B.” —The New York Times Book Review“Common Wealth explains the most basic economic reckoning that the world faces.” —Al Gore, winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize and former vice president of the United StatesIn Common Wealth, Jeffrey D. Sachs-one of the world's most respected economists and the author of The ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • True Wealth

    How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich, Ecologically Light, Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy

    by Juliet B. Schor ...
    A groundbreaking statement about ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live.In True Wealth , economist Juliet B. Schor rejects the sacrifice message, with the insight that social innovations and new technology can simultaneously enhance our lives and protect the planet. Schor shares examples of urban farmers, DIY renovators, and ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices

    Practical Advice from The Union of Concerned Scientists

    by Michael Brower, Warren Leon ...
    From one of the most prestigious nonprofit organizations devoted to environmental issues comes a clear, practical, and rational overview of the relationship between consumers and the environment.Paper or plastic? Bus or car? Old house or new? Cloth diapers or disposables? Some choices have a huge impact on the environment; others are of negligible importance. To those of us who care about our ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism

    by Fred Magdoff, John Bellamy Foster ...
    There is a growing consensus that the planet is heading toward environmental catastrophe: climate change, ocean acidification, ozone depletion, global freshwater use, loss of biodiversity, and chemical pollution all threaten our future unless we act. What is less clear is how humanity should respond. The contemporary environmental movement is the site of many competing plans and prescriptions, and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Coping with Water Scarcity: An Action Framework for Agriculture and Food Security

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    This report aims to provide a conceptual framework to address food security under conditions of water scarcity in agriculture. It has been prepared by a team of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the framework of the project "Coping with water scarcity: the role of agriculture", and has been discussed at an Expert Consultation meeting organized in FAO, Rome in ... Read more

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  • Water

    by David L. Feldman ...
    Series series Resources
    Water is our planet’s most precious resource. It is required by every living thing, yet a huge proportion of the world’s population struggles to access clean water daily. Agriculture, aquaculture, industry, and energy all depend on it - yet its provision and safety engender widespread conflict; battles likely to intensify as threats to freshwater abundance and quality, such as climate change, ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Fifty Million Farmers

    by Richard Heinberg, Hildegarde Hannum ...
    Series series Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures
    The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.It is high time that the discussion of peak oil includes a solution to the decline in supply. Richard Heinberg conveys to us the urgency of converting our current agricultural system while options for doing so are still available. There is something ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Path to a Livable Future

    A New Politics to Fight Climate Change, Racism, and the Next Pandemic

    by Stan Cox ...
    Series series Open Media Series
    A Regional Independent Bookstore Bestseller!An urgent call for the political transformation needed to address the common causes of climate change, COVID-19, and racism.“ . . . some big titles will address emergencies that have outlived Trump. The Path to a Livable Future by Stan Cox, explores the connections among the many crises of the past year and a half.”—Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times2020 ... Read more

    $12.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Approaching Great Transformation

    Toward a Livable Post Carbon Economy

    by Joel Magnuson ...
    "A brave book by a smart person with a masterful command of economic theory."—Publisher's WeeklyHow should we act and think economically in the world as the era of cheap oil comes to an end? The Approaching Great Transformation begins to answer this massive question, focusing on the people and communities already at work on the transition: energy descent pioneers in the UK and the US educating ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Eco-nomics

    What Everyone Should Know about Economics and the Environment

    by Richard L. Stroup ...
    It’s one thing to be passionate about protecting the environment. It’s another to be successful at it. This history of environmentalism includes a constant shift from one concern to another, and many laws have been enacted to clean up pollution or preserve natural beauty. However, many of these laws are ineffective and others have had unintended consequences. In this updated edition, Richard ... Read more

    $6.29 USD