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  • The Community Resilience Reader

    Essential Resources for an Era of Upheaval

    de Sarah Byrnes, Chuck Collins, Rosemary Cooper, Denise Fairchild, Joshua Farley, Richard Heinberg, Leena Iyengar, Mike Lydon, Asher Miller, Stephanie Mills, William Rees, Margaret Robertson, David Salt, Scott Sawyer, Howard Silverman, William Throop, Brian Walker, Al Weinrub, Rebecca Wodder ...
    The sustainability challenges of yesterday have become today’s resilience crises. National and global efforts have failed to stop climate change, transition from fossil fuels, and reduce inequality. We must now confront these and other increasingly complex problems by building resilience at the community level. But what does that mean in practice, and how can it be done in a way that’s effective ... Leer más

    $28.09 USD

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  • Countdown

    Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?

    de Alan Weisman ...
    A powerful investigation into the chances for humanity's future from the author of the bestseller The World Without Us.In his bestselling book The World Without Us, Alan Weisman considered how the Earth could heal and even refill empty niches if relieved of humanity's constant pressures. Behind that groundbreaking thought experiment was his hope that we would be inspired to find a way to add ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

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  • Conventional Home: Design, Budget, Estimate, and Secure Your Best Price

    de Jobe Leonard ...
    A how to book for those interested in building a Conventional Home . When you are ready to look at the most important aspects of a project, this is the book for you. I discuss budget, needs, and design. Using the included exercises and worksheets you move through the process. Then I guide you step by step through estimation, design, and ultimately the construction process. This literature is a ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • GAS WARS

    Crony Capitalism and the Ambanis

    de Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Subir Ghosh, Jyotirmoy Chaudhuri ...
    Prime minister of India Manmohan Singh has been accused of changing ministerial portfolios at the behest of the Reliance group. There have been claims that the group deliberately squatted on reserves of natural gas and curtailed production in anticipation of higher prices that are administered by the government, to the detriment of the interests of the countrys people. Spokespersons of the group ... Leer más

    $14.95 USD

  • How to Thrive in the Next Economy: Designing Tomorrow's World Today

    de John Thackara ...
    A visionary yet practical guide to building a more sustainable future, by one of the most important voices in environmentally aware designAre there practical solutions to the many global challenges—climate change, poverty, insufficient healthcare—that threaten our way of life? Author John Thackara has spent a lifetime roving the globe in search of design that serves human needs. In this clear-eyed ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Ecovillages

    Lessons for Sustainable Community

    de Karen T. Litfin ...
    In a world of dwindling natural resources and mounting environmental crisis, who is devising ways of living that will work for the long haul? And how can we, as individuals, make a difference? To answer these fundamental questions, Professor Karen Litfin embarked upon a journey to many of the world’s ecovillagesÑintentional communities at the cutting-edge of sustainable living. From rural to urban ... Leer más

    $22.00 USD

  • City Rules

    How Regulations Affect Urban Form

    de Emily Talen ...
    City Rules offers a challenge to students and professionals in urban planning, design, and policy to change the rules of city-building, using regulations to reinvigorate, rather than stifle, our communities. Emily Talen demonstrates that regulations are a primary detriment to the creation of a desirable urban form. While many contemporary codes encourage sprawl and even urban blight, that hasn't ... Leer más

    $35.29 USD

  • Nature as Teacher – New Principles in the Working of Nature

    Volume 2 of Renowned Environmentalist Viktor Schauberger's Eco-Technology Series

    de Viktor Schauberger ...
    Traducido por Callum Coats ...
    Today we are standing helpless and perplexed. With no glimmer of improvement anywhere in sight, we feel hopelessly propelled towards a forlorn future. It is understandable therefore than an increasing number of people, sick and tired of this insane activity, are now seeking ways to return to Mother Nature. Viktor Schauberger (1885–1958) Nature as Teacher, the second volume of the Eco-Technology ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Compact Living

    How to Design Small Interior Space

    de Michael Guerra ...
    Compact Living: how to design small interior space, opens our eyes to the possibilities of living a compact and low impact urban life.It is about learning how to live happily with less clutter, and to embrace the joys in life. Most of our society is struggling to pay the bills, whilst chasing the ideal of a ‘bigger’ lifestyle. Compact Living: how to design small interior space is the perfect ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Climate Change and Social Ecology

    A New Perspective on the Climate Challenge

    de Stephen M. Wheeler ...
    Although strategies to prevent global warming – such as by conserving energy, relying on solar and wind power, and reducing motor vehicle use – are well-known, societies have proved unable to implement these measures with the necessary speed. They have also been unwilling to confront underlying issues such as overconsumption, overpopulation, inequity, and dysfunctional political systems. Political ... Leer más

    $52.99 USD

  • The Genius of Earth Day

    How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation

    de Adam Rome ...
    The first Earth Day is the most famous little-known event in modern American history. Because we still pay ritual homage to the planet every April 22, everyone knows something about Earth Day. Some people may also know that Earth Day 1970 made the environmental movement a major force in American political life. But no one has told the whole story before.The story of the first Earth Day is ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Sustainable Future for Human Security

    Society, Cities and Governance

    Edición de Benjamin McLellan ...
    This book focuses on the human and societal aspects of sustainable development. Three major perspectives are considered: governance and its influence on sustainable development; urban environments and their broader human and environmental impacts; and disaster management. Each of these elements is critical in considering the current and prospective development of societies towards a sustainable ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD