Accidental City
By Robert Fulford. The story of the transformation of Toronto. In a narrative that moves from one part of Toronto to another, Fulford describes the city, its history, urban planning, and economic growth. More...

Act Now, Apologize Later
By Adam Werbach. Decrying Washington's assault on our environment, Werbach writes, “It’s time to evolve from an aging movement that reacts to emergencies to a youthful movement with 'activision.'” More...

Acts of Balance
By Grant Copeland. Can profits, people and place co-exist? Does conservation necessarily mean a loss of jobs? Acts of Balance examines case studies from different sectors and comes up with surprising answers. More...

The Aquarian Conspiracy
By Marilyn Ferguson. The Aquarian Conspiracy describes the activities of a network of leading-edge thinkers, businesspeople, scientists and politicians who are working to create a new kind of society. More...

The Art of Natural Building
Edited by Joseph F. Kennedy, et al. A user-friendly introduction to natural building for non-professionals as well as architects and designers. Packed with resources, it is an encyclopedia of natural building. More...

The Art of the Long View
By Peter Schwartz. In The Art of the Long View, Schwartz outlines the “scenario” approach to creating a strategic vision. More...

At Roads End
By Daniel Carlson, et al. Presents new models for transportation planning, describes strategies for resolving disputes, and demonstrates that new ways of planning and implementing transportation systems can work. More...

Awakening Earth
By Duane Elgin. Just as there are relatively distinct stages that characterize the development of an individual, so too are there discernible stages in the development of our species as we move toward a planetary-scale civilization. More...

Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities
By Jim Howe, et al. Offers important lessons in preserving the character of communities near national and state parks, wildlife refuges, and other public lands without sacrificing economic well-being. More...

Better Environmental Decisions
Edited by Ken Sexton, et al. Responds to the need for improved environmental decisions by bringing together leading scholars and practitioners to provide an interdisciplinary introduction to the subject. More...

Better, Not Bigger
By Eben V. Fodor. Benefits from growth that exploits the commons accrue to a few, while costs are distributed across the entire community. Fodor marshals evidence from almost every state to prove his point. More...

Bicycle Repair Manual
By Richard Ballantine & Richard Grant. The authors of the best-selling bicycle books of all time solve every repair task from simple roadside repairs to complete overhauls. Every type of bicycle is covered. More...

Cannibals with Forks
By John Elkington. Cannibals with Forks argues that future business success will depend not just on profitability but also on two new bottom lines - environmental quality and social justice. More...

Certification of Forest Products
Edited by Virgilio Viana, et al. This volume traces the history of certification, the development of an agreed upon set of forest management principles, and the various certification programs currently underway. More...

Charging Ahead
By John J. Berger. Charging Ahead shows how renewable energy, energy efficiency, and electric vehicles, when used together, can give us back a clean environment and create a healthy, sustainable economy. More...

Cities in Our Future
Edited by Robert Geddes. Urban planners, architects, urban designers, and other experts from across North America examine the impact of growth and form on the ability of a city to achieve and maintain social equity and environmental health. More...

The Clock of the Long Now
By Stewart Brand. Civilization is revving itself into a pathologically short attention span. Brand, called "the least recognized most influential thinker in America," explores long-term responsibility. More...

Coastal Waters of the World
By Don Hinrichsen. A comprehensive reference source on the state of the world's coastal areas. It focuses on the tremendous pressures facing coastal areas and the management strategies needed to cope with them. More…

Collaborative Planning for Wetlands and Wildlife
Edited by Douglas R. Porter & David A. Salvesen. Proposes guidelines for more effective planning, and presents case studies that demonstrate how different communities have creatively reconciled conflicts. More...

Community Planning
By Eric Damian Kelly & Barbara Becker. A thorough examination of the comprehensive planning process. The authors consider all aspects of the comprehensive plan: its elements, adoption, and implementation. More...

Competitive Environmental Strategy
By Andrew J. Hoffman. Examines the effects of environmentalism on corporate management, explaining how environmental forces are driving change and how managers can think about these issues in a strategic way. More...

The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century
By the Environmental Careers Organization. Organized for ease of use and fully updated, it is the most comprehensive and reliable resource available for information about environmental career opportunities. More...

Confronting Suburban Decline
By William H. Lucy & David L. Phillips. Examines causes of and responses to suburban decline. Argues that a high quality natural and built environment is key to economic stability and recommends policies. More...

Conservation Design for Subdivisions
By Randall G. Arendt. A practical handbook for residential developers, site designers, local officials, and landowners that explains how to implement new ideas about land use planning and environmental protection. More...

Cool Companies
By Joseph J. Romm. Describes the experiences of highly energy efficient firms. Includes more than fifty case studies demonstrating improving processes, increasing energy efficiency, and adopting new technologies. More...

Creating Successful Communities
By Michael A. Mantell, et al. Developed for civic activists, policymakers, and planners, Creating Successful Communities gives guidelines for developing workable action plans for restoring distinctiveness and livability to communities. More...

Cruise Ship Blues
By Ross A. Klein. Cruising is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. Cruise Ship Blues reveals its dark side and discusses what can be done to make the cruise business socially and environmentally accountable. More...

The Curious Naturalist
By Jennifer G. Ackerman. In tours of North American ecosystems – from backyards to woodlands, from grasslands to sandy shores – renowned naturalists and photographers show how to understand these systems. More...

The Cyclist’s Sourcebook
By Peter Nye. For Americans who are discovering the joys of bicycling – or returning to them – this guide includes a listing of recreational rides, an illustrated history of cycling and racing, and more. More...

Dancing with the Tiger
By Brian Nattrass and Mary Altomare. Presents the stories of individuals, teams and organizations learning about change and sustainability, and then acting on that learning. More...

Deep Design
By David Wann. Explores a new way of thinking about design, one that asks "What is our ultimate goal?" before the first step has been taken. "Deep designs" meet the criteria of renewability, recyclability, and nontoxicity. More...

Design for a Livable Planet
By Jon Naar. Explains the causes of environmental damage and offers practical steps. Includes sections on wastes, toxics, water quality, air pollution, global warming, deforestation, and renewable energy. More...

Design for Human Ecosystems
By John Tillman Lyle. Explores methods of designing landscapes that function in the sustainable ways of natural ecosystems. Provides a framework for thinking about and understanding ecological design. More...

Designing Sustainable Communities
By Judy Corbett & Michael Corbett. Examines the history of the sustainable community movement. Discusses how Village Homes, a pioneer sustainable development near Davis, California, fits into the context of that movement. More...

Designing the City
By Adele Fleet Bacow. A wealth of information on design and decision-making, including how citizens and activists can make their voices heard and numerous examples of effective strategies for working with all parties. More...

Disasters and Democracy
By Rutherford H. Platt. Focuses on the changing role of the federal government. Details steps that could be taken to eliminate the disincentives that have stifled local government efforts to create disaster-resistant communities. More...

Divorce Your Car!
By Katie Alvord. Divorcing your car can take many forms, from simply using it less to not owning one at all. This practical guide shows how divorcing a car can be fun, healthy, money saving, and helpful to the planet. More...

Doors, Windows & Skylights
By Alan Ahlstrand. New doors, windows, and skylights can make a big improvement in a home’s appearance and energy efficiency. This book covers selection, installation, maintenance, and repair. More...

Earth Work
By Joan Moody & Richard Wizansky. Outlines job search steps and provides information for entering the environmental field. Sections cover recycling, air and water quality, toxics, wetlands, and hazardous waste. More...

Earthfuture
By Guy Dauncey. Earthfuture provides us with a vision of positive and achievable alternatives. With its mix of utopian fiction and reportage of near-reality, it skillfully sows the seeds of an alternative future. More...

Easy Composting
By James Ball & Robert Kourik. This book tells you how to manage yard and kitchen waste and transform it into a rich, dark, humusy soil amendment. It describes the options available and the information needed. More...

Eco-City Dimensions
Edited by Mark Roseland. Many global environmental concerns are rooted at the local level. Eco-City Dimensions demonstrates that movement is definitely under way toward implementing the vision of eco-cities. More...

Ecological Design
By Sim Van der Ryn & Stuart Cowan. A vision of how the living world and the human world can be rejoined by taking ecology as the basis for design. Weaves together case studies, personal anecdotes, images, and theory. More...

Ecological Literacy
By David W. Orr. Ecological Literacy asks how the discovery of ecological limits affects the content and substance of education. Given the limits of the Earth, what should people know and how should they learn it? More...

The Ecology of Place
By Timothy Beatley & Kristy Manning. Describes a world in which land is consumed sparingly, cities and towns are vibrant and green, local economies thrive, and citizens work together to create places of enduring value. More...

Empty Harvest
By Bernard Jensen & Mark Anderson. Empty Harvest tells us about dangers in our agricultural system - about the demineralization of our soils, the declining nutritional value of our food, and the resulting weakening of our immune systems. More...

Environmental Justice
By Bunyan Bryant. Leading thinkers of the environmental justice movement look at the failure of "top down" public policy. Provides a startling look at social and environmental problems and charts a course for action. More...

Fostering Sustainable Behavior
By Doug McKenzie-Mohr and William Smith. A guide for designing public education programs with the goal of promoting sustainable behavior, from recycling and energy efficiency to alternative transportation. More...

Fragile Dominion
By Simon Levin. Our planet is losing its biological diversity, with frightening implications for our future. This important book draws on the science of complexity to shed light on maintaining biodiversity. More...

Frontiers of Sustainability
By Roger Dower, Daryl Ditz, et al. A concrete plan for achieving sustainable development in the United States. A technologically feasible vision of the future in which the unwanted trends we see unfolding now are reversed. More...

Future Drive
By Daniel Sperling. Describes the adverse energy and environmental consequences of increased travel, and suggests strategies for creating a more environmentally benign system of transportation. More...

Garden Construction
By T. Jeff Williams. A guide to projects that add beauty and space to yards. Ideas for decks, patios, walks and paths, stairs and steps, fences and gates, walls, shade structures, storage sheds, and more. More...

Getting Down to Earth
Edited by Robert Costanza, Olman Segura, et al. Brings together scientists, managers, and policy makers to identify practical strategies for implementing sustainability based on ecological economic principles. More...

The Global Commons
By Susan J. Buck. Considers the history of human interactions with each of the global commons areas and provides a concise yet thorough account of the evolution of management regimes for each area. More...

Greening School Grounds
Edited by Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn. An overview of the school grounds greening movement. This comprehensive guide offers curriculum tie-ins, activities, and plans for educators, parents, and students. More...

Green Urbanism
By Timothy Beatley. Explains what planners and local officials in the United States can learn from the sustainable city movement in Europe. Examines the progress and policies of twenty-five of the most innovative cities. More...

Growing Fruit in Your Backyard
By Lee Reich. Clearly written, with easy-to-follow instructions, Growing Fruit in Your Backyard provides the know-how to transform an ordinary backyard into a beautiful orchard. More...

The Growth Illusion
By Richard Douthwaite. Examines economic growth from the birth of capitalism through the industrial revolution and the world wars, drawing a link between rising GNP and the erosion of our quality of life. More...

The Heat Is On
By Ross Gelbspan. The Heat Is On exposes the deliberate campaign by oil and coal interests, teamed with conservative politicians, to confuse the public about global warming. More...

Home Landscaping
By Ron Harris, et al. This treasury presents more than 40 landscaping projects, provides information on planning and planting each, and shows how to showcase features such as flower beds, borders, and walls. More...

House Styles in America
By James C. Massey & Shirley Maxwell. This original approach to historic preservation features sketches of American house styles from 1650 to 1950, plus directions for estimating age and deciphering history. More...

In Earth’s Company
By Carl Frankel. People are looking increasingly to business to take its share of responsibility for the state of the Earth. Frankel gathers the elements required into a single, comprehensive volume. More...

The Key to Sustainable Cities
By Gwendolyn Hallsmith. This book points to a new approach to city planning that builds on assets as a starting point for cities to develop healthy social, governance, economic, and environmental systems. More...

Landscaping With Wildflowers & Native Plants
By William H. Wilson. Learn how to design a natural landscape or just grow a few wildflowers by your front path. Learn where to find seeds, how to take cuttings from wild plants, and much more. More...

Lead Is a Silent Hazard
By Richard M. Stapleton. Guide to lead-proofing your home and child's environment. Using stories and interviews, this book explains how you can avoid or eliminate many sources of lead your child may encounter. More...

Living with the Land
Edited by Christine Meyer & Faith Moosang. Stories of more than 20 communities struggling to regain control of their land or neighborhoods and to rebuild sustainable communities and environments. More...

Love Canal
By Lois Marie Gibbs. The blow-by-blow account of how residents first became aware of health problems caused by toxic chemicals at Love Canal. This updated edition continues the saga. More...

Making a Difference Scholarships
By Miriam Weinstein. A unique guide listing scholarships awarded for social service, “social entrepreneur” funds for young people who start non-profits, college-based service scholarships, and fellowships. More...

Making a Living While Making a Difference
By Melissa Everett. As business and society continue to place greater emphasis on social and environmental responsibility, opportunities for career-seekers with a conscience have never been better. More...

The National Audubon Society Almanac of the Environment
By Valerie Harms. What we can do to restore and protect the Earth. Includes sections on homes and yards, garbage and recycling, transportation, recreation, public lands, oceans, cultural ecology, and more. More...

The Natural Plaster Book
By Cedar Rose Guelberth and Dan Chiras. For builders of natural homes (straw bale, cob, adobe, rammed earth, and other natural materials), this unique step-by-step guide takes the confusion out of choosing, mixing, and applying natural plasters. More...

The Natural Step Story
By Karl-Henrik Robert. Dramatic, visionary and inspiring, The Natural Step Story will appeal to all with a passion for sustainability including business leaders, academics, journalists, activists, and students. More...

The Nissan Report
By Steve Barnett. Consumers today are more environmentally aware and socially responsible than ever before. The Nissan Report reveals how a world-class corporation met this challenge. More...

Nuclear Madness
By Helen Caldicott, M.D. In this revised, updated, and expanded edition, Dr. Caldicott defines the dangers of this madness – including the insidious influence of the nuclear power industry. More...

Ocean’s End
By Colin Woodard. In this call to action, Woodard confronts one of our major environmental problems: the fate of the oceans. A comprehensive, eyewitness view of how and why the oceans are in trouble. More...

The Official Earth Day Guide to Planet Repair
By Denis Hayes. Changes in individual, local, and national energy choices can slow or even stop the dangerous build-up of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere while saving money, helping the economy, and enhancing human health. More...

Orbit
By Jay Apt, et al. Orbit offers unprecedented access to spectacular NASA space photography. It contains natural color photos shot by astronauts with hand-held cameras from inside the low-flying shuttle. More...

Our Ecological Footprint
By Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees. A powerful tool for measuring and visualizing the resources required to sustain our households, communities, regions and nations. Useful charts and clear illustrations. More...

Poison!
By Jim Morelli. Poison! How to Handle the Hazardous Substances in Your Home will take you on a fascinating tour of the toxic materials you use every day. It debunks old myths and alerts you to dangers. More...

Preserving Open Space: A Step-By-Step Guide for Volunteers Seeking to Limit Urban Sprawl
By David F. Gardner. A practical manual showing concerned citizens, step-by-step, how to organize fellow citizens, create an Open Space Action Plan, and intervene with pubic officials, owners and developers. More…

Promise Ahead
By Duane Elgin. A breathtaking view of the future that is relevant to anyone seeking to navigate through our profoundly changing world. The sequel to Duane Elgin’s bestselling 1981 classic Voluntary Simplicity. More...

Rattling the Cage
By Steven M. Wise. Are animals more than property? In this unprecedented yet long-awaited book, Steven Wise finally breaks through the wall that has separated non-humans from human animals for centuries. More...

Recycled as Restaurants
By Virginia Croft. Adaptive reuse is one of the strongest trends in architecture. Recycled as Restaurants features case studies and color photographs showing the beauty of spaces “recycled as restaurants.” More...

Reworking Success
By Robert Theobald. An eloquent call by futurist Robert Theobald for fundamental social change to deal with the overwhelming challenges facing humankind at the start of the new millennium. More...

The Riverkeepers
By John Cronin & Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In their battle to clean the Hudson River, Cronin and Kennedy describe how they formed a group of ordinary citizens to face corporate and government polluters. More...

Saving Cities Saving Money
By John Hart. Cities and towns, large and small, can extend resources, improve environmental quality, and save money all at the same time. More...

Seeds of Another Summer
By Beth Powning. At once resonant and new, Seeds of Another Summer is a soulful exploration of the connection between humans and the earth, and of the everlasting search for the spirit of home in nature. More...

Sloane's New Bicycle Maintenance Manual
By Eugene A. Sloane. The most comprehensive guide to bicycle care and repair. With more than 250 photos, many detailing step-by-step processes, Sloane’s New Bicycle Maintenance Manual is a must for cyclists. More...

Staying Healthy in a Risky Environment
By Arthur C. Upton & Eden Graber. This guide, by experts from the New York Medical Center’s Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, can help you understand the connections between environment and health. More...

Stormy Weather
By Guy Dauncey and Patrick Mazza. Deals head-on with our most urgent environmental challenge yet, and is the only book to put simple, effective solutions to global warming in the hands of ordinary citizens. More...

Straw Bale Building
By Chris Magwood and Peter Mack. Leads the builder through the practical issues. Offers a wide variety of aesthetic and building options, from multi-story to simple. Includes drawings, photos and plans. More...

Street Reclaiming
By David Engwicht. Provides a step-by-step process to reclaim streets, starting with a six-week program to reduce traffic by 30 to 50 percent. An excellent resource for both community activists and planners. More...

The Sustainability Advantage
By Bob Willard. In the pragmatic language of business leaders, The Sustainability Advantage shows that the business benefits of sustainable development strategies are quantifiable and real. More...

Teaching About Climate Change
By Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn. This exciting resource provides educators at all grade levels with strategies to teach about global warming and engage students’ interest in doing their part to help cool the planet. More...

Tools for Environmental Management
By Dixon Thompson. An overview of environmental management systems as well as a set of 22 environmental management tools that can be applied on local, national and international scales. More...

Toward Sustainable Communities
By Mark Roseland. Offers suggestions and innovative solutions to municipal and community problems. Covers air quality, transportation, energy, land use, housing, and economic and community development. More...

Voluntary Simplicity
By Duane Elgin. When Voluntary Simplicity was first published in 1981, it quickly became recognized as a powerful and visionary work in the emerging dialogue over sustainable ways of living. More...

Walks of California
By Gary Ferguson. For all who have longed to get off the beaten path and discover California's beauty, Walks of California shows the way. Here are 80 gentle journeys throughout California. More...

Waterwise Gardening
By Lauren Springer. Waterwise Gardening features detailed descriptions and advice on growing more than 100 waterwise trees, shrubs and vines as well as recommendations for more than 340 others. More...

The Whispering Pond
By Ervin Laszlo. In this highly original and breath-takingly argued book, Laszlo produces a new view of the cosmos, an interconnected, all-embracing cosmos of which we are part. More...