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Accidental City - $14.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $4.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $4.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $12.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $17.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $17.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
By Peter Schwartz. In The Art of the Long View, Schwartz outlines the “scenario” approach to creating a strategic vision. More...

At Roads End - $40.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $12.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $25.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

Bicycle Repair Manual - $4.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

Certification of Forest Products - $30.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

Cities in Our Future - $22.50 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $7.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

Collaborative Planning for Wetlands and Wildlife - $35.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $31.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $35.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

Confronting Suburban Decline - $31.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

Cool Companies - $27.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $19.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $10.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $19.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $6.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $19.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $30.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 Human Ecosystems - $35.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $30.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $29.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

Divorce Your Car! - $12.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $4.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $7.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

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Earthfuture - $10.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $4.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $12.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $24.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $22.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $28.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $9.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $30.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

Fragile Dominion - $14.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $35.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $22.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $4.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $42.50 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $26.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $11.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

Growing Fruit in Your Backyard - $6.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $14.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $12.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $19.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $16.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $11.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

Landscaping With Wildflowers & Native Plants - $4.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $11.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $9.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $14.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $6.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $12.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

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The National Audubon Society Almanac of the Environment - $13.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 Step Story - $19.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $4.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $8.50 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $14.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $15.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $29.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

Poison! - $7.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

Promise Ahead - $9.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $9.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $19.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $7.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

Saving Cities Saving Money - $4.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $29.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $16.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $19.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $14.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $16.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $12.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $19.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

Tools for Environmental Management - $29.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $13.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $10.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $7.00 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $4.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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 - $24.95 (Original Pre-Discount Price)
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...

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