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The Limits to Growth: The 30 Year Global Update by Donella Meadows and Jorgen Randers and Dennis Meadows Publisher Comments In 1972, three scientists from MIT created a computer model that analyzed global resource consumption and production. Their results shocked the world and created stirring conversation about global 'overshoot,' or resource use beyond the carrying capacity... (read more) Your price: $22.50 New - Trade Paper
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Encounters with the Archdruid by John Mcphee Publisher Comments The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The four men portrayed here have different relationships to their environment, and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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My Story as Told by Water: Confessions, Druidic Rants, Reflections, Bird-Watchings, Fish-Stalkings, Visions, Songs and Prayers Refracting Light, from Living Rivers, in the Age of the Industrial Dark by David James Duncan Publisher Comments "This book is the Desert Solitaire of water."--Jim Harrison "Original, skillful, and funny as hell."--Ian Frazier "My Story as told by Water is the real McCoy, vivid and important, full of urgent news about living on earth."--Thomas... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality by Richard Heinberg Publisher Comments Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. The End of Growth proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Sustainable Transportation: Problems and Solutions (10 Edition) by William R. Black Synopsis During the last two decades, sustainability has become the dominant concern of transportation planners and policymakers. This timely text provides a framework for developing systems that move people and products efficiently while minimizing damage to the... (read more) List Price $62.00 Your price: $57.05 New - Hardcover
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Implementing Sustainable Development: From Global Policy to Local Action by Phillip J. Cooper Publisher Comments Implementing Sustainable Development focuses on the challenge of turning international commitments and policy promises into action. Using examples and cases from around the U.S. and around the world, it examines the successful and failed efforts designed... (read more) Your price: $44.50 New - Trade Paper
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Conservation Is Our Government Now: The Politics of Ecology in Papua New Guinea (New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century) by Paige West Publisher Comments A significant contribution to political ecology, Conservation Is Our Government Now is an ethnographic examination of the history and social effects of conservation and development efforts in Papua New Guinea. Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Eco-Business: A Big-Brand Takeover of Sustainability by Peter Dauvergne Publisher Comments andlt;Pandgt;McDonald's promises to use only beef, coffee, fish, chicken, and cooking oil obtained from sustainable sources. Coca-Cola promises to achieve water neutrality. Unilever has set a deadline of 2020 to reach 100 percent sustainable agricultural... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Fostering Sustainable Behavior: an Introduction To Community-based Social Marketing (Rev 10 Edition) by Doug Mckenzie-mohr Publisher Comments We are consuming resources and polluting our environment at a rate that is outstripping our planet's ability to support us. To create a sustainable future, we must not only change our own actions, we must educate and encourage those around us to change... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Developing Products in Half the Time: New Rules, New Tools by Preston G Smith Publisher Comments Developing Products in Half the Time Second Edition New Rules, New Tools Preston G. Smith * Donald G. Reinertsen In this era of global competition and accelerating product life cycles, the need to get new products to market faster is more compelling than... (read more) List Price $36.25 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Sustainable Investing: The Art of Long Term Performance (Environmental Markets Insight) by Cary (edt) Krosinsky Publisher Comments With climate change now clearly on the horizon, the imperative of sustainability is starting to transform the world's capital markets. Already billions of dollars, pounds, euro and yen are being managed with a view to environmental, social and governance... (read more) Your price: $53.50 New - Hardcover
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Technological, Managerial and Organizational Core Competencies: Dynamic Innovation and Sustainable Development by Farley Simon (edt) Nobre Book News Annotation Business scholars, economists, industrial engineers, and engineers from other technical fields present the results of an international project of multidisciplinary research into links between innovation and organization. They look at innovation in... (read more) Your price: $185.00 New - Hardcover
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Environment and Statecraft : Strategy of Environmental Treaty-making (03 Edition) by Scott Barrett Publisher Comments How did the Montreal Protocol succeed in protecting the earth's ozone layer? Why will the Kyoto Protocol fail to materially dampen global climate change? Are treaties really needed? Can they be made to work better? This book develops a theory to answer... (read more) List Price $40.95 Your price: $25.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Passion for Manufacturing: Real World Advice from Dick Dauch - The Man Who Engineered the Manufacturing Renaissance at Chrysler by Richard Dauch Publisher Comments Automotive authority Richard Dauch, best known for his contribution to Chrysler's early-eighties resuscitation, wrote this book based on his 28 years of experience building cars. Fifteen chapters cover everything from manufacturing do's and don'ts, tips... (read more) Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Environmentalism by David Peterson Del Mar Publisher Comments Why are our environmental problems still growing despite a huge increase in global conservation efforts? Peterson del Mar untangles this paradox by showing how prosperity is essential to environmentalism. Industrialization drove people to look... (read more) List Price $29.10 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Voluntary Environmentalists: Green Clubs, ISO 14001, and Voluntary Environmental Regulations by Aseem Prakash Publisher Comments A novel theoretical framework to analyse the effectiveness of voluntary environmental programs, including ISO 14001.... (read more) Your price: $43.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift by Andres R Edwards Publisher Comments Sustainability has become a buzzword in the last decade, but its full meaning is complex, emerging from a range of different sectors. In practice, it has become the springboard for millions of individuals throughout the world who are forging the fastest... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Fair Trade from the Ground Up: New Markets for Social Justice by April Linton Publisher Comments Fair Trade promises to raise living standards in developing countries through: - worldwide minimum prices for commodities - support for democratically governed cooperatives - requirement of minimum wages and safety standards for workers - training to... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Sustainable Value (08 Edition) by Chris Laszlo Publisher Comments In Sustainable Value, Chris Laszlo illustrates how the competitive strategies of some of the world's largest businesses are changing as their leaders begin to take on a number of the world's most important social, environmental, and economic issues. The... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $18.00 Used - Hardcover
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What Matters Most: How a Small Group of Pioneers Is Teaching Social Responsibility to Big Business, and Why Big Business Is Listening by Jeffrey Hollender Publisher Comments Under what conditions can a business hope to deliver consistent financial results, inspire employees, protect the environment, and make the world a better place? The question gets to the heart of a set of fundamental questions: What is the purpose of a... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $1.25 Used - Hardcover
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