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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: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows Publisher Comments In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, Limits to Growth--the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet-- Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hope and Hard Times: Communities, Collaboration and Sustainability by Ted Bernard Publisher Comments More than a dozen years ago, Ted Bernard traveled to nine communities across the United States to meet residents who were working collaboratively to solve natural resource conflicts. While there may have been different perspectives as to process, their... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Green Washed: Why We Can't Buy Our Way to a Green Planet by Kendra Pierre-Louis Publisher Comments The message that our environment is in peril has filtered from environmental groups to the American consciousness to our shopping carts. Every day, millions of Americans dutifully replace conventional produce with organic, swap Mr. Clean for Seventh... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle by David Wann Publisher Comments In his bestseller Affluenza, David Wann and his co-authors diagnosed the debilitating disease of over-consumption. In Simple Prosperity he shows readers how we can overcome this disease by investing in a variety of ... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken Publisher Comments A visionary new program that businesses can follow to help restore the planet.... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Our Way Out: Principles for a Post-Apocalyptic World by Marq De Villiers Publisher Comments Global warming, energy shortages, overpopulation — it's no wonder that as a society, we're in an apocalyptic mood. Out of an endless stream of gloomy prognoses for humanity's future, we have emerged with little inspiration and few concrete ideas... (read more) List Price $32.99 Your price: $23.00 Used - Hardcover
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Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front by Sharon Astyk Publisher Comments Why are so few peak oil authors women? There's been much debate about this, and no one has yet arrived at a definitive answer. But whatever the reason, Sharon Astyk has established herself as a true rarity within the peak oil community by virtue of... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Accounting for Mother Nature: Changing Demands for Her Bounty by Terry Anderson Publisher Comments In the face of growing pressure on our natural landscapes and increasingly bitter conflict over their management and use, simply defending the status quo is not enough. Finding a balance between producing commodities, such as lumber, and maintaining... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Searching for Sustainability: Interdisciplinary Essays in the Philosophy of Conservation Biology (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) by Bryan G Norton Publisher Comments Multidisciplinary analysis of what we mean by setting sustainability as a goal for environmental management.... (read more) List Price $52.95 Your price: $5.25 Used - Trade Paper
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How Green Is Your City?: The Sustainlane U.S. City Rankings by Warren Karlenzig Publisher Comments In our carbon-challenged, post-Katrina world, how do America's largest cities stack up in terms of sustainability? Which cities are more self-sufficient and better-prepared for our uncertain future, and which cities are operating business-as-usual? How... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability by James Gustave Speth Publisher Comments Today we know what no previous generation knew: the history of the universe and of the unfolding of life on Earth. Through the astonishing combined achievements of natural scientists worldwide, we now have a detailed account of how galaxies and stars... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Sustainability by Design: A Vision for a Region of 4 Million by Design Centre For Su Publisher Comments The Greater Vancouver region's population is expected to double in the next fifty years with a 250 percent increase in citizens over sixty-five. Sustainability by Design addresses the challenge of transforming livability into sustainability while... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Sustainability by Design: A Subversive Strategy for Transforming Our Consumer Culture by John R Ehrenfeld Publisher Comments The developed world, increasingly aware of “inconvenient truths” about global warming and sustainability, is turning its attention to possible remedies—eco-efficiency, sustainable development, and corporate social responsibility, among... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $14.95 Sale - Hardcover
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The Earth: Natural Resources and Human Intervention (Sustainability Project) by Fried Schmidt Bleek Publisher Comments It would take a planet twice the size of Earth to provide everybody on the planet the same standard of living currently enjoyed by the West. Professor Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek argues that we can dematerialize our economy by a factor of ten without... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Health Chic Guide: Hip, Fun & Delicious Living by Wendimere Reilly Publisher Comments Do you worry about global warming...but aren't quite sure that your car will run on used vegetable oil? Do you like the idea of healthier foods but prefer to steer clear of twigs and leaves in your breakfast bowl? Then this is the book for you Reilly's... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $4.98 Used - Trade Paper
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Going Green: True Tales from Gleaners, Scavengers, and Dumpster Divers by Laura Pritchett Publisher Comments Never mind the Ph.D. and middle-class trappings—Laura Pritchett is a Dumpster diver and proud of it. Ever since she was old enough to navigate the contents of a metal bin, she has reveled in the treasures found in other people’s cast-offs... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Carbon Charter: Blueprint for a Carbon-Free Future by Godo Stoyke Publisher Comments As mayors and city councilors seek solutions to climate change, existing policies and legislation can stand in the way of effective change. The Carbon Charteris the first book to describe the municipal bylaws required to abate climate change and create... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Thriving Beyond Sustainability: Pathways to a Resilient Society by Andres R Edwards Publisher Comments Every fifteen seconds on our Earth, a child dies from waterborne disease. Three times an hour, another species becomes extinct. Each day we consume eighty-five million barrels of oil and pump twenty-three million tons of carbon dioxide into an already... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Sustainable Soul: Eco-Spiritual Reflections and Practices by Rebecca James Hecking Publisher Comments A poignant and inspirational guide for a journey toward ecological spirituality and sustainable culture. Each chapter contains an essay and spiritual practices designed for both group and individualized reflection. Exercises include a wide range of... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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