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The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability -- Designing for Abundance
The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability -- Designing for Abundance
by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
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From the authors of Cradle to Cradle, we learn whats next: The Upcycle. The Upcycle is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Cradle to Cradle, one of the most consequential ecological manifestos of our time. Now, drawing on the lessons ... (read more)

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Wild Ones Signed Edition
Wild Ones Signed Edition
by Jon Mooallem
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Field notes from an age of extinction, tracking the ever-shifting meaning of Americas animals throughout history to understand the current moment. Journalist Jon Mooallem has watched his little daughter's world overflow with animals — butterfly... (read more)

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Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature
Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature
by Mark Tercek and Jonathan Adams
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What is nature worth? The answer to this question — which traditionally has been framed in environmental terms — is revolutionizing the way we do business. In Nature's Fortune, Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy and former investment... (read more)

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Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods
Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods
by Christine Byl
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A lively and lyrical account of one woman's unlikely apprenticeship on a national-park trail crew and what she discovers about nature, gender, and the value of hard work. Christine Byl first encountered the national parks the way most of us do: on... (read more)

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The Fate of the Species: Why the Human Race May Cause Its Own Extinction and How We Can Stop It
The Fate of the Species: Why the Human Race May Cause Its Own Extinction and How We Can Stop It
by Fred Guterl
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For all the pessimistic talk about the apocalypse, we still really don't know what humanity's future will ultimately look like. Where will our sea levels be? Will avian flu wipe us off the planet? Will computer viruses throw us into darkness and chaos... (read more)

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The Approaching Great Transformation: Toward a Livable Post Carbon Economy
The Approaching Great Transformation: Toward a Livable Post Carbon Economy
by Joel Magnuson
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The Approaching Great Transformation is about the coming shift in how we act and think in the world economically as the era of cheap oil comes to an end. The purpose of this book is to provide inspiration for those seeking to be part of the ongoing... (read more)

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Plant and Animal Endemism in California
Plant and Animal Endemism in California
by Susan P. Harrison
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"In this splendid book, Susan Harrison not only describes the remarkable diversity of unique plants and animals found throughout California, but she also explores how that uniqueness has developed over millions of years. Packed with novel insights gained... (read more)

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The Incidental Steward: Reflections on Citizen Science
The Incidental Steward: Reflections on Citizen Science
by Akiko Busch
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A search for a radio-tagged Indiana bat roosting in the woods behind her house in New York’s Hudson Valley led Akiko Busch to assorted other encounters with the natural world—local ecological monitoring projects, community-organized cleanup... (read more)

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Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste
Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste
by Bea Johnson
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In Zero Waste Home, Bea Johnson shares the story of how she simplified her life by reducing her waste. Today, Bea, her husband, Scott, and their two young sons produce just one quart of garbage a year, and their overall quality of life has changed for... (read more)

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Global Weirdness (13 Edition)
Global Weirdness (13 Edition)
by Climate Central
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Global Weirdness summarizes everything we know about the science of climate change, explains what is likely to happen to the climate in the future, and lays out, in practical terms, what we can do to avoid further shifts. In fifty easy-to-read entries... (read more)

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Sustainability: A Cultural History
Sustainability: A Cultural History
by Ulrich Grober
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From diets to economic growth, everything these days has to be "sustainable." But the word's currency should not obscure its origins: sustainability is an age-old aspiration, a concept deeply rooted in human culture. Though in danger of abuse and overuse... (read more)

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American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation
American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation
by Eric Rutkow
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This fascinating and groundbreaking work tells the remarkable story of the relationship between Americans and their trees across the entire span of our nation’s history. Like many of us, historians have long been guilty of taking trees for granted.... (read more)

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My Backyard Jungle: The Adventures of an Urban Wildlife Lover Who Turned His Yard Into Habitat and Learned to Live with It
My Backyard Jungle: The Adventures of an Urban Wildlife Lover Who Turned His Yard Into Habitat and Learned to Live with It
by James Barilla
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For James Barilla and his family, the dream of transforming their Columbia, South Carolina, backyard into a haven for wildlife evoked images of kids catching grasshoppers by day and fireflies at night, of digging up potatoes and picking strawberries... (read more)

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Ecomind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want
Ecomind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want
by Frances Moore Lappe
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In EcoMind, Frances Moore Lappé — a giant of the environmental movement — confronts accepted wisdom of environmentalism. Drawing on the latest research from anthropology to neuroscience and her own field experience, she argues that the... (read more)

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Dams, Displacement and the Delusion of Development: Cahora Bassa and Its Legacies in Mozambique, 1965-2007 (New African Histories)
Dams, Displacement and the Delusion of Development: Cahora Bassa and Its Legacies in Mozambique, 1965-2007 (New African Histories)
by Allen F. Isaacman
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Cahora Bassa Dam on the Zambezi River, built in the early 1970s during the final years of Portuguese rule, was the last major infrastructure project constructed in Africa during the turbulent era of decolonization. Engineers and hydrologists praised the... (read more)

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The Efficiency Trap: Finding a Better Way to Achieve a Sustainable Energy Future
The Efficiency Trap: Finding a Better Way to Achieve a Sustainable Energy Future
by Steve Hallett
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This realistic appraisal of current environmental thinking will challenge environmentalists and industrialists alike. One of the key tenets of the environmental movement is the need for greater efficiency in our use of dwindling natural resources... (read more)

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Escaping Into Nature: The Making of a Sportsman-Environmentalist and Environmental Historian
Escaping Into Nature: The Making of a Sportsman-Environmentalist and Environmental Historian
by John F Reiger
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“It was only by escaping into nature that I could obtain the peace and harmony I sought.” —from the Introduction In Escaping into Nature, prominent wildlife conservationist and environmental historian John Reiger shares his story of an... (read more)

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Holdfast
Holdfast
by Kathleen Dean Moore
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Naturalist and philosopher Kathleen Dean Moore meditates on connection and separation in these twenty-one elegant, probing essays. Using the metaphor of holdfasts—the structures that attach seaweed to rocks with a grip strong enough to withstand... (read more)

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Traveling the 38th Parallel: A Water Line Around the World
Traveling the 38th Parallel: A Water Line Around the World
by David Carle
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"The 38th Parallel is a compelling read with wonderful tension between the environmental problems- the true reason for their journey- and the extraordinary sights they encounter following the 38th parallel. Pushed off the typical tourist path, David and... (read more)

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Coral Reefs
Coral Reefs
by Seymour Simon
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Hiding on the floor of Earth's tropical oceans are magnificent and colorful coral reefs. You may have seen coral in the local aquarium or heard of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia. But did you know that coral reefs . . . are actually... (read more)

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