Building Consensus for a Sustainable Future: Putting Principles into Practice is a thoughtfully crafted primer to the process of building consensus on complex public issues.
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At the Edge is a rich and evocative call to action at a time when new ideas are urgently needed. Mandatory reading for policy analysts and decision makers in the public, private, and volunteer sectors, it will be equally useful to scholars, teachers, students, and others interested in creating sustainable societies.
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Filled with bold proposals, incisive analysis, and informative scientific discussions, One with Nineveh is a wide-ranging and thought-provoking account of the major issues of our time, and what we can do about them.
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Animals , the winner of three awards at the 2003 Atlantic Film Festival, including Best Documentary.
At a time when it’s often hard to separate science from spin, The Hype about Hydrogen offers a hype-free explanation of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, takes a hard look at the practical difficulties of transitioning to a hydrogen economy, and reveals why, given increasingly strong evidence of the gravity of climate change, neither government policy nor business investment should be based on the belief that hydrogen cars will have meaningful commercial success in the near or medium term.
Unlike similar books that are aimed at non-profits with paid staff, The Troublemaker’s Teaparty is specifically designed to help small, volunteer citizen groups.
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The book is the most comprehensive source for people who want to lessen their impact on the planet, and/or save money by making their living spaces more efficient.
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John Muir’s Last Journey provides a rare glimpse of a Muir whose interests as a naturalist, traveler, and conservationist extended well beyond the mountains of California.
A must-read for those of us thinking about the struggling with forest management strategies to conserve biological richness in temperate forests. Wonderfully done with solid, real-world examples.
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Modeling the Environment is the first introductory textbook for a technique of rapidly growing importance. It requires little or no mathematical background, and is appropriate for undergraduate environmental students as well as professionals new to modelling. Developed from the author’s own introductory course, it is classroom-tested and represents an important contribution to the field of system dynamics.
Conserving Earth’s Biodiversity is a pioneering educational tool based on the teachings and writings of renowned biologist Edward O. Wilson, and created and developed by science educator Dan Perlman.
Ecosystem Management represents a different kind of textbook for a different kind of course. It offers a new and exciting approach that engages students in active problem solving by using detailed landscape scenarios that reflect the complex issues and conflicting interests that face today’s resource managers and scientists.
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