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When you purchase this product, it will place money in your account with us. Using deposits helps save EcoBrain from fees that eat up most profits on small orders and lets you: Use it to purchase cheap items whenever you want, bypassing our normal minimum checkout price. Allows you to transfer some money to a friend's account as a gift certificate. Help your pal overseas bypass any large tra... [click here for more] |
EcoBrain.com |
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When you purchase this product, it will place money in your account with us. Using deposits helps save EcoBrain from fees that eat up most profits on small orders and lets you: Use it to purchase cheap items whenever you want, bypassing our normal minimum checkout price. Allows you to transfer some money to a friend's account as a gift certificate. Help your pal overseas bypass any large tra... [click here for more] |
EcoBrain.com |
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When you purchase this product, it will place money in your account with us. Using deposits helps save EcoBrain from fees that eat up most profits on small orders and lets you: Use it to purchase cheap items whenever you want, bypassing our normal minimum checkout price. Allows you to transfer some money to a friend's account as a gift certificate. Help your pal overseas bypass any large tra... [click here for more] |
EcoBrain.com |
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SW Publishing |
$9.99 |
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Fusing the spiritual and mystical with the natural—but with a healthy disdain for self-styled“nature lovers"—David Brendan Hopes in this book invokes the possibility of grace. Writing about his own outdoor epiphanies—whether sparked by the sound of a wren outside his window or the vicious encounter of a racoon and dog—Hopes invites readers to mark the moment when... [click here for more] |
Milkweed Editions |
$13.95
$6.98 |
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by Jack Cooper, M. Strozier (ed.) ~
Stephen D. Chandler, author of "The Story of You," writes about "Across My Silence, "One need not be a passionate conservationist or lover of animals to be charmed by Cooper's admiration of them. The awe he feels in "The Turtles of La Escobilla" for the turtles' unstoppable life force in the face of human cruelty runs deeper than an environmentalist's... [click here for more] |
Mockfrog Design Press |
$3.33
$3.00 |
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by Cornelia Dean ~
The Science Editor of the New York Times issues a call to arms for beach lovers and environmentalists in a beautifully written book that covers the ecology of the coast, as well as the hubris-filled history of Americans' efforts to hold back the sea.... [click here for more] |
Columbia University Press |
$22.99
$20.69 |
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by Rita Cestti, Jitendra Srivastava, Samira Jung ~
Over the past few decades the quality of many international water bodies has deteriorated, resulting in economic losses from declines in the fishing industry and in tourism, as well as a loss of biodiversity and health impacts from contaminated water. These deterioration has been caused by many factors including nutrient run-off from ag... [click here for more] |
The World Bank |
$10.00
$9.00 |
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by Stan Gibilisco ~
The fast and easy way to get up-to-speed on alternative energy Because of current events, geopolitics, and natural disasters, the cost of fuel is front and center in our lives. This book provides a concise look at all forms of energy, including fossil fuels, electric, solar, biodiesel, nuclear, hydroelectric, ... [click here for more] |
McGraw-Hill Professional |
$19.95
$17.96 |
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With contributions by Jimmy Carter, Wendell Berry, Bill McKibben, Terry Tempest Williams, Scott Russell Sanders, and Rick Bass, Arctic Refuge is an ideal introduction to the Arctic National Wildife Refuge and issues surrounding our use of energy and public lands. The book includes the testimony of members of the Gwich'in Nation—whose lives depend on the caribou—as well as ... [click here for more] |
Milkweed Editions |
$14.00
$9.80 |
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Coal fuels about 50 percent of US electricity production and provides a quarter of the country's total energy. China and India's ferocious economic growth is based almost entirely on coal-generated electricity.
Coal currently looks like a solution to many of our fast-growing energy problems. However, while coal advocates are urging full steam ahead, increasing reliance on the dirtiest o... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$18.95
$13.95 |
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Recreational boating is a pastime enjoyed by millions. Yet the waters and marine environment that boaters so love are in serious jeopardy from pollution, from resource mismanagement, and from misunderstanding. Boaters can help to change that. Although a relatively small part of the problem of marine environmental degradation, recreational boaters can be a huge part of the solution, writes Clyde... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$17.95
$13.95 |
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by Gary R Kirby ~
A generational cultural biography of the road taken, not chosen . Our parents sped along this road, ignorant of the broken bridge ahead. They fled the golden glow of farmutopia, entered the silver shadow of Pandora's Shop, birthed us among mechanical and electrical toys-and now we wander in this great white out, a white blindness which we are passing onto o... [click here for more] |
iUniverse, Inc. |
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$5.40 |
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by World Bank ~
The comprehensive approach advocated in the 1993 water strategy is highly relevant to the sound and sustainable management of water resources. And implementing the strategy has advanced the Bank ' s corporate goals and mission, contributing to an emerging global consensus on water resource management. But that implementation, though broad, has been partial and uneven, wi... [click here for more] |
The World Bank |
$22.00
$19.80 |
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by William Guarnere ~
Tom Hanks introduces the rousing story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. William ""Wild Bill"" Guarnere and Edward ""Babe"" Heffron were among the first paratroopers of the U.S. Army-members of an elite unit of the 101st Airborne Division called Easy Company. Arguably the bravest, most efficient, physically ... [click here for more] |
Berkley |
$24.95
$22.46 |
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Building an Ark: 101 Solutions to Animal Suffering is a first-of-its-kind, inspiring look at practical solutions to the impact humans have on animals and the natural world.
Factory farms, habitat destruction, animal product testing, the abuse and neglect of companion animals, the illegal trade in endangered species, unsustainable fishing and climate change all create unnecessary ... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$24.95
$18.95 |
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Island Press |
$17.95
$16.16 |
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What Works, What Doesn't, and Why Millions of Americans are demanding that all levels of government—local, state, and federal—take immediate and effective action to fight climate change. But there’s a big problem. Hundreds of policy ideas are floating about, and many of them aren’t very good. It’s quite possible that bad climate policy will result, and that man... [click here for more] |
Chelsea Green Publishing |
$9.95 |
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by Greg Pahl ~
"The Complete Idiot's Guide to Saving the Environment" is a comprehensive guide to the ways an average citizen can make every day Earth Day. We learn how the environment got in this condition and how we can improve it by reducing, reusing, and recycling at home, at work, and everywhere else. The book suggests groups and organizations to join or to go to for information.... [click here for more] |
Alpha |
$16.95
$15.26 |
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by Harold S Shepherd ~
Few authors have covered the impact on federal rangelands of the political right's attempt to reverse the influence of the environmental laws passed in the 70s and 80s and the GOP's assault on federal courts and plaintiff's attorneys. Shepherd illustrates the critical role of federal courts not only in the protection of public lands and how the Bush administratio... [click here for more] |
iUniverse, Inc. |
$6.00
$5.40 |
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In Taking Care Kittredge tells a story about his family's homestead in the Great Basin, a ranch worked by horses when he was a boy and transformed into an agribusiness by the time he was a grown man . Recounting his life as farmer and writer, Kittredge acknowledges the desire for efficiency that led him to spoil the land he loves. He writes about the tough issues of owning property an... [click here for more] |
Milkweed Editions |
$12.00
$8.40 |
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An accomplished biologist and writer, Gary Paul Nabhan believes that the free movement between science and literature, between cultivated and wild habitats, and between culture and language engenders the kind of unlikely and seemingly incompatible perceptions that are essential to discovery of any kind. He illustrates the successful marriage of science and poetry with true stories about colo... [click here for more] |
Milkweed Editions |
$14.00
$9.80 |
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The attacks of September 11, 2001 were accomplished through an amazing orchestration of logistics and personnel. Crossing the Rubicon discovers and identifies key suspects - finding some of them in the highest echelons of American government - by showing how they acted in concert to guarantee that the attacks produced the desired result. Crossing the Rubicon is unique not ... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$22.95
$16.95 |
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Cruising is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. Attracting over 12 million passengers a year, cruise ship companies are merging to become behemoths. And cruise ships themselves have swollen dramatically in size, now sometimes carrying over 5,000 people on board. Not surprisingly, this growth is causing huge problems -- problems that the industry would rather not acknowledge, and... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$14.95
$10.95 |
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In an era of dwindling resources, water is poised to become the new oil as the entire world now faces the reality of a decreasing supply of clean water. To avert a devastating shortage, we must not only look at alternate water sources for existing structures, we must also plan our new developments differently. Design for Water is an accessible and clearly written guide to alterna... [click here for more] |
New Society |
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$18.95 |
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by McGraw-Hill Companies, McGraw-Hill Companies ~
Derived from the content of the respected McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms Sixth Edition, each title provides thousands of definitions of words and phrases encountered in a specific discipline.... [click here for more] |
McGraw-Hill |
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Updated and expanded for parents and teachers of the new millennium is Earth Child 2000, the classic treasury of resources for teaching young children about the environment. The original Earth Child --a favorite for Head Start, pre-schools, elementary schools, scout troops, nature centers, national parks, and families -has been updated with new resources in each chapter. Two brand-ne... [click here for more] |
Council Oak Books |
$26.95
$16.17 |
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Like a modern-day literary Darwin, Bill Holm travels to several islands in this book: Isla Mujeres, an exceptional island east of the Yucatán Peninsula; Molokai, whose history is graced by the example of Father Damien; Iceland, with a human genetic code nearly unmatched in its purity; Madagascar, an island of musical and botanical eccentricities; and Mallard Island, tucked in Rainy Lake, ne... [click here for more] |
Milkweed Editions |
$14.95
$10.47 |
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If the family is eating organic foods, recycling, and steering clear of chemicals, why shouldn't it be the same for Fido? Eco Dog is a comprehensive guide to nontoxic and planet-friendly dog care. It delivers information on the potential dangers of conventional pet food, grooming products, and accessories and then offers shopping tips and 25 home projects for all-natural alternatives. Rosem... [click here for more] |
Chronicle Books |
$16.95
$15.25 |
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Most of the world's population now lives in cities. So if we are to address the problems of environmental deterioration and peak oil adequately, the city has to be a major focus of attention.
EcoCities is about re-building cities and towns based on ecological principles for the long term sustainability, cultural vitality and health of the Earth's biosphere. Unique in the literatu... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$27.95
$20.95 |
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by Will Jansen ~
The past 50 years of worldwide population growth and construction has changed the way the world works. Global warming, hurricanes and tornadoes are on the rise along with sea levels. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are on the increase. Many say that this is just a natural cycle of the earth. This is not the case. These so called "natural disasters" are direct results... [click here for more] |
iUniverse, Inc. |
$6.00
$5.40 |
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Enough Blood Shed confronts the reality of a world awash in weapons and the belief that war is inevitable, with people powerless to change the system. It provides an alternative perspective based on solutions known to be successful because they have been used already.
The first part of the book describes the culture of violence that has led the world to this precipice of hopeless... [click here for more] |
New Society |
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$16.95 |
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by Miranda A. Schreurs ~
A decade of climate change negotiations almost ended in failure because of the different policy approaches of the industrialized states. Japan, Germany, and the United States exemplify the deep divisions that exist among states in their approaches to environmental protection. Germany is following what could be called the green social welfare state approach to en... [click here for more] |
Cambridge University Press |
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$21.60 |
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Evolution's Edge is an IPPY award winning book as an Outstanding Book of the Year and also under the category of Book Most Likely to Save the World.
It is now 5 minutes to midnight on the Doomsday Clock, reflecting the fact that we are closer to assuring the obliteration of our species than we have been at any time since the early eighties. We are rapidly approaching a tip... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$24.95
$18.95 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Americans' confidence in their government-sanctioned environmental and consumer protections receives another blow in investigative reporter Schapiro's exposé, which explores such discomforting information as the 2005 U.S. Centers for Disease Control tests that found 148 toxic chemicals "in the bodies of 'Americans of all ages.'" The U.S.... [click here for more] |
Chelsea Green Publishing |
$22.95
$18.36 |
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by Joy A. Palmer (ed.) ~
A team of over twenty expert contributors summarise and analyse the thinking of fifty diverse and stimulating figures from all over the world and from ancient times to the present day.... [click here for more] |
Routledge |
$18.95
$17.06 |
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Finding community is as critical as obtaining food and shelter, since the need to belong is what makes us human. The isolation and loneliness of modern life have led many people to search for deeper connection, which has resulted in a renewed interest in intentional communities. These intentional communities or ecovillages are an appealing choice for like-minded people who seek to create a fami... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$24.95
$18.95 |
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The shiny rings of the Olympic Games have grown tarnished over the years as doping, corruption and other scandals rise to the surface. Those scandals are the tip of the iceberg, according to author Christopher Shaw, the lead spokesperson for several anti-Games groups. Five Ring Circus details the history of how Vancouver won the bid for the 2010 Games, who was involved, and what ... [click here for more] |
New Society |
$19.95
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by Ivan D Matthews ~
Oceans of ripe wheat bending in the wind, the smell of fresh cut alfalfa, and the thought of juicy strawberries on shortcake are things that go with living in Fort Hickok. The strip mall may suggest an old time frontier fort, but beneath this facade is a realistic planned development of shops and services to the patrons that go there. People thirst for new experienc... [click here for more] |
iUniverse, Inc. |
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by Terry L. Anderson, Donald R. Leal ~
The original edition of this seminal book, published in 1991, introduced the concept of using markets and property rights to protect and improve environmental quality. <P>Since publication, the ideas in this book have been adopted not only by conservative circles but by a wide range of environmental groups. To mention a few examples, Defender... [click here for more] |
Palgrave |
$18.95
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The tail end of the sugaring season in New England is called the frog run, when pools of snowmelt teem with frogs and the last run of sap good for making syrup flows from the maple trees. For John Elder, a longtime resident of Vermont, a professor of English, and a man at midlife, the frog run is a metaphor of loss and resurgence. In this book, Elder describes the rewilding of the Vermont woods, t... [click here for more] |
Milkweed Editions |
$14.00
$9.80 |
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by Adam Cherson ~
Beyond climate warming, the environmental crisis encompasses matters of energy supply, deforestation, food production, biodiversity loss, water management, waste disposal, human health and psychology, raw materials, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and the paradoxes of technological, economic, and military prowess. Geocide unravels the enigma of environmenta... [click here for more] |
iUniverse, Inc. |
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“Green” has finally hit the mainstream. Soccer moms drive Priuses. And the business consultants say it’s easy and profitable. In reality, though, many green-leaning businesses, families, and governments are still fiddling while the planet burns. Why? Because implementing sustainability is brutally difficult. In this witty and contrarian book, Auden Schendler, a sustainable busine... [click here for more] |
The Perseus Books Group |
$26.95
$17.79 |
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Think of this book as your trail guide showing you how the "frontier strategy" works, what you need for the journey, and where you will find your own frontier -- be it at home or in your work place, in a major city, or as a state of mind. In GO FOR IT!, Dr. Judy Kleinfeld, a professor of psychology at the University of Alaska, shows how to use the frontier strategy to explore your own po... [click here for more] |
Epicenter Press |
$14.95
$7.50 |
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by Paul Ryder ~
Neighbors are fighting pollution in a new way: "For a moment, look through the eyes of the CEO or plant manager. "He has worked his way into a corner and does not know how to get out. He knows that what he has been doing is wrong. He wants to stop but does not know how. He has been avoiding the matter so completely that he really does not know how bad it ... [click here for more] |
iUniverse, Inc. |
$6.00
$5.40 |
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Combining personal reflection and memoir with a powerful look at the state of our rural towns and people, Paul Gruchow postulates a society in which our lives are more than commodities and our land is more than an extension of our industries. ... [click here for more] |
Milkweed Editions |
$13.95
$9.77 |
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Written for newcomers and professionals alike, GREEN BEGINNINGS: The Story of How We Built Our Green & Sustainable Home shares the husband and wife authors’ experience learning about, planning and building a USGBC LEED* Silver home in a refreshing approach to help others understand green homes and green homebuilding.
This book is the first of its’ kind to present the su... [click here for more] |
Green Beginnings Publishing |
$40.00
$18.50 |
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