Alcohol Fuel: Making and Using Ethanol as a Renewable Fuel

Dwindling petroleum supplies and growing environmental concerns are significantly impacting the cost of petro-fuel and its infrastructure. The search for alternative fuel sources has led to ethanol, a gasoline substitute that is already in the marketplace as Gasohol and E-85. But large-scale production of corn-based ethanol is controversial as it threatens the world's food supply. There are alt...   [click here for more]

Biodiesel Power: The Passion, the People, and the Politics of the Next Renewable Fuel

Whether we are nearing the end of oil or merely nearing the end of inexpensive oil, it is becoming increasingly clear that we need to find alternative ways to meet our energy needs. Biodiesel is one such alternative -- and is one of the fastest growing sectors of the US economy.

Biodiesel in North America is in its infancy. As air quality deteriorates in major centers, governments are s...   [click here for more]

Blackout: Coal, Climate and the Last Energy Crisis

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]

Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings - 9th Edition: Save Money, Save the Earth

How efficient are front-load washing machines? When is it time to replace your old refrigerator? These questions and many more are answered in The Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings, a one-stop resource for consumers who want to improve their home's energy performance and reduce costs. Zeroing in on the most useful response can be a challenge-this 9th edition guide cuts through the co...   [click here for more]

Energy Switch: Proven Solutions for a Renewable Future

Declining oil supplies and the environmental impact of coal dictate a switch to renewable energy sources for a sustainable future. Written for a popular audience, Energy Switch details this momentous transition and proposes that the remaining non-renewable resources be used to develop a long-term supply of renewable energy.

A renewable energy leader two decades ago, the US now la...   [click here for more]

Green Remodeling: Changing the World One Room at a Time

Whether because of changing lifestyles or simply because houses are becoming outdated, millions of North Americans are renovating their homes every year, spending more money annually on renovation than on new home construction. But renovations can be fraught with unintended consequences like indoor air pollution. How do you remodel in a healthy, environmentally friendly way?

Green Re...   [click here for more]

Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Chang

Concerns over climate change and energy depletion are increasing exponentially.

Mainstream solutions still assume a panacea that will cure our climate ills without requiring any serious modification to our way of life.

Plan C explores the risks inherent in trying to continue our energy-intensive lifestyle. Using dirtier fossil fuels (Plan A) or switching to renewable ener...   [click here for more]

Power From the Wind: Achieving Energy Independence

Faced with frequent power outages, skyrocketing energy costs, and constant reminders of the impacts of conventional energy sources, homeowners and businesses are beginning to explore ways to use energy more efficiently and to generate their own electricity to reduce fuel bills and their carbon footprint and to achieve greater independence.

Power From the Wind is an easily underst...   [click here for more]

Science Solutions: Book 2

Contains two themes: 1. Earth-Friendly Energies looks at how resources are used for energy consumption within the community, and how alternative energy sources can be used to reduce pollution and environmental damage. 2. Human Body Systems explores the relationship between various body systems and looks at how a healthy lifestyle can help maintain their functions.

Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems

Heating water with the sun is almost as old as humankind itself, and it is done all over the world. Yet there are strangely few resources on the topic in North America.

Solar Water Heating fills this gap. It reviews the history of solar water & space heating systems from prehistory to the present, then presents the basics of solar water heating, including an introduction to m...   [click here for more]

The Better World Handbook: Small Changes That Make A Big Difference

Specifically designed to reach people who normally would not consider themselves activists, The Better World Handbook is directed toward those who care about creating a more just, sustainable and socially responsible world but don't know where to begin. Substantially updated, this revised best-seller now contains more recent information on global problems, more effective actions, and man...   [click here for more]

The Carbon Charter: Blueprint for a Carbon-Free Future

As mayors and city councilors seek solutions to climate change, existing policies and legislation can stand in the way of effective change.

The Carbon Charter is the first book to describe the municipal bylaws required to abate climate change and create sustainable communities. It provides city councilors with a cut-and-paste set of green bylaws and policies of best practices cul...   [click here for more]

The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy: Achieving Energy Independence from Wind, Solar, Biomass and Hydropower

The coming energy crisis caused by a peak in global oil and natural gas production will profoundly affect the lives of all North Americans. As the price of these vital fuels rises, homeowners will scramble to cut their fuel bills. Two options for meeting the upcoming challenge are dramatic improvements in home energy efficiency and efforts to tap into clean, affordable, renewable energy resourc...   [click here for more]

The Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age

Americans are expressing deep concern about US dependence on petroleum, rising energy prices and the threat of climate change. Unlike the energy crisis of the 1970s, however, there is a lurking fear that, now, the times are different and the crisis may not easily be resolved.

The Long Descent examines the basis of such fear through three core themes:

The Oil Depletion Protocol:A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse

Since oil is the primary fuel of global industrial civilization, its imminent depletion is a problem that will have profound impact on every aspect of modern life. Without international agreement on how to manage the decline of this vital resource, the world faces unprecedented risk of conflict and collapse.

The Oil Depletion Protocol describes a unique accord whereby nations wou...   [click here for more]

Tired of Making Your Utility Company Rich?

Oil is hovering around $90 per barrel and long term forecasts put it above $250 per barrel in the near future. As you can imagine, gasoline, diesel and natural gas will all follow the same sharply rising price curve. In other words, energy prices will soar out of control.

Some of you remember the...   [click here for more]

Understanding The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming Inter. Level

Watershed Sentinel

The Watershed Sentinel is a bi-monthly magazine with 5 thought provoking issues a year from British Columbia on the West Coast of Canada. It offers a mix of bioregional and global perspectives on environmental, health, and sustainability topics. The Watershed Sentinel watches over some of the most stunning landscapes in the world: tall trees, taller mountains, and the expansive ocean and forest...   [click here for more]

Woodlot Management

Worms Eat Our Garbage, Classroom Activities for a Better Environment