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The Genius of Earth Day
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2013; US$ 29.99The first Earth Day is the most famous little-known event in modern American history. Because we still pay ritual homage to the planet every April 22, everyone knows something about Earth Day. Some people may also know that Earth Day 1970 made the environmental movement a major force in American political life. But no one has told the whole story... more...
Run to the Mountain
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 14.99When Thomas Merton died accidentally in Bangkok in 1968, the beloved Trappist monk's will specified that his personal diaries not be published for 25 years -- presumably because they contained his uncensored thoughts and feelings. Now, a quarter of a century has passed since Merton's death, and the journals are the last major piece of writing to... more...
A Search for Solitude
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 14.99The third volume of Thomas Merton's journals chronicles Merton's attempts to reconcile his desire for solitude and contemplation with the demands of his new-found celebrity status within the strictures of conventional monastic life. more...
Dust Bowl
Oxford University Press, USA 2004; US$ 16.99In the mid 1930s, North America's Great Plains faced one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in world history. Donald Worster's classic chronicle of the devastating years between 1929 and 1939 tells the story of the Dust Bowl in ecological as well as human terms. Now, twenty-five years after his book helped to define the new field... more...
Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0
Picador 2009; US$ 15.99This Independence Day edition of Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0 includes an an exclusive preview of That Used to Be Us : How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back , by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, on sale September 5th, 2011. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year A Washington... more...
Fossil Fuels
The Spinney Press 2013; US$ 25.00Fossil fuels are non-renewable resources which form over millions of years. Global reserves are being depleted faster than new ones are being made. Aside from diminishing availability and rising costs, the production and use of fossil fuels raises environmental concerns. As a major producer of coal, oil and gas, Australia is heavily reliant on fossil... more...
Current Issues of Sustainable Development
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008; US$ 199.00This e-book of MEQ contains a selection of papers from the 7th international conference on Current Issues of Sustainable Development, held in April 2007 in Opole (Poland), as well as two interesting further papers on environmental management in Chile and Saudi Arabia. The papers consider the importance of institutions and governance, as... more...
Design Education for a Sustainable Future
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 47.95Sustainability is a powerful force that is fundamentally reshaping humanity?s relationship to the natural world and is ushering in the Age of Integration. The move from well-intentioned environmental friendliness to the higher bar of integral sustainability and regenerative design demands a new type of design professional, one that is deeply collaborative,... more...
Renewable Energy For Sustainable Development And The Built Environment
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2002; US$ 199.00It is worth noting that the late 1950s were, at the same time, the stage of the ??air conditioning era?? and the ??rediscovery?? of bioclimatic design, a comprehensive design concept that includes all climatic impacts and places user well-being as the focus of building design. more...









