Sustainability

Books cover sustainable communities and development, sustainable business, industrial ecology, ecological design principles, and environmental stewardship. Consumption patterns and choices, changing values and worldviews, environmental justice, voluntary simplicity, and creating environmental careers are also covered. More information here.

Land Use

Books cover land use and community planning, growth and economic development, urban and suburban decline and restoration, smart growth, new urbanism, traffic calming, civic activism and collaboration, environmental justice, conserving the living urban environment, protecting urban waters, social equity and environmental health, ecological design, and adaptive reuse. More information here.

Air & Atmosphere

Books cover global warming, businesses profiting by improving energy efficiency, disinformation campaigns by oil and coal companies, issues and concepts of the global commons, NASA space photography, air quality improvement, indoor air pollution prevention, air toxics, impacts on ocean ecosystems, community-level programs, and related social equity issues. More information here.

Water & Wastewater

Books cover threats to our oceans, combating water polluters, a management regime for the global ocean commons, water conservation, water efficient landscaping, protecting coastal waters and wetlands from development impacts, photographs illustrating the state of the world's water, water borne toxics, water pollution prevention, and protecting urban waters. More information here.

Energy

Books cover renewable energy development, energy conservation in homes, businesses, and government agencies, alternative fueled vehicles, selling energy efficiency, the dangers of nuclear power, energy efficient building and remodeling, energy efficient community design, energy and air quality, energy and global warming, and careers in sustainable energy. More information here.

Transportation & Communication

Books cover transportation planning, electric and other alternative fueled vehicles, community design for sustainable transportation, traffic calming, transportation and environmental justice, air and water quality and global warming impacts of transportation choices, selling transit systems, promoting walking and bicycling, and citizen and neighborhood advocacy. More information here.

Solid Waste & Recycling

Books cover the selling of recycling, reuse, and waste reduction, methods for composting yard and kitchen wastes, hazardous waste management, use of recycled materials in construction, remodeling, and landscaping, design for recyclability, adaptive reuse, careers in recycling and waste management, and municipal and business recycling. More information here.

Toxic & Hazardous Materials

Books cover the Love Canal story, lead-proofing a home, hazardous waste management, home and building design to reduce toxics in indoor air, how to handle toxic substances in a home, staying healthy in a risky environment, careers in toxics management, toxic exposure and environmental justice, nuclear waste hazards, and toxic threats to our rivers and oceans. More information here.

Pollution Prevention

Books cover how to design and build a healthy home, reducing lead hazards to children, using fewer polluting chemicals at home, design of products for nontoxicity, pollution prevention in business, pollution prevention and renewable energy, pollution prevention and recycling, careers in pollution prevention, avoiding health risks, and urban design to prevent pollution. More information here.

Green Design & Building

Books cover ecological and ecosystem design principles, designing and building a natural and healthy home, the management principles involved in the certification of forest products, adaptive reuse of existing structures, the practical issues related to many types of straw bale building, remodeling for energy efficiency, and sustainable urban design principles. More information here.

Urban Greening

Books cover greening school grounds, home landscaping and gardening, landscaping with native plants, water conserving landscaping, composting, understanding urban ecosystems, protecting urban rivers, wetlands, and coasts, promoting urban open space, pathways, and parks, and planning and development to promote the living urban environment. More information here.

Conserving the Built Environment

Books cover conserving and restoring the urban and suburban built environments, the federal role in fostering disaster recovery and the construction of more disaster-resistant communities, adaptive reuse of existing structures, environmentally beneficial remodeling of existing structures, and reducing lead hazards in older homes and structures. More information here.