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By U.S. Green Building Council, Island Press
Published: October 9, 2008
This new online book club created by the U.S. Green Building Council and Island Press offers books on green building for industry professionals. Recommended titles change every month. Discounts up to 40 percent for USGBC members.
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By Van Jones
Published: October 7, 2008
"The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems" offers a look at the ways that investing in green jobs can save the economy and the environment at the same time.
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By Glenn Croston
Published: August 1, 2008
Longtime green scientist and author Glenn Croston offers his ideas for 75 green businesses for entrepreneurs who want to do well by doing good.
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By PR News
Published: July 30, 2008
This guide to going green includes business case studies from corporations, manufacturers, startups, school systems and government groups of all sizes.
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By Kathleen Sellers, Christopher Mackay, et al.
Published: July 30, 2008
An examination of nanomaterials and how to understand their effects on human health and the environment.
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By Tracy Bhamra and Vicky Lofthouse
Published: July 2, 2008
Design for Sustainability is a practical approach to design which focuses on the challenges and issues faced by those designing consumer products in the 21st Century. It is written from a design perspective and aimed at both professional and student industrial and product designers, and those involved in managing design.
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By Sammy G. Shina
Published: April 17, 2008
This book looks at the entire electronics supply chain with a focus on how to meet environmental regulations around the world.
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By Luigi Ferrara, Emily Visser and Justin Aicheson
Published: January 1, 2008
This book provides a look at more than 50 innovative green building projects in Canada.
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By Tracy Bhamra and Vicky Lofthouse
Published: December 21, 2007
This book gives an overview of how sustainable design can reduce environmental impacts, and provides related case studies and resources.
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By J. William Thompson
Published: December 12, 2007
This newly updated second edition of the landmark book further explores how to construct outdoor environments based on principles of sustainability, organized around guiding principles and offering case studies from around the globe.
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By Jonathon Porritt
Published: January 1, 2008
In this updated second edition of his 2005 book, Porritt extends his controversial argument that the only way to save the world from fuel shortages, climate change and environmental catastrophe is to embrace a new type of capitalism, and quickly.
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By Jason F. McClellan
Published: January 11, 2007
Part Sustainable Design 101 and part manifesto, this book lays the groundwork and philosophical basis of the green architecture movement, helping people to understand and shape the ways that sustainable design will become the future of all design.
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By Arthur Molella and Joyce Bedi, editors
Published: January 1, 2008
Describes the many ways in which invention affects the environment.
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By Adrian Pitts
Published: September 4, 2006
This practical guide demonstrates the benefits of sustainable design by emphasizing its development as an economically viable and profitable option.
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By Jason F. McLennan
Published: January 1, 2008
This book is intended as a starting point for anyone involved in the building industry on a journey to learn how they can build more responsibly.