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The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices

Author : Michael Brower
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 0307427021
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices written by Michael Brower and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2009-11-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the most prestigious nonprofit organizations devoted to environmental issues comes a clear, practical, and rational overview of the relationship between consumers and the environment. Paper or plastic? Bus or car? Old house or new? Cloth diapers or disposables? Some choices have a huge impact on the environment; others are of negligible importance. To those of us who care about our quality of life and what is happening to the earth, this is a vastly important issue. In these pages, the Union of Concerned Scientists help inform consumers about everyday decisions that significantly affect the environment. For example, a few major decisions--such as the choice of a house or vehicle--have such a disproportionately large affect on the environment that minor environmental infractions shrink by comparison. This book identifies the 4 Most Significant Consumer-Related Environmental Problems, the 7 Most Damaging Spending Categories, 11 Priority Actions, and 7 Rules for Responsible Consumption. Learn what you can do to have a truly significant impact on our world from the people who are at the forefront of scientific research.

Global Environmental Challenges of the Twenty-first Century

Author : David E. Lorey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780842050494
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Global Environmental Challenges of the Twenty-first Century written by David E. Lorey and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most serious environmental problems of the twenty-first century have the potential to alter the course of life on this planet. Global warming, toxic waste, water and air pollution, acid rain, and shrinking energy supplies are frightening challenges that may threaten our future if we do not face up to them.p Global Environmental Challenges provides important information and gives us hope about the environment. This book first helps us to grasp these difficulties, then shows us the choices we can make. How long to leave a light on, whether to take the car, the train, or bicycle to work, whether to recycle or throw away, whether to vote to curb continued suburban sprawl-all of these decisions can make a difference.p This collection of some of the best essays and articles on the environment comes from a variety of sources, including journals, magazines, websites of ecological/conservation organizations, and other publications.p Five major sections investigate the interaction of population growth,consumption, and environment; the emerging crisis in freshwater around the globe; global climate and atmosphere (including global warming); biodiversity loss; and the concept of sustainable development-using natural resources to place future human development on a sustainable path. The final section on sustainable development reveals how we can take action. As individuals, we can make a difference readily and easily without making huge personal sacrifices. As societies, we can work together in a global community of interest to sustain the earth.p This valuable resource offers readers a better understanding of our environmental problems and presents solutions to improving the health of theplanet.p

Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings

Author : Jennifer Thorne Amann
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0865717257
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings written by Jennifer Thorne Amann and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MOST COMPLETE AND UP-TO-DATE GUIDE AVAILABLE TO ENERGY SAVINGS IN THE HOME Praise for the Ninth Edition: A Penny-Wise Guide to 'Buttoning Up Your House' -The New York Times ...the most comprehensive resource to home energy savings that I've seen. Every homeowner and environmentally conscious (or utility paying) renter should have a copy. - Green Living The advice here will also save you hundreds of dollars a year in energy costs. -Better Homes and Gardens The Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings has sold nearly a quarter of a million copies. Completely revised to incorporate the latest developments in green technology, this well-organized and highly readable manual is the definitive reference for consumers who want to better their home's performance while reducing their energy bills. Updated and expanded chapters focus on specific aspects of any home, such as heating and cooling, ventilation, electronics, lighting, cooking and laundry, and provide helpful explanations for each, including: - Energy use characteristics - Comparisons between available technologies - Cost-effective repair and replacement options - Step-by-step guidance for finding the right equipment. This comprehensive resource is packed with tips on improving existing equipment and guidance for when and why to invest in new purchases, as well valuable pointers on locating grants or incentives offered by local governments and utilities. It is a must-read for anyone concerned about reducing both their energy bills and their environmental impact. To help bring you the very best inspiration and information about greener, more sustainable lifestyles, Mother Earth News is recommending select New Society Publishers books to its readers. This book is one of them. Jennifer Thorne Amann is the Buildings Program Director at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. Alex Wilson is the founder of BuildingGreen, Inc., Executive Editor of Environmental Building News, and author of Green Building Products and Your Green Home. Katie Ackerly holds Masters degrees in Architecture and Building Science from UC Berkeley and works for David Baker + Partners, an architecture firm in San Francisco.

Issues for Debate in Environmental Management

Author : CQ Researcher,
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412978777
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Issues for Debate in Environmental Management written by CQ Researcher, and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can New Business Policies Save the Environment?

Free-Choice Learning and the Environment

Author : John H. Falk
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 0759113335
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (591 download)

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Download or read book Free-Choice Learning and the Environment written by John H. Falk and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2009-05-16 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most environmental learning takes place outside of the formal education system, but our understanding of how this learning actually occurs is in its infancy. By surfing the internet, watching nature documentaries, and visiting parks, forests, marine sanctuaries, and zoos, people make active choices to learn about various aspects of their environment every day. Free-Choice Learning and the Environment explores the theoretical foundations of free-choice environmental education, the practical implications for applying theory to the education of learners of all ages, and the policy implications for creating new and sustainable environmental education opportunities.

Issues for Debate in Corporate Social Responsibility

Author : CQ Researcher,
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412977568
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Issues for Debate in Corporate Social Responsibility written by CQ Researcher, and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate Social Responsibility: Is Good Citizenship Good for the Bottom Line?

The Better World Handbook

Author : Ellis Jones
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0865715750
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book The Better World Handbook written by Ellis Jones and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide for people wanting to make a positive difference in the world.

Global Environmental Challenges

Author : James Gustave Speth
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
ISBN 13 : 9788125027409
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (274 download)

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Book Synopsis Global Environmental Challenges by : James Gustave Speth

Download or read book Global Environmental Challenges written by James Gustave Speth and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will change the way we understand the future of our planet. It is both alarming and hopeful. James Gustave Spetch, renowned as a visionary environmentalist leader, warns that in spite of all the international negotiations and agreements of the past two decades, efforts to protect Earth's environment are not succeeding. Still, he says, the challenges are not insurmountable. He offers environmental threats around the world. The author explains why current approaches to critical global environmental problems Climate change, biodiversity loss, deterioration of marine environments, deforestation, water shortages, and others don't work now and won't work in the future. He provides a stinging critique of the failure of U.S. leadership and offers intriguing insights into why the U.S. has been able to address domestic environmental threats with some success while largely failing at the international level. Setting forth eight specific steps to a sustainable future, Speth convincingly argues that dramatically different and far-reaching actions by citizens and governments are now urgent. If ever a book could be described as essential , this is it.

Structured Decision Making

Author : Robin Gregory
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444333410
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Structured Decision Making written by Robin Gregory and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book outlines the creative process of making environmental management decisions using the approach called Structured Decision Making. It is a short introductory guide to this popular form of decision making and is aimed at environmental managers and scientists. This is a distinctly pragmatic label given to ways for helping individuals and groups think through tough multidimensional choices characterized by uncertain science, diverse stakeholders, and difficult tradeoffs. This is the everyday reality of environmental management, yet many important decisions currently are made on an ad hoc basis that lacks a solid value-based foundation, ignores key information, and results in selection of an inferior alternative. Making progress – in a way that is rigorous, inclusive, defensible and transparent – requires combining analytical methods drawn from the decision sciences and applied ecology with deliberative insights from cognitive psychology, facilitation and negotiation. The authors review key methods and discuss case-study examples based in their experiences in communities, boardrooms, and stakeholder meetings. The goal of this book is to lay out a compelling guide that will change how you think about making environmental decisions. Visit www.wiley.com/go/gregory/ to access the figures and tables from the book.

Greenopia New York City

Author :
Publisher : Greenopia
ISBN 13 : 0978506448
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (785 download)

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Download or read book Greenopia New York City written by and published by Greenopia. This book was released on 2008-04-21 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 1,000 listings of green retailers, service providers, and organisations throughout the five boroughs of New York City, this guide is an indispensable reference for eco-friendly shopping. It also offers practical advice and environmental tips that can be easily used at home. Listings range from organic restaurants and grocery stores to dry cleaners, organic pest-control services, and sustainable building suppliers, such as landscapers and interior designers. All listings are vetted by a research team and then rescreened by local expert advisers, providing shoppers with confident, reliable choices. Some listings are further recognised with a "green leaf" award, which gauges green businesses on a scale of one to four leaves, four being the greenest. This guide is a truly complete resource for green living.

The Nature of College

Author : James J. Farrell
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
ISBN 13 : 1571313222
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of College written by James J. Farrell and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2010 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces a day in the life of an American college student that challenges popular conceptions of ivy-accented campuses with images of culturally reflective t-shirts, keg parties and dormitory life to reveal how college represents opportunities for enabling a sustainable future. Simultaneous.

The Rotarian

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rotarian written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.

The Psychology of Environmental Problems

Author : Deborah Du Nann Winter
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0805846301
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Environmental Problems written by Deborah Du Nann Winter and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work applies psychological theory and research to environmental problems. After outlining environmental difficulties, it shows how principles from the major areas of psychology can be applied to selected environmental problems.

Energy and American Society – Thirteen Myths

Author : Benjamin K. Sovacool
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402055641
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Energy and American Society – Thirteen Myths written by Benjamin K. Sovacool and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-04 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes on a central quandary in the study of energy and environmental policy: What myths continue to exist in American culture concerning energy, the environment, and society? It enrolls twenty-four of the nation’s top experts working on energy policy to debunk and contextualize thirteen energy myths relating to electric power, renewable energy, energy efficiency, transportation, and climate change. The book will appeal to an international audience.

Stepping Lightly

Author : Mark A. Burch
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1550925377
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Stepping Lightly written by Mark A. Burch and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the voluntary simplicity movement has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, it is still often stereotyped as being mainly concerned with a thrifty lifestyle. But simple living has much deeper implications than just cleaning closets or selling off a second car. In Stepping Lightly, Mark Burch considers the deeper rewards of voluntary simplicity for individuals, and how the practice of simple living can be an essential part of the solution to our social and environmental problems. Thoughtful and eloquent, this book will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in committing themselves to stepping lightly into a more sustainable future.

Red Sky at Morning

Author : James Gustave Speth
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300102321
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Red Sky at Morning written by James Gustave Speth and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an analysis of the worsening global environmental crisis, citing ten contributors to environmental deterioration, including affluence, the American culture and its values, population, and poverty.

Healthy by Choice, Not by Chance

Author : Jo Eager
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 1977214665
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book Healthy by Choice, Not by Chance written by Jo Eager and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jo's stories are riveting and enlightening. You can leap ahead in your spiritual growth, and enjoy the process more, simply by reading this book. You'll love it. I did. Expect Miracles!" —Dr. Joe Vitale, author Zero Limits, star in The Secret "If you are struggling in any way, this book is something you can hold onto. It's a powerful life guide created from life experiences, some extreme.” Lisa Winston, Author, Speaker, and Artist Create the health you want-mentally, spiritually, and physically Oftentimes, we're not consciously creating. By becoming more aware and making healthier choices, we can change our lives. Healthy by Choice, Not by Chance: Physically, Mentally, Spiritually gives you tools to become more present and mindful. By doing so, you're better able to notice and change your thoughts, feelings, and emotions into more positive and healthy ones. This, in turn, creates a healthier body, mind, and spirit. Learn to help yourself: • Shift your energy, starting with your thoughts, feelings, and emotions. • Realize how you think, talk, and act make a difference. • Find paths to become more aware of your choices and how they impact your future. • Make choices and use your power to create the world of your dreams, as well as become healthier in every way. Choice is your greatest power. Choose you.