|
TITLE
|
AUTHOR
|
BOOK
DESCRIPTION
|
PRICE (incl.
tax)
|
|
An
Inconvenient Truth
|
Al Gore
|
The
novelized form of Al Gore's 2006 award winning documentary, An Inconvenient
Truth.
|
30.40
|
|
Art of Natural Building
|
Joseph F.
Kennedy, Michael G.Smith & Catherine Wanek
|
The book
discusses the context of natural building in terms of economics, social
justice and sustainability. Design and planning issues are reviewed in depth,
followed by a comprehensive treatment of natural building materials and
techniques. Case studies from around the world and a detailed resource
section are also included.
|
38.8
|
|
Building
with Awareness
|
Ted Owens
|
The DVD and
book combination demystifies green home construction with its hands-on
approach to the building essentials and sustainable building options like
straw bale, earth plasters and photovoltaic-generated electricity, for a
self-sufficient model that begs to be replicated.
|
52.5
|
|
Building
Green
|
Clarke Snell
& Tim Callahan
|
The perfect
introduction to creating your own thoughtfully planned and designed green
home with 1,200 how-to photos, and lively and detailed writing which takes
you through the construction of a small building that incorporates a wide
spectrum of alternative techniques and materials.
|
41.95
|
|
Cradle to
Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
|
William
McDonough & Michael Braungart
|
Cradle to
Cradle maps the lineaments of McDonough and Braungart's new design paradigm,
offering practical steps on how to innovate within today's economic
environment. Part social history, part green business primer, part design
manual, the book makes plain that the re-invention of human industry is not
only within our grasp, it is our best hope for a future of sustaining
prosperity.
|
32.55
|
|
Carbon
Buster's Home Energy Handbook
|
Godo Stoyke
|
This
handbook systematically analyzes energy costs and evaluates which measures
yield the highest returns for the environment and the pocketbook.
|
15.70
|
|
The
Cohousing Handbook
|
Chris
Scotthanson & Kelly
Scotthanson
|
This book
offers individuals and new groups a wealth of information and practical hints
on how the co-housing process works.
|
37.75
|
|
Cordwood Building
|
Rob Roy
|
Cordword Building collects
over 25 of the world's best practitioners to describe the long history of the
method showing how to build a cordwood home using stage of the art techniques
such as double walls, Lomax corners, paper-enhanced mortars, and ways of
creating round, hexagonal, and other building shapes.
|
38.80
|
|
Consumer
Guide to Home Energy Savings
|
Jennifer
Thorne Amann, Alex Wilson & Katie Ackerly
|
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 confusion. Well-organized and highly readable, The Consumer Guide to Home
Energy Savings begins with an overview of the inter-relationships between
energy use, economics and the environment.
|
20.95
|
|
Creating a
Safe & Healthy Home
|
Linda Mason
Hunter
|
Creating a
Safe and Healthy Home will help identify and prioritize the potential health
and safety problems all around your house. Dozens of simple tips, recipes,
and projects will help you correct problems and make practical improvements
to protect your health and safety.
|
31.45
|
|
Cutting Your
Car Use
|
Randall
Ghent with Anna Semlyen
Cartoons by Axel Scheffler
|
Cutting Your
Car Use is a practical guide for people who want to reduce their car
dependency by making simple changes to their travel habits, or by sharing or
giving up their car. It helps readers to understand the real cost of car use,
evaluate alternatives to personal car ownership, and plan trips using a mix
of transportation modes.
|
12.55
|
|
Design Like
You Give A Damn
|
Architecture
For Humanity
|
The first
book to bring the best of humanitarian architecture and design to the printed
page, Design Like You Give a Damn offers a history of the movement toward
socially conscious design, and showcases more than 80 contemporary solutions
to such urgent needs as basic shelter, healthcare, education and access to
clean water, energy and sanitation. Design Like You Give a Damn is an
indispensable resource for designers and humanitarian organizations charged
with rebuilding after disaster and engaged in the search for sustainable
development. It is also a call to action to anyone committed to building a
better world.
|
36.75
|
|
Design for
Water
|
Heather
Kinkade-Levario
|
In an era of
dwindling resources, water is poised to become the new oil as the entire
world now faces the reality of a decreasing supply of clean water. To avert a
devastating shortage, we must not only look at alternate water sources for
existing structures, we must also plan our new developments differently.
Design for Water is an accessible and clearly written guide to alternate
water collection, with a focus on rainwater harvesting in the urban
environment.
|
31.45
|
|
Dumb
Architect's Guide: Glazing Selection
|
Jason F.
McLennan
|
An
introduction into making intelligent decisions to lower environmental impact,
save money and improve thermal comfort.
|
28.30
|
|
Earthbag Building
|
Kaki Hunter
& Donald Kiffmeyer
|
Earthbag Building is the
first comprehensive guide to all the tools, tricks, and techniques for
building with bags filled with earth - or earthbags. A reliable method for
constructing homes, outbuildings, garden walls and much more, this enduring,
tree-free architecture can also be used to create arched and domed structures
of great beauty -- in any region, and at home, in developing countries, or in
emergency relief work.
|
39.85
|
|
Eco Cities
|
Richard
Register
|
EcoCities is
about re-building cities and towns based on ecological principles for the
long term sustainability, cultural vitality and health of the Earth's
biosphere. It pays special attention to the key question of accessibility and
transportation, and outlines design principles for the ecocity.
|
30.40
|
|
The
Ecological Engineer
|
David
Macaulay & Jason F.
McLennan
|
The
Ecological Engineer is anew book series that celebrates the most innovative
engineers in North America and the practices
and principles that hey use to produce functionality outstanding structures,
systems and technologies in a way that embraces the emerging philosophy of
sustainable design
|
45.10
|
|
The
Ecological Footprint DVD
|
Benoit Theau
& Emmanuel Prinet
|
Doctor
William Rees, ecological economist, invites us to think about the strategies
that need to be implemented for us to reduce our individual and collective
footprints. Rees explains the benefits of using the Ecological Footprint, a
tool which measures the total area of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
necessary to support, at prevailing levels of consumption, any specified
population.
|
22.79
|
|
Ecoholic
|
Adria Vasil
|
When the
world's environmental woes get you down, turn to Ecoholic - Canada's best
resource for practical tips and products that help you do your part for the
earth. You'll get the dirt on what not to buy and why, and the dish on great
gifts, clothes, home supplies and more. Based on the popular and
authoritative "Ecoholic" column that appears weekly in NOW, Ecoholic is a
cheeky and eye-opening guide to all of life's greenest predicaments.
|
25.15
|
|
Ecovillages
|
Jan Martin
Bang
|
EcoVillages
explores the new departures in personal, social and ecological living. It
explores the background and history to the ecovillages movement, and then
provides a comprehensive manual for planning, establishing and maintaining a
sustainable community, using a permaculture approach.
|
31.45
|
|
Eco
Village at Ithaca
|
Liz Walker
|
Eco
Village at Ithaca is a refreshing and hopeful look at
a modern-day village that is taking an integrated approach to addressing
environmental devastation and social dysfunction. It tells the story of life
at EcoVillage at Ithaca,
an internationally recognized example of sustainable development.
|
26.20
|
|
Fostering
Sustainable Behaviour
|
Doug
McKenzie-Mohr & William Smith
|
While
conventional marketing can help create public awareness, social marketing
identifies and overcomes barriers to long-lasting behavior change. This
ground-breaking book is the primary resource for the emerging new field of
community-based social marketing, and an invaluable guide for anyone involved
in designing public education programs with the goal of promoting sustainable
behavior, from recycling and energy efficiency, to alternative transportation.
|
15.70
|
|
Good Green
Kitchens
|
Jennifer
Roberts
Gibbs Smith
|
Good Green
Kitchens shows that eco-friendly design is a continuum that's shaded from
light to dark green. At the light green end are easy-to-do steps such as
choosing less polluting paints or selecting energy-efficient appliances.
|
38.80
|
|
Green Building Products
|
Alex Wilson
and Mark Piepkorn
|
Descriptions
and manufacturer contact information for nearly 1,600 environmentally
preferable products and materials from agrifiber panels to zero-VOC paints.
All phases of residential construction, from site work to flooring to
renewable energy, are covered.
|
39.85
|
|
Green Clean
|
Linda Mason
Hunter & Mikki Halpin
|
Green Clean
is a definitive, step=by-step guide to cleaning better while using nontoxic,
ecofriendly products. Also included are recipes for safe, simple, and
economical cleaning solutions and the lowdown on the best ecofriendly
cleaning products on the market.
|
23.05
|
|
Green Doll
House
|
|
The Green
Dollhouse Book celebrates the wonderful ideas produced by entrants to the
Green Dollhouse competition, sponsored by Sustainable San Mateo
County in 2005. The
book showcases the most compelling entrants and highlights the environmental
features and lessons of each of these selected green dollhouses.
|
20.95
|
|
Green Guide
|
Design
Centre for Sustainability at UBC
|
For the first time, the Greenguide brings
together in one place the green buildings, green neighbourhoods, green
infrastructure, open spaces, and social, economic, and environmental programs
that embody built examples of urban sustainability in Greater Vancouver. It
is hoped that through compiling this incredible array of green projects into
one place that the lessons can be witnessed by many,
|
19.58
|
|
Green
Remodeling
|
David
Johnston & Kim Master,
LEED AP
|
Green
Remodeling comes complete with checklists, personal stories, expert insights
and an extensive resource list that will guide a homeowner through any
remodeling project. Addressing all climates, this is a perfect resource for
conventional homeowners, as well as architects and remodeling contractors.
|
41.95
|
|
Green Zebra
|
|
A useful
compilation of coupons for restaurants, stores and more in the green
industry.
|
26.25
|
|
Have
Fries-Will Travel!
|
Linda K.
Hempel, with Illustrations
by Kathy Dotson
|
Have
Fries-Will Travel! Is an adventure story for children of all ages. It
features Rock, an eco-rap singer, who buys Tiny, a smelly diesel car, at a
used car lot. Rock converts Tiny to run on biodiesel, usually made from
soybean oil.
|
15.70
|
|
Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning
|
George
Monbiot
|
George Monbiot's Heat: How to Stop
the Planet from Burning marks an important moment in our civilization's
thinking about global warming. The question is no longer whether climate
change is actually happening. The question is what to do about it. Monbiot
offers an ambitious and far-reaching program to cut our carbon dioxide
emissions to the point where the environmental scales start tipping away from
catastrophe. (But not before he devotes a chapter to unmasking the vested
interests that have spent fortunes funding the specious science of the
climate change deniers.)
|
20.95
|
|
Heating
Systems
|
Richard
Kadulski, MAIBC
|
The fundamentals of heating systems defined,
covering components, features, common system types, ventilation, indoor air
quality, and air filtration.
|
20.95
|
|
Home Energy
Diet
|
Paul
Scheckel
|
Energy
specialist Paul Scheckel explores energy literacy, and then describes how
your home uses-and loses-energy you pay for. He encourages readers to lean
about their own homes through easy-to-follow ways of measuring, metering,
investigating, and considering habits related to household energy use so that
they can make informed decisions about cost-effective improvements and
upgrades.
|
27.25
|
|
Homeowner's
Guide to Renewable Energy
|
Dan Chiras
|
This book helps
readers understand the sometimes confusing array of renewable energy
technologies and techniques. It begins with a discussion of the many ways we
can slash energy bills while improving comfort in our home, and then
systematically examines practical energy options available to homeowners
including solar hot water, passive and active solar retrofits, wood heat,
wind-generated electricity and more.
|
34.60
|
|
Homes that
Heal
|
Athena
Thompsonk
|
Homes that
Heal reveals that our homes may be making us sick. Easy-to-read,
solutions-oriented, and humorous, this book is full of advice and stories
that empower families to take back their health on a daily basis. Topic
covered include: a Healthy Home Quiz, factors impacting indoor air quality, a
room-by-room examination of typical problems and solutions, toxic materials
used in building or remodeling, and cleaning products and other consumer
hazards in the home.
|
37.75
|
|
How Green is
Your City? The SustainLane US City
Rankings
|
Warren
Karlenzig with Frank Marquardt, Paula White, Rachel Yaseen & Richard
Young
|
How Green is
Your City? examines the outcome of a sustainability study of the 50 largest U.S.
cities, compiled by SustainLane. The 2006 SustainLane US Cities Rankings
employed 15 standards to measure each city's performance and ranked them
overall according to the cumulative results.
|
29.35
|
|
It's Easy
Being Green: A Handbook for Earth Friendly Living
|
Crissy Trask
|
It's Easy
Being Green is an indispensable handbook for all those who aspire to do more
to protect the environment but what it to be simpler. This friendly,
informative guide offers advice and tips on: adopting greener buying habits,
finding earth-friendly products, shopping for green products online,
cultivating a sustainable environment.
|
17.80
|
|
The Key to
Sustainable Cities
|
Dwendolyn
Hallsmith
|
The Key to
Sustainable Cities uses the principles of system dynamics to demonstrate how
today's problems were yesterday's solutions. The book points to a new
approach to city planning that builds on assets as a starting point for
cities to develop healthy social, governance, economic, and environmental
systems.
|
23.35
|
|
Love Your
Home
|
Tamsin
Blanchard
|
Love Your
Home is packed with facts about design pieces and their creators, practical
advice, tips, recipes, care instructions and trade secrets from the experts,
as well as mini interviews with everyday people, revealing what they love
most about their homes.
|
31.45
|
|
More Straw Bale Building
|
Chris
Magwood, Peter Mack & Tina Therrien
|
More Straw
Building leads the potential builder through the entire process of building a
bale structure, tackling all the practical issues: finding and choosing
bales; developing sound building plans; roofing; electrical plumbing and
heating systems; building code compliance; and special concerns for builders
in northern climates.
|
41.95
|
|
Microhydro
|
Scott Davis
|
Hydroelectricity
is the world's largest-and cleanest-source of renewable energy; Microhydro Is
the first complete book on the topic in many years. It introduces the
important principles on which microhydro is based, including the advantages
and disadvantages of using small amounts of water to generate power, as well
as further reading and resources.
|
29.30
|
|
Natural
Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House
|
Carol
Venolia, Kelly Lerner
|
With the
help of Carol Venolia, an award-winning architect and bestselling author, and
Kelly Lerner, a world-famous innovator in the field of sustainable
development, even the least mechanically inclined person can make a
difference in his or her dwelling...and to the planet. The two have produced a
remarkable book-packed with information and photos, and the first ever in
full color to cover the subject. It's lush and exquisite to look at, filled
with motivational case studies and informative graphics, and completely
user-friendly.
|
31.45
|
|
Naturally
Clean
|
Jeffery
Hollender and Geoff David,
with Meika Hollender and Reed
Doyle
|
Naturally
Clean explains the dangers of traditional cleaners and provides illuminating
statistics that illustrate how the chemicals found in almost every home are
known or likely to cause a host of serious health problems. A room-by-room
guide provides tips for: a healthier kitchen and keeping your bedroom safe;
mold, mildew, soap scum; special precautions for cleaning children's rooms.
|
19.80
|
|
Natural
Plaster Book
|
Ceder Rose
Guelberth & Dan
Chiras
|
The Natural
Plaster Book provides detailed information on three natural plasters-earthen,
lime, and gypsum-and natural finishes. This extremely well-illustrated
book-featuring numerous drawings and photos-teachers the principles of
plastering and plaster techniques, and describes the tools you'll need for a
successful plaster job.
|
47.20
|
|
Our
Ecological Footprint
|
Mathis
Wackernagel & William Rees
|
Our
Ecological Footprint cuts through the walk about sustainability and introduces
a revolutionary new way to determine humanity's impact on the earth. The book
converts the seemingly complex concepts of carrying capacity, sustainability,
resource use, waste disposal, and more into a graphic form that everyone can
grasp and utilize.
|
18.85
|
|
Planting
Green Roofs and Living Walls
|
Nigel Dunnett and Noel Kingsbury
|
In this
comprehensively updated, fully revised edition of their authoritative
reference, Nigel Dunnett and Noel Kingsbury reveal the very latest
techniques, materials, and plants, and showcase some spectacular new case
studies. The authors also explain how
roofs may be modified to bear the weight of vegetation, discuss the different
options for drainage layers and growing media, and list the plants suitable
for different climates and environments.
|
41.95
|
|
Photovoltaics
|
Solar Energy
International
|
Solar Energy
International (SEI) has made available the critical information to
successfully design, install and maintain PV (Photovoltaic) systems. The book
contains an overview of photovoltaic electricity, and a detailed description
of PV system components.
|
62.25
|
|
Philosophy
of Sustainable Design
|
Jason F.
McLennan
|
The book is
rooted in practical knowledge but rather than being a ‘how-to' book asks
individuals to understand how the philosophy of sustainable design can affect
their own work. Part Sustainable Design 101 and part manifesto, this book
lays the groundwork and philosophical basis for more technical study.
|
31.45
|
|
Prescriptions
for a Healthy House
|
Paulra Baker
Laporte, Erica Elliot, M.D. & John Banta
|
The
authors-an architect, a medical doctor, and a sick-buildings specialist-take
the mystery out of healthy house building by walking the
owner/architect/builder team through the construction process. They explain
where and why standard building practices are not healthful, what to do
differently, and how to obtain alternative materials and expertise.
|
38.80
|
|
Rainwater
Collection for the Mechanically Challenged
|
Suzy Banks
with Richard Heinichen
|
This handbook is cute, funny and
smart - smart enough to teach almost anyone how to install a personal
rainwater collection system. It covers the entire works, from determining how
much rainwater you'll need, to troubleshooting a problem pump, hanging
gutters, the importance of check valves, how big a micron is, and how to
disinfect your rainwater without the use of chemicals.
|
25.15
|
|
The
Renewable Energy Handbook
|
William H.
Kemp
|
This
handbook will show you how to stretch your energy dollars (doing much more
with less) while powering your home with clean, dependable, renewable energy.
And, unlike fossil fuels or nuclear energy, renewable energy frees you from
worry about dumping today's pollution on tomorrow's children.
|
41.95
|
|
Rebuilt
Green
|
Bettina von Hagen, Eric Kellogg & Eugenie Frerichs
|
Through the
lens of a single building, the book describes the evolution of the green
building and historic rehabilitation movements, as well as the latest options
for minimizing or optimizing the use of energy, materials, and water. Rebuilt
Green also offers insights on how to intentionally build collaboration and
community through design and ongoing programs. Written by members of the
building team, the book chronicles the joys and trials of historic
redevelopment, green building, and the efforts of 25 diverse tenants to build
a home and a movement that improves economic prosperity, ecological health,
and social equity.
|
22.05
|
|
Restoring
Wooden Houses
|
Nigel
Hutchins
|
Packed with
practical information, Restoring Wooden Houses offers advice on everything
from the proper approach to restoration, historical research, and ways of
contracting the job, to care and protection of wood, paint stripping,
eliminating carpenter ants, and much more.
|
31.45
|
|
Reusing the
Resource
|
Carol
Steinfeld, David del Porto
|
The book profiles more than thirty
successful ecological wastewater recycling systems that save money, protect
public and environmental health, and provide plant-based fuel, fiber,
construction materials, habitat, and landscapes. It details the pros and cons
of various systems and provides tips for designers, regulators, and builders.
This book is a must-read for engineers, landscape designers, clean water
advocates, and property owners.
|
29.35
|
|
Sewage
Solutions
|
Nick Grant
|
Rather than
polluting watercourses with sewage, many ways exist to recycle it. Sewage
Solutions explains such natural methods of treatment as reed beds, cess pits,
water stabilization ponds, septic tanks and compost toilets, and also
describes how to collect and recycle waste water. Whether connected to municipal
drain systems or not, this is the guide for all interested in the complete
process of sewage recycling.
|
22
|
|
Smart Power
|
William H.
Kemp
|
Smart Power
will help you develop a new relationship with energy that will save money and
the environment at the same time. It will help homeowners like you to be less
vulnerable to energy price increases and supply problems. Smart Power will
provide you with the keys to an economic relationship with home energy.
|
41.95
|
|
Solar Living
Source Book
|
John
Schaeffer
|
This is the
book that gives you the how, when, what, and why of solar living. The Real
Goods Solar Living Sourcebook is now in its twelfth edition, with more than
half a million books sold since 1982. Inside you will find essential
information on creating a self-reliant lifestyle.
|
36.75
|
|
Solar Water
Heating
|
Bob Ramlow
|
Drawing on the author's experience as an
installer of these systems, the book covers topics from solar collections to
solar pool heating systems, including advantages and disadvantages; system
components, installation, operation, and maintenance; choosing the
appropriate system; and the financial savings involved over time.
|
29.35
|
|
Sustainability
Productions DVDs
|
|
3 DVDs
available: Aiming for the Peak of Sustainability: Vancouver
- Canada, Sustainability
and the City: Freiburg-in-Brisgau - Germany
and BedZED, a Pilot Ecological Neighbourhood: Southern suburb of London - United
Kingdom. All DVDs are 8 minutes in
duration and are in English and French.
|
22.79
|
|
Sustainable
Residental Interiors
|
|
Issues of sustainability
and environmental consciousness have been increasingly important to designers
of residential interiors. A leading firm that has built its expertise in
addressing environmental concerns in residential interiors, Associates III
presents solutions for the design practitioner in this book. Covering topics
such as indoor air quality, identifying low-impact materials, conserving
energy and water, and support of construction teams in reducing waste,
Sustainable Residential Interiors provides designers with the necessary
information and tools to integrate environmentally responsible design into
their practice.
|
95.54
|
|
Timber
Framing
|
Rob Roy
|
Timber
Framing for the Rest of Us is the first book to describe in depth the timber
framing methods used by most contractors, farmers, and owners
builders-methods that use modern metal fasteners, special screws, and
commonsense building principles to create post and beam structures in much
less time.
|
29.35
|
|
Toward
Sustainable Communities
|
Mark
Roseland
|
The third
edition of this classic text offers practical suggestions and innovative
solutions to a range of community problems--including energy efficiency,
transportation, land use, housing, waste reduction, recycling, air quality
and governance. In clear language, with updated tools, initiatives and
resources, a new preface and foreword, this sustainable practices resource is
for both citizens and governments.
|
31.45
|
|
Waking Up
the West Coast
|
Jaime Kowal
|
This book is
a vital resource for those wishing to live a greener lifestyle, offering
insights into sustainable design, far trade products, environmental activism,
socially responsible investing, complementary medicine, yoga and medication,
wellness retreats, energy haling and more.
|
41.95
|
|
Windpower
Workshop
|
Hugh Piggott
|
Windpower
Workshop explains what's involved in deciding whether a wind system is for
you; how to design such a system-and then live with it; how to understand
what supplies are talking about; how to design and build your own wind
generator from scrap and recycled parts. The book includes a list of
suppliers, consultants, support organizations, sample equations and a
glossary of items.
|
20.95
|
|
Who's Green
2007
|
|
Contains
profiles of green architecture, engineering, consulting, and interior design
firms, green landscape architects and civil engineers, builders with green
expertise, green developers, building support services, organizations,
schools of architecture, green building media.
|
27.25
|
|
Women in
Green
|
Kira Gould
and Lance Hosey
|
In Women in
Green, Kira Gould and Lance Hosey explroe these questions through informal
conversations with architects, designers, consultants, policymakers,
educators, and students. What they find is that women may be changing how we
all see our world and our work.
|
26.20
|
|
World Changing
|
Alex Steffen
|
World
Changing offers insight into the best, most innovative solutions for tackling
the world's biggest problems. We face an unprecendented planetary crisis, and
this is no time to sit back and let others solve the problems for us; through
participation and innovation, we can all play a part in making a difference.
|
47.20
|
|
Your Green
Home
|
Alex Wilson
|
Your Green
Home covers home location and its relationship to the community, site design,
construction systems, building design to optimize energy performance,
renewable energy systems, material selection, indoor environmental quality,
water efficiency, and material selection.
|
20.95
|
