Sustainability
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From ![]() Beyond Zero: The Time Value of Carbon |
This chapter highlights the role of buildings and building materials in meeting the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. | Erin McDade | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Biodiversity: Getting it Under Your Skin |
Humans often need to see threats to the environment, and, by extension to their health and survival. Progressive losses over time can dilute urgency and awareness. So can progressive gains. One … | Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott | 24 | 2017 | $2.40 Add |
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From ![]() Bison, Blue Jays, Rainbow and Walleye: Peace River BiodiversityFrom: Damming the Peace |
B.C. wildlife biologist Brian Churchill describes B.C.’s Peace River Valley’s unique biodiversity and what would be destroyed by the Site C dam under construction there. Adjacent to … | Brian Churchill | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() BlackwaterFrom: Dry Run |
However, wastewater is also another water source; after all if you live inland along a large river, your water supply started upriver as someone else’s wastewater. So, wastewater is just … | Jerry Yudelson | 16 | 2010 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Blue Communities Give Hope in Europe |
This reading takes a country by country look at water activism in Europe. The beginnings of the Blue Community movement in Switzerland is discussed, followed by a discussion of the spread of … | Maude Barlow | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() Blue Communities Take Root in Canada |
In this reading, the author narrows her focus to look at water activism within Canada. The chapter explores the work of a variety of water activists across Canada. Particular focus is placed on … | Maude Barlow | 25 | 2019 | $2.50 Add |
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From ![]() Blue WaterFrom: Dry Run |
With all the concern the past decade about reducing water consumption in both residential and non-residential uses, you’ll probably not find it surprising that the water field has begun to … | Jerry Yudelson | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Brand Power: Integrating Innovation, Activism, and SustainabilityFrom: The New Sustainability Edge: Redefining Business from Startups to Industry Leaders |
In this chapter, Joy examines how brand power integrates innovation, activism, and sustainability to drive social and environmental change. | Annamma Joy | 34 | 2025 | $3.40 Add |
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From ![]() Bringing it HomeFrom: A Finer Future |
This chapter emphasizes how big picture changes need to begin on a local scale to be effective | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 12 | 2018 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() Brown WaterFrom: Dry Run |
One of my favorite green building technologies is rainwater harvesting: the capture, treatment and use of rainwater for uses inside the building, such as toilet flushing and cooling-tower makeup … | Jerry Yudelson | 26 | 2010 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() Build Your ArmyFrom: The Great Greenwashing |
From The Great Greenwashing: How Brands, Governments, and Influencers Are Lying to You | John Pabon | 4 | 2024 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() Building a Better WorldFrom: A Finer Future |
This chapter outlines ways in which the construction industry can change in order to be more sustainable. This includes more efficient construction methods and materials as well as retrofitting … | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 5 | 2018 | $0.50 Add |
![]() NEW! Building CommunityTwelve Principles for a Healthy Future |
Strong local communities are the foundation of a healthy, participatory, and resilient society. Rather than looking to national governments, corporations, or new technologies to solve … | 354 | View | ||
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From ![]() NEW! Building Socially Responsible HRM for Emerging Businesses and Employee OutcomesFrom: The New Sustainability Edge: Redefining Business from Startups to Industry Leaders |
In this chapter, Haque, Rahman, and Sobhani examine how emerging businesses can embed socially responsible human resource management into core operations. | Amlan Haque; Shafiqur Rahman | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Bulk Water TransfersFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers investigates the impact of a series of hydrological mega-projects occurring around the world, and the potential risks and benefits associates with re-engineering … | Marq de Villiers | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Catalysts for Change |
Topics include: Greening Campuses – The Food Revolution – The Green Economy – Mainstreaming Green – Open Source – Initiatives, Confluence, Scope and Approach – … | Andrés R. Edwards | 26 | 2010 | $2.60 Add |














