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  • Rescue and Flight

    American Relief Workers Who Defied the Nazis

    When Susan Elisabeth Subak discovered that members of the Unitarian Church had helped her Jewish father immigrate to the United States, she was unaware of the broader impact the organization had made during World War II. Then, through years of research, Subak uncovered the little-known story of the Unitarian Service Committee, which rescued European refugees during World War II, and the remarkable ... En savoir plus

    $38.99 CAD

  • The Five-Ton Life

    Carbon, America, and the Culture That May Save Us

    par Susan Subak ...
    Collections series Our Sustainable Future
    Winner of the 2018 Nautilus Book Award, Silver, for Green Living/SustainabilityAt nearly twenty tons per person, American carbon dioxide emissions are among the highest in the world. Not every American fits this statistic, however. Across the country there are urban neighborhoods, suburbs, rural areas, and commercial institutions that have drastically lower carbon footprints. These exceptional ... En savoir plus

    $27.99 CAD

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  • Triumph of the City

    How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

    par Edward Glaeser ...
    **Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Best Book of the Year Award in 2011“A masterpiece.” —Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics“Bursting with insights.” —The New York Times Book ReviewA pioneering urban economist presents a myth-shattering look at the majesty and greatness of cities**America is an urban nation, yet cities get a bad rap: they're dirty, poor, unhealthy, ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Leap

    How to Survive and Thrive in the Sustainable Economy

    par Chris Turner ...
    In this groundbreaking report from the leading edge of the emerging sustainable economy, bestselling author Chris Turner charts the way to our brightest possible future.From financial collapse to climate chaos to the end of cheap and easy oil, we have reached the end of the line for business as usual. The good news? The tools already exist to reinvent our economy in ways that both eliminate our ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • Natural Capitalism

    There are no more reespected voices in the environmental movement than these authors, true counselors on the direction of twenty-first-century business. With hundreds of thousands of books sold worldwide, they have set the agenda for rational, ecologically sound industrial development. In this inspiring book they define a superior & sustainable form of capitalism based on a system that radically ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $15.99 CAD Maintenant $2.99 CAD

  • Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle

    Why Individual Climate Action Matters More than Ever

    par Lloyd Alter ...
    Stop thinking about efficiency and start thinking about sufficiencyLiving the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle reveals the carbon cost of everything we do, identifying where we can make big reductions, while not sweating the small stuff.The international scientific consensus is that we have less than a decade to drastically slash our collective carbon emissions to keep global heating to 1.5 degrees and avert ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Green Metropolis

    Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability

    par David Owen ...
    Look out for David Owen's next book, Where the Water Goes.A challenging, controversial, and highly readable look at our lives, our world, and our future.Most Americans think of crowded cities as ecological nightmares, as wastelands of concrete and garbage and diesel fumes and traffic jams. Yet residents of compact urban centers, Owen shows, individually consume less oil, electricity, and water ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $12.99 CAD Maintenant $9.99 CAD

  • Suburban Nation

    The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream

    The essential handbook for ending suburban sprawl and automobile-based settlement patternsFor a decade, Suburban Nation has given voice to a growing movement in North America to put an end to suburban sprawl and replace the last century's automobile-based settlement patterns with a return to more traditional planning. Founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Rise and Fall of American Growth

    The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War

    Collections series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    How America's high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threatIn the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end? ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

  • How Buildings Learn

    What Happens After They're Built

    par Stewart Brand ...
    A captivating exploration of the ever-evolving world of architecture and the untold stories buildings tell.When a building is finished being built, that isn’t the end of its story. More than any other human artifacts, buildings improve with time—if they’re allowed to. Buildings adapt by being constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants, and in that way, architects can become artists of time ... En savoir plus

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  • Retrofitting Suburbia, Updated Edition

    Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs

    Updated with a new Introduction by the authors and a foreword by Richard Florida, this book is a comprehensive guide book for urban designers, planners, architects, developers, environmentalists, and community leaders that illustrates how existing suburban developments can be redesigned into more urban and more sustainable places. While there has been considerable attention by practitioners and ... En savoir plus

    $60.99 CAD

  • Building Suburbia

    Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000

    par Dolores Hayden ...
    A lively and provocative history of the contested landscapes where the majority of Americans now live.From rustic cottages reached by steamboat to big box stores at the exit ramps of eight-lane highways, Dolores Hayden defines seven eras of suburban development since 1820. An urban historian and architect, she portrays housewives and politicians as well as designers and builders making the ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD