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Wisconsin

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham

£18.50 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Renewing the Countryside

Explores how the state is leading the nation in sustainably grown food, environmentally responsible businesses, and homegrown, forward-looking answers to rural economy. This book covers stories ranging from arts and culture, farming, green business, conservation, tourism, community development, and learning.

Wisconsin

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham

£27.50 15 Aug 2008 Hardback Renewing the Countryside

A Practical Guide to Solar Photovolcaic Systems for Technicians

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Sizing, Installation and Maintenance

By Jean-Paul Louineau

£18.95 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Practical Action Publishing

Most people in rural Africa do not have access to safe toilets, and their health and well-being suffers as a consequence. This book provides instructions for constructing a range of toilets from the simplest and affordable to the sophisticated ecological toilet.

Wisconsin

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham

£18.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Renewing the Countryside

Wisconsin

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham

£27.50 15 Jul 2008 Hardback Renewing the Countryside

Energy

14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Potential Alternative Resoures

By Kripal Singh Jogi

£50.00 14 Jul 2008 Hardback Sarup & Son

Managing Climate Risk

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Adam Jolly

£19.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Thorogood

Climate change poses a serious threat to the continuity and prosperity of organizations: serious disruption in business activities and a permanent cut in output. This book explains how organizations can: reduce their exposure to direct threats; improve their efficiency; and, learn how to gain from shifts in the way their markets operate.

ECOpreneuring: Putting Purpose and the Planet Before Profits

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Putting Purpose and the Planet Before Profits

By Ivanko, John Kivirist, Lisa

£10.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback New Society Publishers

Shows how we can earn our daily bread on a local or regional level while saving money, strengthening the economy and helping restore the planet to ecological health and social stability. This guide is suitable for small business owners, prospective entrepreneurs, and those who dreams of a livelihood based on independence, creativity, and passion.

Minding Your Business

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Profits That Restore the Planet

By Horst Rechelbacher

£18.99 27 Jun 2008 Hardback Mandala Publishing Group

Stirring it Up

25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

How to Make Money and Save the World

By Gary Hirshberg

£15.99 25 Jun 2008 Hardback Hyperion

Hirshberg shares the secrets that helped his company--Stonyfield Farm--skyrocket to success, and argues that traditional business practices are ultimately counterproductive and have helped create many of the problems that threaten to make the world uninhabitable.

The European Renewable Electricity Sector 2008

25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Country Comparison of Risks and Opportunities

£334.88 25 Jun 2008 Paperback London Research International

Conservation

20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By William M. Adams

£575.00 20 Jun 2008 Hardback James & James (Science Publishers) Ltd

Edited by an expert on nature conservation, this four-volume set brings together a series of papers fundamental to understanding the social, political, cultural and scientific dimensions of conservation. Each volume is introduced by an essay, which both sets the scope for the collection and advances analytical understanding of conservation issues.

Wisconsin

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham

£18.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback Renewing the Countryside

Wisconsin

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham

£27.50 15 Jun 2008 Hardback Renewing the Countryside

Zoom

05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future

By Iain Carson, Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran

£8.99 05 Jun 2008 Paperback Penguin Books Ltd

Shows how some oil executives are fearlessly exploring new energy sources and designs. This title also examines the alliances that are being formed to end our addiction to oil in both the West and the growing markets of China, India and Russia, as well as what Toyota and the Prius can teach us, economically and ecologically.

Local Energy

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Guide to Eco-friendly Employment

By Golden, K. C. Hendrix, James P. Llewellyn, A. Bronwyn

£9.99 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Adams Media Corporation

Shows readers how to identify the greenest jobs in various industries; break into the fastest growing eco-friendly fields; go for extra training if needed; and start their own eco-friendly businesses.

Javatrekker

20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee

By Dean Cycon

£11.95 20 Mar 2008 Paperback Chelsea Green Publishing Co

Brings readers face-to-face with the people who help make the morning coffee ritual possible. This book takes the reader on a tour of ten countries in nine chapters.

Wisconsin

15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham

£18.50 15 Mar 2008 Paperback Renewing the Countryside

Wisconsin

15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham

£27.50 15 Mar 2008 Hardback Renewing the Countryside

Managing Climate Risk

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jolly, Adam

£19.99 01 Mar 2008 Paperback Thorogood

Wisconsin

15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham

£18.50 15 Feb 2008 Paperback Renewing the Countryside

Wisconsin

15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham

£27.50 15 Feb 2008 Hardback Renewing the Countryside

Managing the Transition to Renewable Energy

01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Theory and Practice from Local, Regional and Macro Perspectives

By Jeroen C.J.M. Van Den Bergh, F.R. Bruinsma

£95.00 01 Feb 2008 Hardback Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

Addresses the problem of how to make a large-scale socio-technical transition to renewable energy, so as to realize an environmentally sustainable economy in the long run. This title is suitable for academics and researchers in environmental science and economics, environmental and technological policy advisors.

Sustainable Consumer Services: Business Solutions for Household Markets

01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Business Solutions for Household Markets

By Minna Halme, et al

£24.95 01 Jan 2008 Paperback Earthscan Publications

The goal for consumer oriented business should be to make a profit and to do it without costing the Earth. This book examines issues, looks at business models, provides real-life best-practice examples and presents data from the first large-scale consumer survey that explains consumer behaviour and what they want from home service provision.

The Jevons Paradox and the Myth of Resource Efficiency Improvements

01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By John M. Polimeni, Kozo Mayumi, Mario Giampietro, Blake Alcott

£65.00 01 Jan 2008 Hardback James & James (Science Publishers) Ltd

Presents a historical overview of Jevons' Paradox, provides evidence for its existence and applies it to complex systems. This title explains myth of efficiency and explores its implications for resource usage. It is intended for policy makers, natural resource managers, academics and students concerned with effects of efficiency on resource use.

Stirring It Up: How to Make Money and Save the World

01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Hirshberg, Gary

£16.46 01 Jan 2008 Compact Disk Hyperion

Wisconsin

15 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham

£17.95 15 Dec 2007 Paperback Renewing the Countryside

Wisconsin

15 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham

£26.50 15 Dec 2007 Hardback Renewing the Countryside

Carbon Strategies

15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

How Leading Companies are Reducing Their Climate Change Footprint

By Andrew J. Hoffman

£19.50 15 Nov 2007 Paperback The University of Michigan Press

A guide to sustainable climate policy for business leaders and corporate change-makers. It describes specific steps a business can take to implement climate-related corporate policies. It presents real-life "lessons learned" at each step of the climate-strategy development process, and concludes with seven case studies from various industries.

The Isis Agreement: An Optimist??'s Guide to Creating a Sustainable World

01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Atkisson, Alan

£19.23 01 Nov 2007 Hardback Earthscan Publications

Wisconsin

15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham

£17.50 15 Oct 2007 Paperback Renewing the Countryside

Wisconsin

15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham

£25.50 15 Oct 2007 Hardback Renewing the Countryside

Harnessing Farms and Forests in the Low-carbon Economy

15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

How to Create, Measure, and Verify Greenhouse Gas Offsets

By Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions (Raleigh, N.C.)

£33.00 15 Oct 2007 Hardback Duke University Press

Providing direction to landowners for sequestering carbon, and information for traders and others who will need to verify the sequestration. This guide also intends to provide direction to farmers, foresters, land managers, consultants, and others interested in creating consistent, credible greenhouse gas offsets as a tradable commodity in the US.

Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee

01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Cycon, Dean

£10.96 01 Oct 2007 Paperback Chelsea Green Publishing Company

Drawing upon his wide range of experience and study, the founder and owner of Deans Beans Organic Coffee explores the untold origins of coffee through his travels to ten different producing countries.

Wisconsin

15 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham

£17.50 15 Sep 2007 Paperback Renewing the Countryside

Wisconsin

15 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham

£25.50 15 Sep 2007 Hardback Renewing the Countryside

Animal Byproducts Utilisation Through Semi Moist Rendering

01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Mahendra Kumar

£17.00 01 Sep 2007 Hardback Daya Publishing House,India

Renewing the Countryside-Wisconsin: Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing

By Hembd, Jerry Padgham, Jody

£17.50 01 Sep 2007 Paperback University of Wisconsin Press

Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots

01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Danaher, Kevin Biggs, Shannon Mark, Jason

£8.79 01 Sep 2007 Paperback Polipoint Press

This collection of essays tells the stories of 18 activists and their efforts to bring awareness to environmental causes. The book includes interviews with well-known experts, examples of successful local activism, and lists of useful resources and strategies for green supporters.

Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Generation

30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By L.L. Freris

£45.00 30 Aug 2007 Hardback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

The variable nature of most renewable energy sources needs special consideration when integrating such sources into traditional networks. This book considers the operation and structure of a modern electricity market, highlighting the differences between a centrally planned and operated system and a fully deregulated one.

Carbon Strategies

15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

How Leading Companies are Reducing Their Climate Change Footprint

By Andrew J. Hoffman

£12.95 15 Aug 2007 Paperback The University of Michigan Press

The World Renewable Energy Report

01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Adam Westwood

£2500.00 01 Jul 2007 Spiral / Comb Bound Douglas-Westwood Ltd

Wind Power Integration

01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Connection and System Operational Aspects

By Brendan Fox, Damian Flynn, Leslie Bryans, Nick Jenkins, David Milborrow, Mark O'Malley, Rick Watson, Olimpo Anaya-Lara

£59.00 01 Jun 2007 Hardback Institution of Engineering and Technology

Examines the main problems of wind power integration and guides the reader through a number of the solutions based on research and operational experience of wind power integration.

Ethical Markets

01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Growing the Green Economy

By Hazel Henderson

£19.95 01 May 2007 Paperback Chelsea Green Publishing Co

With insight, clarity, warmth and enthusiasm, the author announces the mature presence of the green economy. Mainstream media and big business interests have sidelined its emergence and evolution, but it is now a significant and rapidly growing sector.

Environmental Principles and Policies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction

01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

An Interdisciplinary Introduction

By Beder, Sharon

£85.00 01 Apr 2007 Hardback Earthscan Publications

Takes an interdisciplinary and analytical approach to the development, implementation and impact of environmental policies that govern our relationship with the environment. This book also covers how principles are applied in real life to a range of issues from persistent chemical pollution to climate change to fishing rights and watershed usage.

Ethical Markets

22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Growing the Green Economy

By Hazel Henderson

£19.95 22 Mar 2007 Paperback Chelsea Green Publishing Co

Out of the Box: Zeri Management Stories

01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Pauli, Gunter

£16.48 01 Mar 2007 Paperback Marion Institute

Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy

01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Growing the Green Economy

By Henderson, Hazel

£19.95 01 Feb 2007 Paperback Chelsea Green Publishing Company

The World Offshore Renewable Energy Report

19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Adam Westwood

£2500.00 19 Jan 2007 Paperback Douglas-Westwood Ltd

Business, Ethics, and the Environment: Imagining a Sustainable Future

01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Imagining a Sustainable Future

By Des Jardins, Joseph R.

£14.99 01 Dec 2006 Paperback Prentice Hall