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| Thriving Beyond Sustainability: Pathways to a Resilient Society |
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 Andres R. Edwards
Overflowing with inspiration, the stories and ideas in these pages will cause the most chronic pessimist to see the glass as half full?to move beyond a perception of surviving with scarcity to one of flourishing with abundance. The comprehensive resource section provides the tools for everyone to become a catalyst for change. |
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| The Good Alternative Travel |
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 Mark Mann
This new edition has been thoroughly updated by Tourism Concern to bring together the best community-based holidays currently available. It lists hundreds of fascinating trips and projects, with details of how to arrange a visit. It also includes an introduction to the principles and issues of community tourism, plus a valuable directory of useful resources for anyone interested in ethical and sustainable tourism. |
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| 147 Tips for Teaching Sustainability: Connecting the Environment, the Economy, and Society |
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 William M. Timpson
We are the first generation capable of determining the habitability of the planet for humans and other species, writes Anthony Cortese in the Foreword. Teachers at every level can play an important role in helping us find a sustainable path. One educator is fond of saying that, The stone age didn't end because of a lack of rocks while there was certainly an abundance of rocks available, stone age people moved on to a new era because it became possible for them to envision and create a different and more useful way of organizing life. Many believe that we are currently at a similar juncture and can begin to imagine and construct new ways to live on our planet. |
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| Special Places to Stay Green Places to Stay: From Beach Huts to Eco-Chic Hotels, All Over the World |
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 Alastair Sawday
Numerous places call themselves eco or green, yet standards differ enormously throughout the world. This guide features those very special places around the world that also go the extra mile to make sure your vacation is an ecologically responsible one. Tree houses in rainforests, white pods in snow fields, fair-trade tented camps, floating eco-lodges, organic mountain farms, eco-chic hotels--we've inspected and liked them all. |
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| Street Smart Sustainability: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Profitably Greening Your Organization's DNA |
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 David Mager
You already know why your company should go green. This comprehensive guide tells you how to do it profitably. It details every step of the process?from getting employee buy-in and conducting a current sustainability audit to developing a plan of action and measuring progress. Nuts-and-bolts guidance helps you make continuous, cost-effective improvements and shift the prevailing business culture by infusing green practices into your organization?s very DNA.
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| The Business Guide to Sustainability: Practical Strategies and Tools for Organizations |
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 Darcy E. Hitchcock, Marsha Willard
This easy-to-use manual ? clear, concise and logically laid out ? has been written by top business consultants.
The authors desmystify 'sustainability', untangle the plethora of sustainability frameworks, tools and practices, and make it easy for the average person in any organization to move towards sustainability. Organized by sector and common organizational functions, the authors show how organizations can incorporate sustainability into their everyday work through the application of useful tools and self-assessments.
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