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| The Green Scorecard: Measuring the Return on Investment in Sustainable Initiatives |
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 Patricia Pulliam Phillips
Written in an easy-to-understand format, this book shows how to measure the success of sustainability projects with a balanced set of data including ROI. This is necessary for the integration of social and environmental impacts into management decision making and the inclusion of metrics for sustainability into ROI calculations. |
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| Sustainability Indicators: Measuring the Immeasurable |
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 Simon Bell
Building on the groundbreaking first edition, the authors bring the indicator literature up to date and show that the basic requirement for a systemic approach is now well-grounded in experiential evidence. They examine the origins and development of the Systemic Sustainability Analysis (SSA), which as been developed in practice in a number of countries on an array of projects since the first edition. |
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| Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature |
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 Janine M. Benyus
Benyus introduces us to pioneering engineers making technological breakthroughs by uncovering and copying nature's hidden marvels. Sobering yet hopeful, this book will bring help bridge the dangerous chasm between technophiles and environmentalists. |
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| The Complete Organic Pregnancy |
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 Deirdre Dolan
The Complete Organic Pregnancy also features a collection of personal diaries from well-known writers and organophiles, including Barbara Kingsolver and Marion Nestle, as well as recipes from organic chefs. Required reading for anyone heading into this exciting stage of life, The Complete Organic Pregnancy is your chance to make a difference for your children, even before they're born. |
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| An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It |
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 Al Gore
With this book, Gore, who is one of our environmental heroes and a leading expert brings together leading-edge research from top scientists around the world; photographs, charts, and other illustrations; and personal anecdotes and observations to document the fast pace and wide scope of global warming. |
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| Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model |
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 Ray Anderson
Of value to business people, environmentalists, and educators alike, Mid-Course Correction is a business book about the enviornment that's written from a personal perspective. With passion and pride, Ray Anderson, Founder, Chairman and CEO of one of the world's largest interior furnishings companies, recounts his awakening to the importance of environmental issues and outlines the steps his petroleum-dependent company, Atlanta-based Interface, Inc., is taking in its quest to become a sustainable enterprise -- one that will never have to take another drop of oil from the Earth. |
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