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An easy-to-understand guide for individuals and businesses interested
in installing small wind energy systems. Includes information on ways
to assess wind resources at your site, installation of wind turbines,
towers, inverters, and batteries, system maintenance, and costs. Designed
to help readers make the smartest, most economical choices and to communicate
effectively with wind system installers. 
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Provides an overview of green building techniques, materials, products,
and technologies that are either currently available or will be in the
near future. A wealth of up-to-date, practical information for homebuyers,
owner-builders, and anyone interested in building for a sustainable
future. 
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Presents a coherent plan that helps parents foster love for nature,
teach children the importance of environmental protection, promote environmental
values, and inspire actions that will last a lifetime. A hopeful guide
for parents. 
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This guide starts by outlining the likely impacts of fossil fuel shortages
and some basic facts about energy. It then discusses energy conservation
to slash energy bills and prepare for renewable energy options. Focusing
on specific strategies needed to replace specific fuels, the book examines
each option available to homeowners. 
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An overview of the pros and cons of fourteen natural building methods.
Includes straw bale, rammed earth, cob, cordwood, adobe, earthbags,
papercrete, and more. The common goal is to create a house that is economical,
energy efficient, nontoxic, and pleasing. This comprehensive sourcebook
offers in-depth information that will guide your choice of the materials
and methods for building a sustainable natural home. 
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Explains in detail how today's homebuilders can succeed with solar designs.
Now that energy efficiency measures including higher levels of insulation
and multi-layered glazing have become standard, it is easier than ever
before to create a comfortable and affordable passive solar house that
will provide year-round comfort in any climate. 
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Practical ideas for creating more socially, economically, and environmentally
sustainable neighborhoods. Shows how suburbs fail to meet many peoples'
needs, then describes how existing neighborhoods can be transformed,
offering cohousing and new urbanist communities as examples. 
. The projects described range from quick, easy, low-cost tasks like insulating a water heater, sealing foundation cracks, or painting with insulating paint, to bigger-ticket items like installing an energy-efficient heating system, energy-conserving windows, or green flooring. For each project, it outlines the steps required, the material and installation options, the cost, the payback, as well as the health, comfort, and environmental benefits. 
. Provides a basic understanding of electricity, solar energy and the sun, and solar site assessment. Discusses the types of photovoltaics (PVs) and PV systems, advances in PVs, charge controllers, inverters, batteries and generators, as well as the installation and maintenance of a PV system. Describes the many options available in order to help homeowners make wise decisions during the design, purchase, and installation of solar electric systems. 
. Chiras brings the concept of sustainability to life, defining it in a variety of contexts - economic, biological, political, and ethical - and exploring creative, practical ways to apply the principles of sustainability to nearly all aspects of modern life. 
. Provides students with a clear and concise introduction to the general concepts of mammalian biology and human structure and function. With a focus on health and homeostasis, Human Biology enhances students' understanding of their own health needs and presents the scientific background necessary for students to think critically about biological information they encounter in the media. The completely revised content and new art and photos provide students with a more user-friendly text, while learning tools maximize comprehension of the material. 
. Written for readers who want to learn about their bodies, it focuses primarily on the organ systems that comprise the body. Readers will learn the main parts of each system and how they operate, as well as what happens when things go wrong. 
. Identifies fast-growing, profitable opportunities to revitalize our communities and our . The book outlines practices and strategies that achieve rapid, resilientplanet renewal, generating wealth through career and investment options. Explains the three universal principles that when combined enable nondestructive economic growth that actually heals nature and society. 
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Dancer reflects on spirituality, indigenous knowledge, quantum physics,
psychology, and ecological principles. Humor, synchronicity, delight,
and heartfelt struggle are all present in these tales. The result is
a gift for a culture that has forgotten its connection to nature. 
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In this beautiful volume, Dancer has assembled a portrait of Kansas
in its many different lights… a sunflower field at dawn, a rural
Main Street in the eerie, greenish light of a summer storm, a nighttime
prairie fire, and a dusty stretch of prairie in the hot light of midday.
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From air
and ground, the 35 photographers whose vivid work is gathered here document
the devastation clear-cut forestry has caused across Canada and the
U.S. (Dancer was lead photographer.) This volume doesn't just show the destruction of clearcutting but
offers solutions. 
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How to minimize your exposure to the toxins in everything from food,
cleaning products, and cosmetics to furniture, rugs, air, and water.
Step by step, this book tells you where dangerous chemicals are lurking,
why it's so important to avoid them when pregnant, and what you can
do before, during, and after your pregnancy to protect your child. 
. Describes the management principles that enabled Fetzer Vineyards to become one of America's biggest and best-known wineries and a model for sustainable business practices. Contains personal anecdotes and practical wisdom, and offers inspiration and guidance to business managers who see the compelling need to build and grow healthy, sustainable organizations. 
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Provides both an easy to understand explanation and practical methods
for transforming our climate-damaging, unsustainable ways into sustainable
thinking and behaviors. Explains how the mind works and how people change,
then provides proven methods for transforming thinking and behavior,
beginning first with the reader's own cognitive patterns, then moving
to how individuals can motivate other people to change, and finally
to how teams and organizations can be motivated to change. 
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Doppelt describes the process required to move organizations toward
sustainability. This book demystifies the sustainability-change process
by providing a framework and methodology that managers can use to transform
their organizations. 
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Recommends a comprehensive new approach to river protection and restoration
based on principles of watershed dynamics, ecosystem function, and conservation
biology. It describes in detail the existing level of damage to rivers
and species, analyzes flaws and gaps in existing policy, provides the
framework necessary to develop new policies, outlines the scientific
underpinnings and management strategies needed, and makes specific policy
proposals. 
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Provides comprehensive guidance to fashion-forward consumers who are
as concerned about the long-term health of our planet as they are about
the design of their bathroom fixtures. Covers topics that range from
clothing to electronic gadgetry, home decor to recreation, and gardening
to financial investment. 
Dorfman takes you inside the latest developments in green living to demonstrate how you can easily and affordably have your designer jeans and your planet too. From raising eco-conscious kids to greening your daily commute, Dorfman provides insights into the next wave of green innovation and the products and services that will lighten your planetary impact and lower your expenses. 
