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Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry. By Elizabeth Grossman. Describes how many of the synthetic chemicals we rely on for our daily creature comforts can fundamentally change, at a molecular level, the way our bodies work. This can in turn lead to deseases like diabetes and cancer as well as to reproductive and neurological disorders. Explains how a scientific revolution is introducing products that are “benign by design.” Health impacts are considered at every stage of production. More… | Elizabeth Grossman EcoSpeakers Info >>

Prosperity Without Pollution: The Prevention Strategy for Industry and Consumers. By Joel S. Hirschhorn and Kirsten U. Oldenburg. Shows how by reducing and eventually eliminating the production of wastes and pollutants from industry, commerce, homes, farms, and institutions our society can make more with less, be more competitive and less polluting, and maintain our standard of living. Proposes requiring meaningful waste and toxicity information on product labels, making bans on chemicals and products a more credible and available corrective measure, and securing permanent, high-level government support for pollution prevention. More... | Joel S. Hirschhorn EcoSpeakers Info >>

What We Learned in the Rainforest: Business Principles For The New Economy. By Tachi Kiuchi and William K. Shireman. Explains that nature isn’t just a source of resources for business, but a powerful model for superior business performance in the emerging economy. Shows that the old machine model that pitted business against nature is obsolete, and suggests a surprising new business principle: By applying strategies and practices gleaned from nature, by emulating what it once sought to conquer, business can attain greater and more sustainable profits. More... | Tachi Kiuchi EcoSpeakers Info >> | Bill Shireman EcoSpeakers Info >>

Deep Design. By David Wann. Explores a new way of thinking about design, one that asks "What is our ultimate goal?" before the first step has been taken. It shows how designs that begin with such a question - whether in products, buildings, technologies, or communities - are sensitive to living systems, and can potentially accomplish their mission without the seemingly unavoidable side effects of pollution, erosion, congestion, and stress. "Deep designs" meet the criteria of renewability, recyclability, and nontoxicity, and they are easy to understand and implement. More... | David Wann EcoSpeakers Info >>

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Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth. By Lester Brown. Our current economic model depletes forests, oil, farmland, topsoil, water, atmosphere and species beyond a sustainable level. The goal is to design a profitable economy that accurately reflects the cost of abuse of resources. Brown suggests shifting taxes from income to environmentally destructive activities, such as carbon emissions. More… | Lester Brown EcoSpeakers Info >>

Forest Products and Wood Science: An Introduction. By Jim L. Bowyer. Provides a comprehensive overview of the anatomical and physical nature of wood and the relationship of these characteristics to its use as an industrial raw material. Includes updated research findings and expanded discussions that reflect the changing face of the forest products industry. More… | Jim L. Bowyer EcoSpeakers Info >>

Green Plans: Greenprint for Sustainability. By Huey Johnson. Green plans are the most effective strategies yet developed for moving from industrial environmental deterioration to postindustrial sustainability. Johnson provides the first detailed and understandable examination of the theory, implementation, and performance of green plans in the Netherlands, Canada, and New Zealand. More... | Huey Johnson EcoSpeakers Info >>

High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health. By Elizabeth Grossman. Batteries, plastic computer casings, lead-infused monitors, discarded cellphones, TV remote controls, and other "e-waste" is piling up in landfills and leaching dangerous toxins, including lead, mercury and arsenic, into water tables. These environmental harms are being felt by communities from the Arctic to Australia, with poorer countries and communities getting a disproportionate share of the burden. More... | Elizabeth Grossman EcoSpeakers Info >>

Lean and Green: Profit for Your Workplace and the Environment. By Pamela Gordon. This book dispels the myth that a business or organization has to choose between making a profit and protecting the environment. Appealing to employees at every level, it provides over 100 examples of environmental practices that bring savings or new sources of revenue. More... | Pamela Gordon EcoSpeakers Info >>

Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution. By L. Hunter Lovins, Amory Lovins, and Paul Hawken. Shows how leading-edge companies are practicing "a new type of industrialism" that is more efficient and profitable while saving the environment and creating jobs. More... | L. Hunter Lovins EcoSpeakers Info >>

The Natural Step for Business: Wealth, Ecology & the Evolutionary Corporation. By Brian Nattrass and Mary Altomare. Explains the background and framework of the Natural Step. Gives practical examples of major corporations who embrace sustainability and are rewarded for their efforts. Case examples of IKEA, Collins Pine, and Interface provide references for managers and consultants working to build more sustainable organizations. More... | Brian Nattrass EcoSpeakers Info >>

The Sustainable Company: How To Create Lasting Value Through Social And Environmental Performance. By Chris Laszlo. About companies whose policies have enhanced their bottom line by way of reduced waste and cleanup costs, fewer regulatory conflicts, new business opportunities and greater appeal to socially conscious investors and green consumers. More... | Chris Laszlo EcoSpeakers Info >>

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