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In this bold, radically hopeful book, a data scientist, drawing on the latest research, practical guidance and eye-opening graphics, gives us the tools for understanding our current environmental crisis and making lifestyle changes that actually have an impact
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"Repair Revolution chronicles the rise of repair cafés: non-profit, volunteer organizations devoted to repairing electronics and household items for free. After outlining the philosophy of repair cafés, the book discusses practical details such as online repair resources, fixes for common product malfunctions, and tips for founding new repair cafés"--
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"Climate change is an increasingly well understood problem: modern economies are emitting greenhouse gases at an unprecedented rate, leading to a higher concentration of gases in the atmosphere and a rapid warming of the planet. Most investors understand this, but they have waited for government policy on climate change to provide guidance on where to allocate capital. That is now changing. Investment capital is rapidly moving out of assets that contribute...
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Greenwood Press
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Spans the entire scope of sustainability from ecological concepts to financial concerns to public policy and community action. Provides a solid foundation from which to think critically about efforts to make a more sustainable world.
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"Sandra Goldmark was a new mother, short on sleep and closet space, when her vacuum broke. And her toaster. And the strap on her backpack. Objects that were supposed to make her life easier instead piled up inside her family's small apartment, broken and collecting dust. Goldmark didn't want a new vacuum or toaster--she wanted the ones she had to work. But the reality is that the systems through which we obtain our stuff are vast and entrenched, with...
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Explains why an awareness of Earth's temporal rhythms is critical to planetary survival and offers suggestions for how to create a more time-literate society
"Why an awareness of Earth's temporal rhythms is critical to our planetary survival: Few of us have any conception of the enormous timescales in our planet's long history, and this narrow perspective underlies many of the environmental problems we are creating for ourselves. The passage of nine...
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"The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? That man should have dominion "over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" is a prophecy that has hardened into fact. So pervasive are human impacts on the planet that it's said we live in a new geological epoch:...
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Reaktion Books
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2020
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Today, "simple living" is a rallying cry for anti-consumerists, environmentalists, and anyone concerned with humanity's effect on the planet. But what is so revolutionary about a simple life? And why are we so fascinated with simplicity today? A Philosophy of Simple Living charts the ideas, motivations, and practices of simplicity from antiquity to the present day. Bringing together an array of people, practices, and movements, from Henry David Thoreau...
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Page Street Publishing
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2022
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"Learn the historically proven stitches every seamster needs with beloved Historical Fashion YouTuber Bernadette Banner. Whether you are just getting started with sustainable fashion and need to alter your new secondhand finds, or you want an introduction to sewing techniques for making your own clothes, Bernadette Banner's signature voice will guide you through all the traditional stitches and techniques you need to extend the life of your favorite...
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En la presente publicación se aborda el diseño de ambientes sustentables en arquitectura. Se presenta material de clases dictadas por el autor, escritos en prensa sobre sustentabilidad en arquitectura y casos de proyectos asesorados, con el fin de entregar información desde diversas perspectivas para abordar el tema de la manera más amplia posible. Así, lo que se constata en el mundo profesional es materia para los estudiantes, del mismo modo,...
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Por un lado, nos parece obvio que hay que trabajar fuera de las estructuras profesionales y disciplinarias; por el otro, no es tan fácil hacerlo. A menudo los esfuerzos colaborativos se ven obstaculizados por divergencias de lenguaje y de terminología, ni qué decir por modos de pensar y trabajar distintos. Esta serie de textos breves, escritos por profesores de distintos departamentos y escuelas de la Harvard University, intenta resaltar no solo...
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Este libro es una guía práctica y sintética para pensar y redactar los proyectos de arquitectura y urbanismo desde la perspectiva de la sostenibilidad medioambiental. Por medio de 69 preguntas y respuestas relativas al emplazamiento, la definición del programa y las distintas fases del proyecto, Pequeño manual del proyecto sostenible pone sobre la mesa las cuestiones esenciales para que un edificio responda de modo eficiente a las premisas básicas...
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Medir es esencial para el diseño de la ciudad ecológica. Stefano Boeri resume en cinco los retos de las políticas urbanas a gran escala y propone nuevas ideas que vinculen la ecología urbana con el desarrollo económico de las ciudades. El urbanismo ecológico debe crear híbridos, superar las fronteras interdisciplinarias y equilibrar las dicotomías establecidas entre el entorno y la economía, la tecnología y lo humano, lo racional y lo irracional,...
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La ecología como ?el estudio de la interacciones entre los organismos y el entorno? se basa en el principio de la interacción. En sus mapas de regiones urbanas, Richard T. T. Forman investiga la interacción entre las ciudades y sus periferias. Examina 38 regiones urbanas de al menos 1.000 km2 y demuestra que la ecología no puede entenderse por las fronteras físicas: las ciudades interactúan con sus regiones y van más allá. Chris Reed entiende...
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El Programa de Arquitectura de la Universidad Piloto de Colombia, mediante una cátedra rodante en septiembre del 2005, programó el I Seminario de Guadua, Bahareque y Sismoresistencia. Su objetivo y destino era conocer el proyecto de la granja de Mamá Lulú con el fin de entrar en relación con estas técnicas constructivas vernáculas. Esto da origen al I Seminario de Permacultura (2013) donde se enaltece el trabajo con guadua que ha desarrollado...
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La adaptabilidad es un rasgo que se refiere tanto a un estado de ser actual como al proceso mediante el cual un organismo responde a condiciones cambiantes para mantenerse en forma. Nina-Marie Lister equipara el diseño flexible con el sostenible: ?El diseño resiliente, flexible y, por eso mismo, sostenible, comporta un ?progreso? y, por tanto, debe considerar necesariamente como objetivos de la planificación y el diseño la salud económica y ecológica...
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Written for students and practitioners in the fields of architecture and interior design, our new Architecture Brief Sustainable Design provides a concise overview of all the techniques available for reducing the energy footprint of structures and spaces. With clear, simple language and a practical "can-do" approach, author David Bergman covers everything from the profession's ethical responsibility, to design structures and spaces that sustain our...
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