Ecological Design
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Ecological Designis a landmark volume that helped usher in an exciting new era in green design and sustainability planning. Since its initial publication in 1996, the book has been critically important in sparking dialogue and triggering collaboration across spatial scales and design professions in pursuit of buildings, products, and landscapes with radically decreased environmental impacts. This 10th anniversary edition makes the work available to a new generation of practitioners and thinkers concerned with moving our society onto a more sustainable path. Using examples from architecture, industrial ecology, sustainable agriculture, ecological wastewater treatment, and many other fields, Ecological Designprovides a framework for integrating human design with living systems. Drawing on complex systems, ecology, and early examples of green building and design, the book challenges us to go further, creating buildings, infrastructures, and landscapes that are truly restorative rather than merely diminishing the rate at which things are getting worse.
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The Philosophy of Sustainable Design Shares architecture, environment, sustainability -
The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture Shares architecture, sustainability, nonfiction -
Sustainable Architecture White Papers: Essays on Design and Building for a Sustainable Future Shares architecture, sustainability, environment -
Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A Do-It-Ourselves Guide Shares sustainability, nonfiction, environment
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Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
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The New Create an Oasis with Greywater: Choosing, Building, and Using Greywater Systems, Includes Branched Drains
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The Nature of Design: Ecology, Culture, and Human Intention
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Build Your Own Earth Oven: A Low-Cost Wood-Fired Mud Oven, Simple Sourdough Bread, Perfect Loaves
“If you want more of the same (science about environment), start with these.”
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Places of the Soul: Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
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Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods Earth Plaster * Straw Bale * Cordwood * Cob * Living Roofs
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Little House on a Small Planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient Possibilities
