Green is the Color of Money! DVD Case Study for a Sustainable High Performance Building From Academy Award ..., 2006 A DeepGreen Documentary from Academy Award winner Ben Shedd about designing and building the Banner Bank Building, one of the worlds most energy efficient, high performance buildings. This 11 story building has received the US Green Building Council LEED CS PLATINUM rating. Building Green is good business. In the mid-size city of Boise, Idaho, local developer Gary Christensen and his team use an ...             Pandora's Poison: Chlorine, Health, and a New Environmental Strategy22 reviews Joe Thornton The MIT Press, 2001 Double Value: on Environmental *and* Information Strategy + A Clear Eyed View of The Problem...And A Solution This is the best of the several environmentally-oriented books I have reviewed recently, and it offers a double value: not only does it lay out a persuasive social, economic, and political case for abandoning the Risk Paradigm of permissive pollution in favor of an Environmental Paradigm of zero ...             The Philosophy of Sustainable Design6 reviews Jason F. McLennan Ecotone Publishing Company LLC, 2004 The Quintessential Green Warrior + Can Be Considered "Ref A" or the Prime Directive + I will recommend this book! + High Quality Publication for Learning the Basics of Sustainable Design + Visionary - Uncompromising - Accessible             Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build ...17 reviews Daniel C. Esty, Andrew S. Winston Yale University Press, 2006 Must read + Solid Book / Good Content + Green to Gold + A required reading to all executives!             Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature39 reviews Janine M. Benyus Harper Perennial, 2002 Nature Revelation + Biomimicry - innovation inspired by nature + Innovative and a great read! This book is an exellent read that provides insightful commentary on the work of several leading scientists and communities. Our understanding of current industralized communities is explored, and the effects on nature are considered. Alternative solutions in various fields are investigated that ...             Green Plastics: An Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics. E. S. Stevens Princeton University Press, 2001 Plastics are everywhere. Bags, bank cards, bottles, and even boats can all be made of this celebrated but much-maligned material. Yet most of us know next to nothing about plastics. We do know that they are practical and cheap--but they also represent a huge environmental problem, for they literally take ages to decompose. In this engaging book, E.S. Stevens tells us everything we have always ...             Bacteria for Breakfast: Probiotics for Good Health3 reviews Kelly Dowhower Karpa, PhD, RPh Trafford Publishing, 2006 Reliable information on probiotics + Outstanding + A health secret you can't afford to miss! Probiotics are products containing bacteria that are beneficial to health. Digestive problems and allergies are increasing in developed countries and much of the source of these difficulties appears to lie with a poor mixture of bacteria in the intestine. Taking probiotics to remedy the imbalance ...             The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals441 reviews Michael Pollan Penguin, 2007 WHERE DOES FOOD COME FROM? + Omnivore's Dilemma + Elevated to College Text + a great read + Food for Thought             The Ecology of Commerce40 reviews Paul Hawken Collins Business, 1994 Get it now, no need to think twice + Always timely and smart + Reshaping industrialism + Global Required Reading + Tough read but worth the time             Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power15 reviews Mark Schapiro Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007 Buy this book before you vote in 2008!!! + A little something for most everyone + Increased Power of Corporations Leaves U.S. Consumers at Risk -- Will Europe Save Us? I heard him on NPR and immediately bought his book! I found out that the European Union has rules about safety for toys, makeup, etc. which our corporate-lobbyist-paid-off government lead by the Republican Administration refuses to incorporate into law protecting us. Why won't they protect ...             Clean and Green: The Complete Guide to Non-Toxic and Environmentally Safe Housekeeping20 reviews Annie Berthold-Bond Ceres Press, 1994 lots of info + Another Great "Green Cleaning Book" + Clean and Green + great book, but supply your own common sense             High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health5 reviews Elizabeth Grossman Shearwater, 2006 An environmentalist with a sense of optimism + One of my top ten (new list) for saving the planet + Judge by the Cover + Informative Aspects of Trashology! + One of today's most underreported environmental problems             Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice2 reviews Paul T. Anastas, John C. Warner Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 Seminal Work: The Principles of Green Chemistry + Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice This is the seminal reference on the widely invoked "12 Principles of Green Chemistry." This book is written by cofounders of the EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award,": a Synthetic Chemist and an expert in Environmental Policy. This book is unique in delivering a broad purview of ...             Green Chemistry and the Ten Commandments of Sustainability, 2nd ed1 review Stanley E. Manahan ChemChar Research Inc, 2005 A Textbook with Equations, But Good for General Reader Also I have been upset with the laziness of the publishers. As a publisher myself, and very happy to be a member of Amazon Advantage, readers should understand that publishers can, at no cost, enter the Table of Contents, the Author's Biography, Publisher's Comments, and short editorial reviews of the ...             Green Chemistry and Engineering Mukesh Doble, Anil Kumar Academic Press, 2007 Chemical processes provide a diverse array of valuable products and materials used in applications ranging from health care to transportation and food processing. Yet these same chemical processes that provide products and materials essential to modern economies, also generate substantial quantities of wastes and emissions. Green Chemistry is the utilization of a set of principles that reduces or ...             Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution84 reviews Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, ... Back Bay Books, 2000 an optimistic vision of the future + Reinvention + Excellent book! + Prompt service. + Required Reading for the Twenty-First Century             Diet for a Small Planet30 reviews Frances Moore Lappe Ballantine Books, 1991 It's Still the One + Use for the recipes, not the politics + eye opener + A classic vegetarian cookbook + usefulish book             Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things144 reviews William McDonough, Michael Braungart North Point Press, 2002 PERFECT! + Remake the Way You Think + Spectacular Read!! + great read             Ecological Economics: Principles And Applications9 reviews Herman E. Daly, Joshua Farley Island Press, 2003 At last what we needed + 4.5 stars.Yes. Speculative bubbles inevitably lead to economic downturns + A serious intro to eco-economy + best textbook ever + Great book             Biomimicry for Optimization, Control, and Automation Kevin M. Passino Springer, 2004 There are many highly effective optimization, feedback control, and automation systems embedded in living organisms and nature. Evolution persistently seeks optimal robust designs for biological feedback control systems and decision making processes. From this comprehensive text you will gain knowledge of how mimicry of such biological processes can be used to solve optimization, control, and ...