Resilience Matters: Flourishing in an Era of Extremes edited by Laurie Mazur | An Island Press book

Free Resilience E-book on Flourishing in an Era of Extremes

It’s not a stretch to say we live in an age of extremes: extreme weather, extreme heat, extreme polarization. And yet, in this dire moment, many people are rising to the great environmental and moral challenges of our time.

Cool Your 'Microclimate' in an Ever-Hotter World

Design With Microclimates author Robert D. Brown shares how to make our living environments more pleasant and safer in the era of climate change. 

Don't Breathe the Air

Making Healthy Places contributors Priyanka deSouza and Patrick Kinney outline what we can do to protect ourselves when the next wildfire smoke event occurs. 
Atlanta landscape

Healing from Trauma by Building for Health

By investing in people and places, while also changing decision-making processes that have contributed to urban trauma, cities can lead the charge in promoting better health for their citizens and for the planet.

Best Books of 2021

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An Excerpt from The Monsanto Papers

"The author builds a convincing case that Monsanto was more interested in protecting the reputation of its cash cow than heeding scientific evidence of its dangerous properties.

#ForewordFriday: Biodiversity and Human Health

What are the implications of biodiversity loss for human health? Read the introduction and Chapter 1 of Biodiversity and Human Health, available for free in e-book format!

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