Books

The Economics of Sustainable Food: Smart Policies for Health and the Planet Edited by Nicoletta Batini | An Island Press book
Smart Policies for Health and the Planet

Edited by Nicoletta Batini

Producing food industrially like we do today causes tremendous global economic losses in terms of malnutrition, diseases, and environmental degradation. But because the food industry does not bear those costs and the price tag for these losses...

320 pages
6 x 9
38 illustrations

Schools that Heal: Design with Mental Health in Mind by Claire Latane | An Island Press book
Design with Mental Health in Mind

What would a school look like if it was designed with mental health in mind? Too many public schools look and feel like prisons, designed out of fear of vandalism and truancy. But we know that nurturing environments are better for learning....

280 pages
6 x 9
74 figures

Overtourism: Lessons for a Better Future Edited by Martha Honey and Kelsey Frenkiel | An Island Press book
Lessons for a Better Future

Before COVID-19 hit, the biggest problem in the world of travel was overtourism. Crowds threatened to spoil natural environments and make daily life unbearable for residents of popular travel destinations. Then, seemingly overnight, tourism...

400 pages
6 x 9
32 photos

A Blueprint for Coastal Adaptation: Uniting Design, Economics, and Policy Edited by Carolyn Kousky, Billy Fleming, and Alan M. Berger | An Island Press book
Uniting Design, Economics, and Policy

Tens of millions of Americans are at risk from sea level rise, increased tidal flooding, and intensifying storms. The design and policy decisions that have shaped coastal areas are in desperate need of updates to help communities better adapt to...

312 pages
6 x 9
35 figures

Getting to the Heart of Science Communication by Faith Kearns | An Island Press book
A Guide to Effective Engagement

At a community fire day in a northern California town several years ago, author Faith Kearns gave a talk on building fire-safe houses able to withstand increasingly common wildfires. Much to her surprise, Kearns was confronted by an audience...

280 pages
6 x 9

Building Community Food Webs by Ken Meter | An Island Press book

Our current food system has decimated rural communities and confined the choices of urban consumers. Even while America continues to ramp up farm production to astounding levels, net farm income is now lower than at the onset of the Great...

304 pages
6 x 9
20 figures

Flames of Extinction: The Race to Save Australia's Threatened Wildlife by John Pickrell | An Island Press book
The Race to Save Australia's Threatened Wildlife

In the early months of 2020, the world’s attention was riveted on Australia, where the nation’s iconic wildlife fought for survival in the face of unprecedented wildfires. Images of koalas drinking from firefighters’ water...

296 pages
6 x 9

Rewilding Agricultural Landscapes: A California Study in Rebalancing the Needs of People and Nature Edited by H. Scott Butterfield, T. Rodd Kelsey, and Abigail K. Hart | An Island Press book
A California Study in Rebalancing the Needs of People and Nature

As the world population grows, so does the demand for food, putting unprecedented pressure on agricultural lands. At the same time, climate change, soil degradation, and water scarcity mean that productivity of many of these lands is...

288 pages
6 x 9
30 figures

 Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries:  New Tools to End Hunger by Katie S. Martin | An Island Press book
New Tools to End Hunger

In the US, there is a wide-ranging network of at least 370 food banks, and more than 60,000 hunger-relief organizations such as food pantries and meal programs. These groups provide billions of meals a year to people in need. And yet hunger still...

280 pages
6 x 9

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