Ryan Mitchell never thought he would go off the grid. Yet this self-described desk-jockey with no carpentry skills today lives on 11 acres in a house he designed and powers with solar, gets his water from a well, has a composting toilet and...
Books
224 pages
6 x 9
1figure, 1 Author photo
The High Costs and Low Rewards of US Highway Construction
The world’s largest public works investment visible from space, the Interstate Highway System and the hundreds of thousands of miles of supporting roadways, are frequently hailed as a marvel and triumph of engineering. President Eisenhower...
256 pages
6 x 9
9 black-and-white illustrations, photographs, line art, and maps and 6 graphs
Every Journalist's Guide to Covering Climate Change
It’s Monday morning and your editor assigns you a story about a housing project where several residents have been hospitalized because of heat stroke. Is this a climate story? Is it a climate justice story? No one would have thought so...
304 pages
6 x 9
6 photos and illustrations
Overcoming the Threat to Black Movement
In the US, police conduct millions of traffic stops for reasons unrelated to safety. Study after study confirm that Black drivers experience higher rates of non-safety stops, searches, and use of force than White drivers.
In ...
200 pages
6 x 9
14 black-and-white images
Ice, Exploration, and the Battle for Power at the Top of the World
Almost two centuries after British explorer Sir John Franklin and his men died amid paralyzing cold and ice in pursuit of the mythical Northwest Passage, the Arctic—in response to temperatures greater than at any time in the last ten...
240 pages
6 x 9
1 map, and 1 author photo
Decarbonizing the Built Environment on the Path to Our Urban Future
Climate change is no longer an abstract threat. Day after day, an already disrupted climate is impacting the lives of millions, and the time available to curtail climate change is alarmingly limited. Going for zero greenhouse gas emissions...
296 pages
6 x 9
50 black-and-white illustrations, photographs, line art, and maps; 1 author photo
False Promises and Real Solutions in the Race to Save the Climate
For decades, we’ve been promised that a hydrogen economy is just around the corner: a high-tech Eden in which our cars, homes, and industries would be powered not by fossil fuels but by hydrogen from pollution-free sources. After billions...
240 pages
6 x 9
How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America
This is the shocking true-life story of how PFAS—a set of toxic chemicals most people have never heard of—poisoned the entire country. Based on original, shoe-leather reporting in four highly contaminated towns and damning documents...
264 pages
6 x 9
No artwork
52 Weeks of Living Zero-Waste, Plant-Based, and Cruelty-Free
Affectionately known as the Joyful Vegan, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau has been a leading voice in compassionate living for over two decades, guiding countless people to achieve lasting health and purpose. Now, with A Year of Compassion, she...
210 pages
6 x 9
No artwork