Books

Bet the Farm by Beth Hoffman | An Island Press book
The Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America

“Eloquent and detailed…precise and well-thought-out...Read her book — and listen.” — Jane Smiley, The Washington Post. Beth Hoffman was living the good life: she had a successful career as a...

272 pages
5 x 8
5 figures

Tech to Table | Island Press
25 Innovators Reimagining Food

Imagine eating a burger grown in a laboratory, a strawberry picked by a robot, or a pastry created with a 3-D printer. You would never taste the difference, but these technologies might just save your health and the planet’s. Today,...

296 pages
6 x 9
25 photos

A Good Drink | Island Press
In Pursuit of Sustainable Spirits

“Insightful tour de force… Farrell’s writing is as informative as it is intoxicating”  -- Publishers Weekly

Shanna Farrell loves a good drink. As a bartender, she not only poured spirits, but...

200 pages
6 x 9

Trains, Buses, People, Second Edition | Island Press
An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit

“Gets right to the point: put [transit] where the people are...The author combines detailed knowledge and a refreshing frankness...Keep this book within easy reach.”  -Planning In some US and Canadian cities, transit...

344 pages
8.25 x 10.75
340 color photos, 500 color illustrations

Essential Lessons for Collective Action

In the 1970s, the accepted environmental thinking was that overpopulation was destroying the earth. Prominent economists and environmentalists agreed that the only way to stem the tide was to impose restrictions on how we used resources, such as...

256 pages
6 x 9
30 photos

The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives

In 2019, mobility experts Melissa and Chris Bruntlett began a new adventure in Delft in the Netherlands. They had packed up their family in Vancouver, BC, and moved to Delft to experience the biking city as residents rather than as visitors. A...

240 pages
6 x 9
50 photos, 5 figures

How to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing

Too many U.S. cities and towns have been focused on a model of economic development that relies on recruiting one big company (such as Amazon), a single industry (usually in technology), or pursuing other narrow or short-term fixes that are...

192 pages
6 x 9
12 figures

Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies

New transportation technologies can expand our world. During the last century, motorized modes increased our mobility by an order of magnitude, providing large benefits, but also imposing huge costs on individuals and communities. Faster and more...

208 pages
6 x 9
19 figures (including au photo)

Smart Policies for Health and the Planet

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

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