“Net Zero” has been an effective rallying cry for the green building movement, signaling a goal of having every building generate at least as much energy as it uses. Enormous strides have been made in improving the performance of...
Books
When The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change was first published in 2014, it offered something entirely new: a fun, illustrated guide to a planetary crisis. If that sounds like an oxymoron, you’ve never seen the carbon cycle...
224 pages
7 x 10
illustrations throughout
Following John Muir's Journey through an Endangered Land
"Engaging hybrid - part lyrical travelogue, part investigative journalism and part jeremiad, all shot through with droll humor." --The Atlanta Journal Constitution In 1867, John Muir set out on foot to explore the...
256 pages
6 x 9
2 illustrations + au photo
Stories of the Natural World That Inspired Human Ingenuity
Did you know that mosquitoes’ mouthparts are helping to develop pain-free surgical needles? Who'd have thought that the humble mussel could inspire so many useful things, from plywood production to a “glue” that can cement...
384 pages
6 x 9
42 illustrations
Applications and Diffusion across Disciplines
After a decades-long economic slump, the city of Flint, Michigan, struggled to address chronic issues of toxic water supply, malnutrition, and food security gaps among its residents. A community-engaged research project proposed a resilience...
344 pages
6 x 9
34 illustrations
Hunting, Harvesting, and Farming Seafood in the Information Age
Overfishing. For the world’s oceans, it’s long been a worrisome problem with few answers. Many of the global fish stocks are at a dangerous tipping point, some spiraling toward extinction. But as older fishing fleets retire and new...
272 pages
6 x 9
14 illustrations, 1 au photo
Uniting Farmers and Environmentalists to Transform American Agriculture
America’s farms are key to the preservation of vital ecosystems and a stable climate. Yet farmers and environmentalists have not always seen eye-to-eye about the best ways to manage agricultural landscapes. Since 1980, American Farmland...
304 pages
6 x 9
Parks, Rewilding, and Local Development
For most, “conservation” conjures the notion of minimizing human presence on wildlands to avoid harmful impacts. But too often, this defensive approach has pitted local communities against conservationists, wasting opportunities for...
280 pages
7 x 10
1 photo, 39 illustrations
Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming
A powerful movement is happening in farming today—farmers are reconnecting with their roots to fight climate change. For one woman, that’s meant learning her tribe’s history to help bring back the buffalo. For another, it’...
200 pages
6 x 9
6 illustrations