What makes a garden good? For Chris McLaughlin, it’s about growing the healthiest, most scrumptious fruits and veggies possible, but it’s also about giving back. How can your little patch of Earth become a sanctuary for threatened...
Books
How to Nurture Pollinators, Soil, Native Wildlife, and Healthy Food—All in Your Own Backyard
312 pages
8 x 10
150 color photos and illustrations
The Racist Truth about Urban Highways
When the U.S. interstate system was constructed, spurred by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, many highways were purposefully routed through Black, Brown, and poor communities. These neighborhoods were destroyed, isolated from the rest of the...
254 pages
6 x 9
35 photos and illustrations
Natural Fabrics and the Future of Clothing
For conscious consumers, buying clothes has never been more complicated. Even as fashion brands tout their sustainability, the industry is plagued by pollution, waste, and poor working conditions. If our clothes reflect our values, is it possible...
216 pages
6 x 9
1 au photo
The Natural and Human History of a Foundational American Tree
America was built on white pine. From the 1600s through the Civil War and beyond, it was used to build the nation’s ships and houses, barns, and bridges. It became a symbol of independence, adorning the Americans’ flag at Bunker Hill...
276 pages
6 x 9
12 illustrations
Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering
“Seventy years of a car-only approach—not car-centric, it’s car-only—is actually not just non-driver hostile, it’s driver hostile. No one benefits.” —Beth Osborne, Director, Transportation...
264 pages
6 x 9
27 photos and illustrations, plus 1 au photo
Reclaiming Our Future from the Fairytale of Economics
We live under the illusion of progress: as long as GDP is going up and prices stay low, we accept poverty and pollution as unfortunate but inevitable byproducts of a successful economy. In fact, the infallibility of the free market and the...
272 pages
6 x 9
How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies
“Informed, utterly blindsiding account.” - Booklist, starred review It’s falling from the sky and in the air we breathe. It’s in our food, our clothes, and our homes. It’s microplastic and it’s...
252 pages
6 x 9
New Tools for a More Resilient Future
The frequency and intensity of natural disasters—such as wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and storms—is on the rise, threatening our way of life and our livelihoods. Managing this growing risk will be central to economic and social...
214 pages
6 x 9
6 photos and illustrations
Revitalizing America’s Hometowns through Clean Power
For decades, we’ve heard that local, renewable power is on the horizon, and cheaper technologies will one day revolutionize our energy system. Michelle Moore has spent her career proving this opportunity is already here—and any...
252 pages
6 x 9
25 photos/illustrations