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Michael Brower and Warren Leon, The Consumer’s Guide to Effective Environmental Choices (Three Rivers Press, 1999). NESEA Executive Director Warren Leon and his co-author offer a practical, rational overview of the relationship between consumers and the environment. They help consumers distinguish between crucial and trivial everyday decisions. List price $15. Amazon.com price $13.50 You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Ed Smeloff and Peter Asmus, Reinventing Electric Utilities : Competition, Citizen Action, and Clean Power (Island Press, 1996). NESEA board chair Ed Smeloff and his co-author summarize the evolution of the electric utility industry, provide an understandable introduction to the idea of electric utility deregulation, and offer advice about how citizens can promote clean electricity. Amazon.com price $17.95. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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David
W. Bearg, Indoor Air Quality and HVAC Systems
(CRC Press, 1993). Provides critical information for understanding the
relationship between the design, installation, operation, and
maintenance of HVAC systems and achieving indoor air quality. Amazon.com price $89.95. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Becky
Bee, The Cob Builders Handbook
(Chelsea Green Press, 1998). A comprehensive guide to building your own
earth structure, with chapters on design, site selection, foundations,
earth floors, windows, doors, roofs, and finishes. List
price $23.95. Amazon.com price $19.16. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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John Bower and Lynn Marie Bower, The Healthy House Answer Book (Healthy House Institute, 1998). Here's a book with easy-to-read, easy-to-understand, concise answers. A useful home reference. Amazon.com price $8.95. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Steve
K. Chappell, The Alternative Building Sourcebook (Fox Maple Press,
1998). A resource and overview of traditional building practices,
alternative heating systems, and natural building materials, with
sources and contacts listed by state. Amazon.com
price $19.95. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Daniel
D. Chiras, The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy,
Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes
(Chelsea Green Press, 2000). A tour of 13 natural building methods,
including straw bale, rammed earth, and cordwood. List
price $35. Amazon.com $28. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Sam
Clark, The Independent Builder
(Chelsea Green, 1996). A
comprehensive manual of design, planning, and building methods written
to be easily understandable and useful to people who have never built
their own homes; avoid many pitfalls. List price $30. Amazon.com price $24. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Chris
Hanson, The Cohousing Handbook
(Hartley & Marks, 1996). A practical guide to creating cohousing
covering every element that goes into the creation of a cohousing
project. Amazon.com
price $24.95. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Edward Harland, Eco-Renovation (Chelsea Green, Revised Edition 1999). Identifies and guides you through choices about ecological principles including recycling, self-sufficiency, renewability, conservation, and efficiency in your renovation project. Includes a checklist for making an ecological assessment of your home, and has a resource section to locate "greener" products. List price $16.95. Amazon.com price $15.25. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Huey D. Johnson, Green Plans (University of Nebraska Press, 1997). Effective strategies for moving from industrial environmental deterioration to post-industrial sustainability. Amazon.com price $12.00. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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David
Lyle, The Book of Masonry Stoves
(Chelsea Green Press, 1998). A comprehensive history of masonry heating
traditions around the world along with a survey of modern products of
all masonry materials -- brick, soapstone, tile, and stucco. List
price $24.95. Amazon.com price $19.96. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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S.
O. MacDonald and Matts Myhrman, Build it with Bales-Version Two
(Chelsea Green Press, 1998). An indispensable resource for learning
about the entire process of designing and building a straw bale house. Amazon.com
price $29.95. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Ian
L. McHarg, Design with Nature (John
Wiley & Sons, 1995). Describes an ecologically sound approach to the
planning and design of communities. Amazon.com
price $49.95. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Don
Metz, New Compact House Designs
(Storey Books, 1991). The
best and most innovative designs from the 1990 Compact House Design
Competition. List price $19.95. Amazon.com price $17.95. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Michael Potts, The New Independent Home (Chelsea Green, 1999). An updated version of Michael Potts' classic The Independent Home profiles the energy pioneers who have defied the energy grid to create their own gracious lifestyle using renewable energy. List price $30.00. Amazon.com price $24.00. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Michael
Potts, The Independent Home
(Chelsea Green, 1993). A
book of profiles of the energy pioneers who have defied contemporary
society to live off-the-grid, utilizing alternative systems and relying
on solar, wind, and water power in their homes. List
price $19.95. Amazon.com price $17.95. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Rob Roy, Mortgage-FREE! (Chelsea Green, 1998). Rob Roy explains his revolutionary strategy for owning your own home without every paying the "death tax" to a lending institution. List price $24.95. Amazon.com price $19.96. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Rob
Roy, The Sauna (Chelsea
Green, 1997). A
definitive handbook on the ancient and modern sauna traditions and lore
from around the world. Rediscover this ancient rite for maintaining
health, fitness and peace of mind. This book is also a manual for the
construction of two types of sauna. List
price $20.00. Amazon.com price $16.00. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Andrew St. John, The Sourcebook for Sustainable Design (Boston Society of Architects, 1993). A terrific guide for environmentally responsible building materials and processes. Amazon.com price $25.00. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Athena
Swentzell Steen and Bill Steen, and David Bainbridge, with David
Eisenberg,
The Straw Bale House
(Chelsea Green, 1994). Build a home with a renewable material: straw
bales. List price
$30.00. Amazon.com price $24.00. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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John S. Taylor, A Shelter Sketchbook: Timeless Building Solutions (Chelsea Green Press, 1997). John Taylor's intricate sketches trace design and construction techniques from around the world, utilized since ancient times, to provide shelter and comfort to human inhabitants. List price $18.95. Amazon price $15.16. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Les Walker, The American Shelter (Overlook Press, 1996). A landmark reference in architectural history, surveying and illustrating every American housing style. Altogether 103 styles of American housing are featured, spanning the earth lodge (circa 300) to the projected space unit (circa 2000). List price $24.95. Amazon.com price $19.96. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Michael
Brower and Warren Leon, The Consumer’s Guide to Effective
Environmental Choices
(Three Rivers Press, 1999). NESEA Executive Director Warren Leon and his
co-author offer a practical, rational overview of the relationship
between consumers and the environment. They help consumers distinguish
between crucial and trivial everyday decisions. List
price $15. Amazon.com price $13.50. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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John
M. Decicco and Jim Kliesch, and Martin Thomas, Green Guide to
Cars and Trucks: Model Year 2000 (American Council for an
Energy-Efficient Economy, 2000). Using
this pathbreaking consumer guide, buyers can compare cars, vans,
pickups, and sport utility vehicles by their environmental impacts,
including air pollution, global warming, and fuel efficiency. List price $8.95. Amazon.com price $7.16. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Richard Heede et al., Homemade Money: How to Save Energy and Dollars in Your Home (Rocky Mountain Institute, 1995). Information on which energy-saving measures make economic and environmental sense and advice on how to get started. Amazon.com price $19. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Alex
Wilson et al., Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings (American
Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, 7th edition, 2000).
An indispensable handbook for consumers who want to reduce their home
energy use. It lists the most efficient appliances and heating systems,
and also provides useful general advice on such topics as insulation,
windows, and lighting. Amazon.com
price $8.95. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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John
J. Berger, Beating the Heat: Why and How We Must Combat Global
Warming (Berkeley
Hills Books, 2000). A short primer about global warming and what we can
do about it. List
price $10. Amazon.com price $8. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Ross
Gelbspan, The Heat Is On: The Climate Crisis, the Cover-Up, the
Prescription
Perseus Press, 1998). The economics and politics of global warming,
especially the efforts of oil and coal companies to undermine public
confidence in climate change science. List
price $14. Amazon.com price $11.20. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Joseph J. Romm, Cool Companies: How the Best Businesses Boost Profits and Productivity by Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Shearwater Books. 1999). Case studies of more than 50 companies that have saved money by reducing greenhouse-gas emissions through improving processes, increasing energy efficiency, and adopting new technologies. List price $24.95. Amazon.com price $17.46. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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William
K. Stevens, The Change in the Weather: People, Weather, and the
Science of Climate
(Delacorte Press, 1999). A science reporter for the New York Times
places unusual weather events of the past few years in the context of
climate trends and describes the current state of scientific knowledge
of global warming and the climate. List
price $24.95. Amazon.com price $17.46. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Andrew
Lopez, Natural Pest Control (Chelsea
Green, 1998). This book will help expand your awareness of the insect
world while helping you reduce chemicals in your home and garden
environment. List
price $19.95. Amazon.com price $17.95. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Leandre
Poisson and Gretchen Vogel Poisson,
Solar Gardening
(Chelsea Green, 1995). Garden with the sun to grow more vegetables in
less space -- organically and efficiently. List
price $24.95. Amazon.com price $19.96. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Sim Van Der Ryn and Stuart Cowan, Ecological Design (Island Press, 1995). A vision of how the living world and the human world can be rejoined by taking ecology as the basis for design--adapting and integrating human design with natural processes. The authors weave together case studies, personal anecdotes, images and theory to provide a thorough treatment of the concept of ecological design. List price $21.95. Amazon.com price $17.56. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Nancy Cole and P.J. Skerrett, Renewables Are Ready: People Creating Renewable Energy Solutions (Chelsea Green Press, 1995). Case studies of efforts to implement renewable energy at the local level, along with advice on how to implement a project in your own community. Amazon.com price $19.95. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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National Energy Foundation, Science Projects in Renewable Energy (American Solar Energy Society, 1992). An invaluable guide for elementary and secondary schoolteachers for science projects in renewable energy and energy efficiency. Amazon.com price $10. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Douglas
R. Pratt, editor, The Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook : The
Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies and Sustainable Living
(Real Goods, 10th edition, 1999). You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Michael
J. Daley, Amazing Sun Fun Activities (MaGraw
Hill, 1998). Shows kids aged 8 and up how to make solar projects from
house “junk”. List price $12.95. Amazon.com price $11.65. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Paul Jeffrey Fowler, The Evolution of an Independent Home (Fowler Enterprises, 1995). The story of how one man used local resources, ingenuity, imagination, and patience to create a homestead powered by the sun. Amazon.com price $21.95. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Baruch Givoni, Passive and Low Energy Cooling of Buildings (John Wiley & Sons, 1994). Written by one of the world’s leading authorities on energy-efficient cooling, a comprehensive discussion of the impact of basic architectural choices on cooling efficiency. Amazon.com price $75.00. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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John
Schaeffer, A Place in the Sun
(Chelsea
Green Press, 1997). A
tour through the Real Goods Solar Living Center, the world's largest
strawbale structure. Alternative technologies are at work here:
windmills and solar modules produce enough electricity to power the
center and sell electricity to the power company; water is pumped with a
solar pump.
You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Steven Strong, The Solar Electric House
(Chelsea
Green Press, 1994). Everything you need to know to
decide if photovoltaics are for you and your house. List price $21.95. Amazon.com
price $17.56. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Bob Brant, Build Your Own Electric Vehicle (Tab Books, 1995). A useful guide to get you started. Includes information on electric vehicle philosophy issues. Describes options and process of conversion. List price $19.95. Amazon.com price $17.95. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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John M. Decicco and Jim Kliesch, and Martin Thomas, Green Guide to Cars and Trucks: Model Year 2000 (American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, 2000). Using this pathbreaking consumer guide, buyers can compare cars, vans, pickups, and sport utility vehicles by their environmental impacts, including air pollution, global warming, and fuel efficiency. List price $8.95. Amazon.com price $7.16. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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John
M. Decicco and Mark A. Delucchi, Transportation, Energy and
Environment (American
Occupational Therapy Assn., 1997).
Based on presentations given at a conference on sustainable
transportation energy strategies. Addresses various aspects of vehicle
and fuels technology. Amazon.com price $33. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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David L. Greene and Danilo J. Santini, Transportation and Global Climate Change (American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, 1997). An examination of the impact of transportation on global climate change and how different transportation choices and technology improvements may help. High school age and up. Amazon.com price $28. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Michael A. Hackleman, The New Electric Vehicles (Home Power, 1996). A terrific resource with 272 pages of EV technology, 500 photos and drawings, and more than 175 design and technical sidebars. Amazon.com price $25. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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James J. Mackenzie, The Keys to the Car (World Resources Institute, 1994). Surveys the environmental and economic costs and benefits of alternative fuels and explores the status of EV research and technology. Amazon.com price $20. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
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Jim Motavalli, Forward Drive (Sierra Club Books, 2000). Forward Drive is a well-documented and welcome piece on the changes taking place in powering cars. Jim Motavalli's research reveals how the "electric car" is a far from a new idea since electric cars were quite commonplace in the early 20th century. List price $25. Amazon.com price $20. You can order this book from www.amazon.com |
