Natural Capitalism
By Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and Hunter Lovins

Amazon.com review: In Natural Capitalism, three top strategists show how leading-edge companies are practicing "a new type of industrialism" that is more efficient and profitable while saving the environment and creating jobs.

In Earth's Company : Business, Environment, and the Challenge of Sustainability (Conscientious Commerce)
By Carl Frankel

Synopsis
How deep is the corporate commitment to the environment? And what changes in corporate strategy and policy are necessary in the journey to sustainability? Carl Frankel deftly and lucidly gathers the pieces of the puzzle together into a single, comprehensive volume accessible to a wide range of readers.

Eco-Pioneers : Practical Visionaries Solving Today's Environmental Problems
by Steve Lerner

Synopsis
Lerner has spent four years searching out what he calls "eco-pioneers"--people who are working to reduce the pace of environmental degradation. Here he provides case studies of eco-pioneers who are exploring sustainable ways to log forests, grow food, save plant species . . . , and reduce both waste and consumption.

STUFF: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things (New Report, No 4)
by John C. Ryan, Alan Thein Durning, Don Baker (Illustrator)

Mother Jones, September/October 1997 "Documenting a day in the life of the average North American consumer, Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things deconstructs the American Dream by unraveling the hidden costs behind the objects around us."

Why Do We Recycle? : Markets, Values, and Public Policy
by Frank Ackerman

Synopsis
Here Ackerman examines the arguments for and against recycling, focusing on the debate surrounding the use of economic mechanisms to determine the value of recycling. He explains why purely economic approaches are incomplete and argues for a different kind of decision making.

Waste and Want : A Social History of Trash
by Susan Strasser

Amazon.com
Waste and Want investigates how a throwaway culture replaced one grounded in reuse and, in doing so, examines how people have gone about sorting, reusing, recycling, and disposing things they no longer want.

All About Compost: Recycling Household and Garden Waste
by Pauline Pears

From the Back Cover
Over 160 informative and clear step-by-step photographs illustrate all you need to know about making and using compost. Learn how to save money, help the environment and enrich even the smallest garden by recycling household and garden waste.

Ecoart! : Earth-Friendly Art and Craft Experiences for 3-To 9-Year-Olds (Kids Can Series, No 9)
by Laurie Carlson

Synopsis
The bestselling author of Kids Create! combines her intuitive sense of each child's need for self-expression and interaction with nature with her wealth of imaginative experiences.

Creating by Recycling (Crafts for All Seasons)
by Laia Sadurni, Anna Llimos

Description
More fun models, projects and crafts from everyday objects and recyclable materials. Intended for 9-to 12-year-olds.

Ecological Design
by Sim Van Der Ryn, Stuart Cowan (Contributor)

Synopsis
Ecological Design presents 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.

Building Green in a Black and White World
by David Ritchey Johnston

Book Description
As a builder, your customers trust you to turn their largest investment into the best homes possible. This book empowers you to start building homes that make a difference to both your customers and the environment.

Healthy House Building for the New Millennium
by John Bower

Book Description
With over 200 photos and illustrations, as well as a complete set of detailed construction drawings, Healthy House Building for the New Millennium shows you everything you need to know to build a healthy house.

The Passive Solar House (Real Goods Independent Living Books)
by James Kachadorian

Book Description
This book offers a technique for building homes that heat and cool themselves in a wide range of different climates, using ordinary building materials available anywhere and with methods familiar to all building contractors and many do-it-yourselfers.

The New Natural House Book : Creating a Healthy, Harmonious and Ecologically Sound Home
by David Pearson

Book Description
This completely revised and redesigned edition of the bestselling Natural House Book brings you hundreds of practical energy- and money-saving ideas to enhance your home, your environment, and your well-being.

Beyond Recycling: A Re-user's Guide
by Kathy Stein

Book Description
Kathy Stein's convenient guide describes 336 simple, practical ways to re-use 70 types of common products--most of them not recyclable. This book also helps readers locate businesses and nonprofit organizations that re-use a wide range of products, as well as outlets for re-usable products.

Decorating With Great Finds : 82 Ways to Use Finds from Antique Stores, Garage Sales & Attics (Arts & Crafts for Home Decorating)

Contents Include:
Mirrors from Old Windows, Pot Racks from Old Windows, Tables from Old Doors, Shelves from Old Shutters, Candlesticks from Old Balusters, Window Treatments from Great Finds, Collector's Lamps, Tiered Plate Trays, Found Fabrics

Use Less Stuff: Environmental Solutions for Who We Really Are
by Robert M. Lilienfeld, William L. Rathje

Overview
A concerted effort to reduce consumption coupled with the creative reuse of materials are truly the only long-term solutions. Readers are given a wide range of simple activities that will help reduce the use of raw materials and resources.