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"The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? That man should have dominion "over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" is a prophecy that has hardened into fact. So pervasive are human impacts on the planet that it's said we live in a new geological epoch:...
Publisher
The Video Project
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Can true happiness and success be measured by material possessions? What is the personal and global impact of our consumer culture? Is there an alternative? Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things examines the many aspects of the growing "minimalist" movement that is challenging compulsory consumerism and seeking a different path. The authors of two best-selling books on minimalism, Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, take viewers...
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
Sustainability Made Simple explores the relationship between everyday life and the intricate global environmental issues of today, illustrating how small changes in daily routines and mentalities can add up to a big impact.
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Series
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This book presents a systems thinking approach to sustainability by answering questions on the meaning of sustainability in business, ecology, environmental quality, and economic development. Systems approaches to social injustice are developed. The sustainability of governance processes and achieving larger sustainability goals requires integrating the activities of NGOs, businesses, citizen groups, and standard setting and monitoring activities...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
With humor and compassion, Mama earth provides an inspiring introduction to the concepts of environmental economics, sustainability and new paths to healthier communities and protecting natural resources, all while attaining a more profitable bottom line.
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Publisher
MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Companies seeking more sustainable product strategies should explore using biological (nonfossil) resources, waste streams, and manufacturing byproducts. New materials technologies and processes are replacing fossil-based ingredients with bio-based alternatives from the agriculture, forestry, and marine industries.
10) Edible Insects
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
As entertaining as it is informative, NOVA explores headline-grabbing innovations and discoveries from our past, present and future, demystifying the science and technology along the way, while highlighting the human side of people "who make science happen."
11) Sustainable
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A vital investigation of the economic and environmental instability of America's food system, from the agricultural issues we face - soil loss, water depletion, climate change, pesticide use - to the community of leaders who are determined to fix it. SUSTAINABLE is a film about the land, the people who work it, and what must be done to sustain it for future generations.
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Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Repair Revolution chronicles the rise of repair cafés: non-profit, volunteer organizations devoted to repairing electronics and household items for free. After outlining the philosophy of repair cafés, the book discusses practical details such as online repair resources, fixes for common product malfunctions, and tips for founding new repair cafés"--
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Publisher
Icon
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
How to spot greenwashing, stop consuming and demand a more sustainable future. Climate change is now a mainstream conversation topic, and yet every week our recycling piles are still overflowing and we're faced with a steady stream of brands trying to persuade us to buy their eco-friendly products in our quest to live sustainably. For too long, corporations have shifted the eco-responsibility onto us, the consumers. It's time to push back and demand...
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Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Based on the blog of the same name, Attainable Sustainable shows readers how to live a simpler, more self-reliant life. It includes instructions not only for growing and cooking food but also for creating artisanal items for the home as well as navigating the great outdoors"--
15) The Last Tourist
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Travel is at a tipping point. Tourists around the world are unintentionally destroying the very things they've come to see. From the Caribbean, to the streets of Delhi, and remote villages in Kenya, forgotten voices reveal the real conditions and consequences of one of the largest industries in the world. The role of the modern tourist is on trial.
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Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From Tanja Hester, Our Next Life blogger and author of Work Optional, comes the mindset-shifting guide to help you put your money where your mouth is. Wallet Activism is not a list of dos and don'ts that will soon become outdated, nor does it call for anti-consumerist perfection. Instead, it goes beyond simple purchasing decisions to explore: the impacts a financial decision can have across society and the environment, how to create a personal spending...
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Publisher
Public Affairs
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A proven, fast, inexpensive, practical way to cut greenhouse gas emissions and prevent catastrophic climate change. As climate change quickly approaches a series of turning points that guarantee disastrous outcomes, a solution is hiding in plain sight. Several countries have already replaced fossil fuels with low-carbon energy sources, and done so rapidly, in one to two decades. By following their methods, we could decarbonize the global economy...
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Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
Description
"The twentieth century seemed to offer an unwavering path to prosperity: deadly diseases were disappearing, and breakthrough technologies were starting to solve many problems. But today, certainty about the course of civilization is giving way to doubt and disbelief. The world seems less comprehensible, less predictable, and more prone to surprises from cascading consequences like drought, raging fires, political upheaval, and financial collapse....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Can you build a business model around happiness? If you can deliver happiness to customers through exceptional customer service, from engaged employees who are inspired by a vision of higher purpose, the answer is yes. In this high-spirited talk, Tony Hsieh shares how Zappos fosters its unique culture, starting with hiring and retaining employees based on their commitment to its core values. If we get the culture right, Hsieh believes, everything...
Publisher
Fighting Chance Films
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This insightful documentary explores solutions to the global crises we face today through the inspiring stories of people pioneering change in their own lives and in their communities in order to live in a sustainable and regenerative way.
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