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Formally established by the EPA nearly 15 years ago, the concept of green chemistry is beginning to come of age. Although several books cover green chemistry and chemical engineering, none of them transfer green principles to science and technology in general and their impact on the future. Defining industrial ecology, Environmental Science and Technology: A Sustainable Approach to Green Science and Technology provides a general overview of green science and technology and their essential role in ensuring environmental sustainability.

• atmosphere
• biosphere
• chemical engineering
• environmental science and technology
• environmental sustainability
• favorable circumstances
• geosphere
• green chemistry
• hydrosphere
• industrial ecology
• mainstream
• next level
• pipe solutions
• pollution prevention
• principles
• resource consumption
• science and technology
• science books
• sphere
• sustainable approach

In 1991, Chelsea Green published Beyond the Limits, the revision and updating of The Limits of Growth by Dennis and Donella Meadows, and Jorgen Randers. Their book helped greatly to popularize the phrase "sustainable living." Over time at Chelsea Green, our publishing program has sought new and delightful ways to apply the principles of sustainable living. This effort has seen new books published on subjects as diverse as flower farming and building houses from straw bales.

• business indicators
• business path
• businesses need
• chelsea
• curves
• dollar corporation
• donella meadows
• entrepreneurial bug
• flower farming
• industrial engineer
• interface inc
• jorgen randers
• mid course correction
• paul hawken
• principles
• ray anderson
• sole indicator
• straw bales
• sustainability
• sustainable living

Sustainable Landscape Construction re-evaluates the assumption that all built landscapes are environmentally sound, and offers practical, professional alternatives for more sustainable landscape construction, design, an d maintenance. Packed with clear concepts and never-before-compiled resources on "green" landscape work, the book is an inspiring overview of important practices and concerns.Organized around ten key principles of sustainability, the book offers specific methods that can help accomplish those principles.

• aesthetically
• clear concepts
• compiled resources
• conventional landscape
• energy costs
• energy savings
• invaluable tool
• keeping healthy
• landscape architecture construction
• landscape construction
• landscape maintenance
• landscape work
• principles
• professional alternatives
• regional conditions
• related design
• resource costs
• sustainable landscape
• sustainable methods
• water regime

Passive solar heating and passive cooling--approaches known as natural conditioning--provide comfort throughout the year by reducing, or eliminating, the need for fossil fuel. Yet while heat from sunlight and ventilation from breezes is free for the taking, few modern architects or builders really understand the principles involved. Now Dan Chiras, author of the popular book The Natural House, brings those principles up to date for a new generation of solar enthusiasts. The techniques required to heat and cool a building passively have been used for thousands of years.

• ancient greeks
• easier than ever
• egregious
• energy efficiency measures
• fossil fuel
• insulation
• modern architects
• natural processes
• oil embargoes
• passive cooling
• passive solar heating
• principles
• scant knowledge
• solar architecture
• solar designs
• solar enthusiasts
• solar house
• thermal mass
• windows and skylights