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In these chapters, the Karmapa shares his vision for bringing social action into daily life, on a scale we can realistically manage through the choices we make every day - what to buy, what to eat, and how to relate honestly and bravely with our friends and family and coworkers. His fresh and encouraging perspective shows us that we have the strength to live with kindness in the midst of the many challenges we face as socially and environmentally conscious beings.

Nearly every US city would like to be more walkable - for reasons of health, wealth, and the environment - yet few are taking the proper steps to get there. The goals are often clear, but the path is seldom easy. Jeff Speck’s follow-up to his best-selling Walkable City is the resource that cities and citizens need to usher in an era of renewed street life. Walkable City Rules is a doer’s guide to making change in cities, and making it now.    

In the 1970s, Dolly Freed lived off the land dirt cheap and plum easy. Living in their own house on a half-acre lot outside of Philadelphia for almost five years, Dolly and her father produced their own food and drink and spent roughly $700 each per year. Thirty years later Dolly Freed's Possum Living is as fascinating and pertinent as it was in 1978. Tin House is reissuing the survivalist classic with a foreword by David Gates and an afterword by the author.

In Driving the Future Oge portrays a future where clean, intelligent vehicles with lighter frames and alternative power trains will produce zero emissions and run at 100+ mpg. With electronic architectures more like that of airplanes, cars will be smarter and safer, will park themselves, and will network with other vehicles on the road to drive themselves.

Marine algae are the supreme eco-engineers of life: they oxygenate the waters, create habitat for countless other organisms, and form the base of a food chain that keeps our planet unique in the universe as we know it. In this audiobook Josie Iselin explores both the artistic and the biological presence of 16 seaweeds and kelps that live in the thin region where the Pacific Ocean converges with the North American continent - a place of incomparable richness.  

With real-world considerations in mind, disaster preparedness consultant David Black shows us how to stay alive when tragedy strikes. His step-by-step actions can help us make it safely through a variety of crises, from catastrophic weather to terrorism to civil unrest. Black presents tailor-made plans for individuals, businesses, organizations, small groups, and communities to follow, in all regions of the country and broken down by type of emergency and environment.

Este é um audiolivro de agricultura para filósofos e um audiolivro de filosofia para agricultores. Como nenhum de nós pode se abster de pensar ou de comer, todos deveríamos ser filósofos e agricultores em alguma medida. Sintropia é a tendência expressa pela vida de acumular e organizar energia, ou seja, uma força complementar à entropia.

Il y a quelque chose de pourri au royaume du bio. Voilà pourquoi, après le constat alarmant dressé dans "Vous êtes fous d'avaler ça !", son premier best-seller, et les solutions concrètes pour manger sainement apportées dans "Et maintenant on mange quoi ?", Christophe Brusset part en croisade contre les "imposteurs du bio".

In Svezia si coltiva un'arte silenziosa chiamata döstädning, che consiste nel fare letteralmente pulizia degli oggetti accumulati durante l'arco della vita, prima che di questo compito gravoso debba occuparsi qualcun altro al posto nostro. La scelta di eliminare gli oggetti non più necessari ha sorprendenti effetti benefici e può essere intrapresa a qualsiasi età o fase della vita, ma dovrebbe essere colta il prima possibile per goderne appieno.

A poet at heart, Amy Minato rejects her life of consumption in Chicago to go back to nature - specifically, to a commune in Oregon, where she rediscovers herself. She also cops occasionally to the pretentiousness of her mission, and laughs along with the listener at her attempts to be both environmentally friendly and sane, considering the fact that she’s moved in with a bunch of strangers in a remote locale. 

Vivimos rodeados de plástico, ajenos a su toxicidad. Lo utilizamos constantemente en nuestro día a día: para almacenar alimentos, embotellar agua, transportar nuestras compras, etc., sin tener en cuenta el devastador impacto que tiene en la naturaleza y en nuestra salud. ¿Qué podemos hacer para solucionarlo? Yurena González lleva años viviendo una vida más eco, sin plástico y sin generar basura, y sin renunciar un ápice a su comodidad. ¿Cómo lo ha conseguido?

Tenemos la capacidad de levantarnos cada día y renacer, desde las cenizas, como el ave fénix, solo tenemos que permanecer abiertos a que la sincronicidad se presente y estar al unísono con el universo y con nuestro interior. Todo se integra y se sincroniza para que la felicidad se manifieste. Para encontrar y mantener el balance, la paz interna es imprescindible. Si por alguna razón no sentimos esta paz debemos buscar los elementos que se interponen para que aflore y podamos ser capaces de sentirla en su real magnitud.

Ökologisch sinnvoll zu handeln und gleichzeitig ökonomisch erfolgreich zu wirtschaften, muss kein Widerspruch sein. Längst gibt es Unternehmen, die Nachhaltigkeit und Wirtschaftlichkeit in ihren Geschäftsmodellen miteinander in Einklang bringen. Denn zaudern und auf politische Vorgaben warten gilt nicht: Wer heute schon die Weichen für ein nachhaltiges Wirtschaften von morgen stellen will, muss selbst aktiv werden.

Mieux consommer, cela s'apprend. Comment bien lire les étiquettes ? Quelles sont les astuces pour dépenser moins ou quotidien ? Comment se protéger des arnaques en tous genres ? Cet ouvrage répond à une multitude de questions pour vous aider à y voir plus clair et faire vos choix en conscience. Tous les domaines sont concernés : l'alimentation, l'habillement, l'hygiène et la cosmétique, l'énergie.

Depois de anos ouvindo essas perguntas praticamente todos os dias, Marcus Nakagawa reuniu o conhecimento que acumulou ao longo de sua rica experiência na área da sustentabilidade e criou 101 ações palpáveis para mudar o mundo. As ações, baseadas nos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável da ONU, englobam atividades que crianças, jovens e adultos podem implementar em sua rotina, inclusive em família! Com um pouco de interesse e dedicação, juntos, podemos fazer a diferença! E aí, preparados para começar?

Anne Weiss hat den Kleiderschrank voll schicker Klamotten und eine teure Wohnung in der Innenstadt, in der sich Luxusartikel stapeln - alles, was sie sich nach Jahren auf der Karriereleiter endlich leisten kann. Stolz ist sie drauf, aber als sie ihren Job verliert, stellt das alles, woran sie bisher geglaubt hat, infrage. Wofür hat sie sich so abgestrampelt? Was ist das gute Leben, und wo in diesem ganzen Krempel ist eigentlich sie selbst? Und vor allem: Was macht dieser ganze Konsum eigentlich mit unserer Welt?

Dieses Hörbuch ist ein Wegweiser durch den unübersichtlichen Dschungel aus Lebensmittelvorschriften, Tierhaltungs- und Produktionsbedingungen, Handelsstrukturen und Herkunftsquellen bei Nahrungsmitteln, der das tägliche Einkaufen so erschwert. Die Journalistin und Nahrungsmittelexpertin Katarina Schickling zeigt, was man beim Einkaufen beachten kann, wo Verbraucher hinters Licht geführt werden, welche Siegel vertrauenswürdig sind, was das Kauderwelsch auf Zutatenlisten wirklich bedeutet und wie Kunden das gelingt, was sie eigentlich wollen: mit gutem Gewissen gute Lebensmittel kaufen.

A healthy, money-smart and sustainable lifestyle begins at home! Drawn from the collective experience of green-conscious home buyers and homeowners, sustainability experts across North America and thousands of top real estate professionals. Start planting the seeds today for a more sustainable future tomorrow with Green Your Home, a proven, practical guide on how to lay the groundwork for your green adventure, determine your green priorities, and recharge your air quality and interior living space.

The Agile City engages the fundamental question: what to do about it? Journalist and urban analyst James S. Russell argues that we'll more quickly slow global warming - and blunt its effects - by retrofitting cities, suburbs, and towns. The Agile City shows that change undertaken at the building and community level can reach carbon-reduction goals rapidly. Adapting buildings (39 percent of greenhouse-gas emission) and communities (slashing the 33 percent of transportation related emissions) offers numerous other benefits that tax gimmicks and massive alternative-energy investments can't match.

Cooler Smarter is based on an in-depth, two-year study by the experts at The Union of Concerned Scientists. While other green guides suggest an array of tips, Cooler Smarter offers proven strategies to cut carbon, with chapters on transportation, home energy use, diet, and personal consumption, as well as how best to influence your workplace, your community, and elected officials. The book explains how to make the biggest impact and when not to sweat the small stuff.