Product Description: Beginning in England, white papers have long provided a forum for exploring important social and political issues. Earth Pledge publishes the series on sustainable development to highlight and encourage discussion about the issues of sustainability the world faces in the twenty-first century...read more

Product Description: -- Cooling cities -- Reducing energy demand -- Containing water runoff -- Preserving wildlife habitat -- Enhancing urban well-being These are a few of the many reasons why green roofs are sprouting in cities around the world. Examine possibilities for city-wide green roof development through 335 color photographs, 40 case studies of exemplary green roof building projects, and 7 municipal case studies describing green roofs in Berlin, Tokyo, London, Portland, Chicago, Toronto, and New York...read more

Product Description: How many of mankind's greatest achievements would not have come to fruition were it not for blind ambition? Our World In Focus is a phenomenally ambitious book that, via some of the most striking and thought-provoking photographs ever taken, aims to highlight the current state of mankind's relationship with the environment, and pose the question, "Where do we go from here?" The project is the brainchild of The Earth Pledge Foundation, a trust established in 1991 by Theodore Kheel in support of the Rio Earth Summit...read more

Product Description: A small book with a large message, Sustainable Cuisine White Papers is a collection of 39 essays on the link between food quality, environmental issues and culinary traditions. An eclectic group of chefs, farmers, food writers, environmental experts and others offer food for thought that is all at once whimsical and real...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)