Green Development

In the years following her role as the lead author of the international best seller, Limits to Growth - the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet - Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001. Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute's Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world....

Have you ever found yourself in an undesirable position as a result of betrayal? Have you ever trusted someone to the point of your own detriment? Some may conclude it’s a case of bad luck or a chain of unfortunate events. Green Eyes pinpoints a phenomenon that is often at the root of betrayal and detriment. The phenomenon at question here is envy. The author wrote this book to conceptualize envy and help readers understand not only how to identify envious traits in others but how to protect themselves from those harboring feelings of envy towards them.

Dive into the world of real estate like never before with "The Art of Modern Real Estate Development: Green, Sustainable, and Successful." This comprehensive guide isn’t just a blueprint for the industry—it’s a vision for the future, a clarion call for sustainable, responsible growth. Brought to life by Bradley Fagg, a real estate professional with a master’s degree in Real Estate Development, the book draws upon his vast knowledge and insights. This book covers everything from the fundamentals of property development to the cutting-edge innovations shaping the industry.

In today's fast-paced networked economy, professionals must work harder than ever to maintain and improve their business skills and knowledge. But technical mastery of one's discipline is not enough, assert professional advisors David H. Maister, Charles H. Green, and Robert M. Galford. The key to professional success, they argue, is the ability to earn the trust and confidence of clients. In this 20th anniversary edition, Maister, Green, and Galford enrich our understanding of today's society and illustrate how to be effective communicators in a digital world.

The statistics are sobering: 50% of new leaders are deemed ineffective, and 40% fail within the first 18 months of their role. Fortunately, the path to becoming a successful leader is paved with opportunities for growth and learning. This is a guide that offers a new way forward. Centered around the ICE Method, this book provides practical, actionable strategies for Intention, Collaboration, and Execution that will elevate your skills and maximize your impact as a leader.

If you are stuck in someone's control or don't want to be, you must know this favorite mind game of great manipulators. It is so powerful that most people won't be able to detect it even for many years of being enslaved. Why? Gaslighting is a very common method of manipulation that when intentionally or even unintentionally used, you'll be so influenced emotionally that you cannot think for yourself or for your own good. Sound nasty? It is. But you'll never know when you're participating as the inflictor or the prey until you explore this book.

Meditation for Manifesting Your Dream Life provides you with the tools and insights to transform your life from within. Whether you are seeking abundance, wealth, change, or freedom, this guide empowers you to manifest your desires and create the life you truly want.

If caring about the planet has started to feel overwhelming, exhausting, or quietly guilt-inducing, The Slow Green Reset offers a different way forward one rooted in calm, clarity, and compassion rather than pressure or perfection. This book is not about strict rules, zero-waste challenges, or completely overhauling your life. Instead, it invites you to pause, breathe, and reconnect with a slower, more supportive approach to sustainable living one that fits real life.

From Hustle to Equity is a practical roadmap for entrepreneurs who are tired of trading time for money — and ready to build assets that work for them. Most people are taught to grind harder, work longer, and “chase opportunity.” But sustained wealth is rarely created through effort alone. It comes from ownership, leverage, and disciplined decision-making. This book reframes the entrepreneurial journey: away from endless hustle, and toward building equity that compounds quietly in the background.

Locked in a vault since 1941, here is Napoleon Hill's definitive lesson on how to organize your thinking to attain success! In How to Own Your Own Mind, you receive a one-of-a-kind master class in how to think for success from motivational pioneer and author of Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill. In three compelling chapters, Hill demonstrates how to organize, prioritize, and act on information so it translates into opportunity.

How will software development and operations have to change to meet the sustainability and green needs of the planet? And what does that imply for development organizations? In this eye-opening book, Anne Currie, Sarah Hsu, and Sara Bergman provide a unique overview of this topic—discussing everything from the likely evolution of national grids to the effect those changes will have on the day-to-day lives of developers.

This paper examines how construction development and infrastructure expansion shape the environment, emphasizing that construction can be both environmentally harmful and beneficial depending on how it is planned and executed. It explores the positive roles of construction in renewable energy, sustainable cities, and environmental protection, while also detailing negative impacts such as habitat destruction, pollution, and resource depletion across diverse ecosystems. By analyzing ethical responsibilities, economic implications, global perspectives, and future innovations, the text argues ...

Green to Gold is an essential guide for forward-thinking business leaders who see the Green Wave coming and want to profit from it. This audio explores what every executive must know to manage the environmental challenges facing society and business. Based on the authors' years of experience and hundreds of interviews with corporate leaders around the world, Green to Gold, shows how companies generate lasting value.

This motivational book will help train and discipline your mind and emotions during the most challenging times, showing you how to filter out negativity and welcome growth from a more positive and productive place.

Build a Life With Purpose is a practical guide for anyone who wants to live intentionally, align daily actions with meaningful goals, and create a life that feels coherent and fulfilling. In a world filled with distractions, obligations, and competing priorities, it is all too easy to drift—spending time and energy without a clear sense of direction. This audiobook offers the tools, strategies, and mindset shifts needed to stop drifting and start building a life guided by purpose.

When a husband leaves suddenly from what his wife believed to be a happy, secure marriage, the impact is devastating. This phenomenon, known as Wife Abandonment Syndrome, leaves women reeling as their once-loving partner turns cold, blaming and often angry, shattering not only the marriage but the wife’s sense of stability and trust. In Runaway Husbands, family therapist and author Vikki Stark — who herself lived through this heartbreak — guides women through the confusion, grief, and pain toward a place of understanding, resilience, and renewal.

In Imposter Syndrome Is Your Green Light: Why Doubt Is Your Superpower, Natasha A. Pierre flips the script on what we have been told about self-doubt. Instead of seeing it as a sign to stop, she shows you why it’s actually a signal to go. Through personal stories, mindset shifts, and no-fluff strategies, Natasha helps you transform insecurity into insight and fear into fuel.

Discover how powerful manipulators use basic human emotions to control anyone. Humans are emotional beings. Emotions have the power to move us into actions. But what if manipulators use these emotions to control our actions, behavior, and entire life? This audiobook has everything you need to know about being the master of your own emotions and not letting anyone else take the reign. Emory Green will shed a light on those who are suffering in the dim and dark of emotional manipulation. It could be you or it could be somebody you know who needs this today.

Do you feel like life is weighing you down all the time and you don’t know why? Do you feel like you’re constantly getting caught up in abusive relationships and you don’t know why? This audiobook is going to answer all of your questions. Being an empath isn’t a clear-cut road, it is a broad term with many meanings, and there are many different aspects to it. So, you might be an empath or you might display a high amount of empathy, either way, you probably share the same symptoms a true empath has, and this audiobook is designed to help you overcome life’s harshest critics and challenges.

Maybe you have thought about removing some things from your life to keep it simple, and you have heard about the concept of minimalism, and want to know a little bit more. Or, maybe you are just looking to broaden your knowledge, and learn about how other people find more joy in their lives! Negative habits don’t develop overnight...they have a way of sneaking up on us and taking hold before we know it. One minute we’re all set to take on the world, and the next it feels like we are trapped in an endless cycle of procrastination, and overwhelming disorganization.