Sustainable Green

Harness the power of renewable energy with a practical guide to designing, assembling, and maintaining your own wind turbine. Harnessing the Wind: How to Build Your Own Turbine demystifies wind technology and shows everyday builders—students, homeowners, off-grid enthusiasts, and tinkerers—how to generate clean electricity using accessible materials and real-world engineering principles.

Do you ever feel strange, gross, chaotic, underappreciated, or like you don’t quite fit in? Great news: you might be a goblin! That means your imperfections and idiosyncrasies are the most awesome things about you, and you can build a more balanced, comfortable, harmonious life by accepting and honoring them—taking inspiration from the frogs, fungus, moss, rocks, and dirt that goblins love.

The Concise Guide to Minimalism is not another book that tells you to throw away all your stuff and live in a sterile white box with a single succulent. This isn’t minimalism-by-dictatorship. This is minimalism-by-choice: a thrilling, inspiring, motivational, and actionable guide to cutting the noise, reclaiming your time, and living lighter.

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....

Caring for the planet shouldn’t leave you feeling overwhelmed, guilty, or exhausted. The Green Mindset Shift offers a calmer, more realistic approach to sustainable living one that supports both the Earth and your well-being. This book is not about perfection, extreme lifestyles, or doing everything right. Instead, it shows how small, thoughtful daily habits can create meaningful change without pressure or burnout. By focusing on mindset first, you’ll learn how to build sustainable routines that actually last because they fit your real life.

Lasting change rarely comes from dramatic breakthroughs or sudden transformations. It is built quietly, through small, consistent actions that compound over time. Small Steps to Big Change offers a practical and realistic roadmap for creating meaningful personal growth by focusing on progress you can sustain—one step at a time. This book is designed for anyone who feels overwhelmed by the pressure to change everything at once. Rather than promoting extreme discipline or rigid routines, it introduces a simple, structured approach to habit-building that aligns with real life.

The fundamentals of permaculture are simple: care for people and the Earth, and share what you have. With these in mind, practitioners promote a system with a sense of respect for all life on the planet. You may, however, be anxious about not knowing what to do. After all, not everybody knows about permaculture. But don’t worry–you don’t need to be an expert to start your own permaculture garden.

If you’ve ever wanted to live more sustainably but felt overwhelmed by guilt, pressure, or perfectionism The Gentle Green Life offers a quieter, more compassionate path forward. This book is not about doing everything right. It’s about doing what’s realistic, meaningful, and sustainable for your life.

For beginners and owner-builders, green building is a sustainable construction method that has a low impact on the environment. Green buildings usually incorporate LEED standard construction requirements in order to become certified; however, a homeowner can be an “owner builder” and construct their own home without the need of hiring a General Contractor in many cases, plus they usually do not need certification even if they build to LEED standards. Although standard construction methods and materials are often used, such as 2x4 or 2x6 framing with fiberglass insulation, or SIP panels,...

Can Artificial Intelligence Save the Planet? From cutting your energy bill to powering entire cities with renewables, AI is quietly transforming the way we live—and it might be the most powerful tool we have in the fight for a sustainable future. Green Intelligence: How AI is Shaping a Sustainable Future takes you inside the groundbreaking ways technology is driving environmental change. Discover how AI is: Making Homes Smarter & Greener – Devices that adjust lighting, heating, and water use automatically to reduce waste. Reinventing Waste Management – Smart recycling systems and AI-...

Essential Green Roof Construction is a comprehensive, in-depth guide to building simple green roofs for houses and small buildings. Packed with detailed photos, illustrations, case studies, and code compliance advice, it offers clear step-by-step instructions necessary to create your own living roof on a new build or as a retrofit. Where common sense meets beauty—a green roof is a system of layers that work together to support plant life, insulate homes, and make the world a greener place.

We stand at a critical juncture where the exponential growth of digital technology converges with the urgent global imperative for environmental sustainability. "Sustainable Computing & Green AI" is a comprehensive and timely textbook that confronts this reality head-on. It moves beyond the abstract notion of "going green" to provide a rigorous, practical, and actionable framework for engineering a responsible digital future. This book is crafted not just to educate but to empower the next generation of technologists to become conscious creators, capable of building innovative solutions ...

Are you tired of the busy, fast-paced city life? Do you long for a simpler way of living, where you can be self-sufficient and surrounded by nature? Look no further than Homesteading in Vermont, the ultimate guide to living a sustainable lifestyle. In this comprehensive eBook, we'll take you through every step of homesteading in Vermont. Whether you're a seasoned veteran or just starting out, this guide has something for everyone. We'll begin with an introduction to homesteading and its benefits, including increased self-sufficiency and a more sustainable way of living. We'll then delve ...

Over half a century ago, John Rowlands set out by canoe into the wilds of Canada to survey land for a timber company. After paddling alone for several days, he came upon "the lake of my boyhood dreams", which he named Cache Lake because there was stored the best that the north had to offer-timber for a cabin; fish, game, and berries to live on; and the peace and contentment he felt he could not live without.

"Green Growth: Maximizing Impact and Returns in Sustainable Investing" is your essential guide to understanding and capitalizing on the rapidly evolving world of sustainable investments. This comprehensive ebook delves into the strategies and principles of green investing, helping you build a portfolio that aligns with your values and delivers robust financial returns. From identifying lucrative opportunities in renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies to evaluating companies based on ESG metrics, this book provides practical insights and tools for both novice and experienced ...

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.

For Kathi Lipp and her husband, Roger, buying a house in one of the most remote parts of Northern California was never part of the plan; many of life’s biggest, most rewarding adventures rarely are. Kathi shares the hard-won wisdom she’s gained on her homestead journey to help you accomplish more at home, gain fresh perspective, and give yourself grace in the process.

Ever wondered how you can live more sustainably without sacrificing your sanity or your savings? Welcome to The Wonderfully Weird World of Sustainable Living, your witty, practical, and refreshingly down-to-earth guide to making your home and lifestyle more eco-friendly, one delightful step at a time. Inside these pages, you'll explore sustainability from every imaginable angle: energy efficiency hacks that shrink your utility bills, DIY cleaning recipes that are kinder to your wallet and the planet, and eco-friendly parenting strategies that even your toddlers will love. You'll bust common...

In his first all-new book in 15 years, Eliot Coleman returns organic farming to its ethical roots, exploring the very soul of organic growing. In The Self-Fed Farm and Garden, he presents the organic method as a self-sustaining system rooted in soil health care and shows listeners how they can shift to a self-fed model that continually recharges the soil with organic matter, thus allowing the soil food web to provide all the nutrients crops need for healthy growth and excellent yields.

Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family's food on just a quarter acre - and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require.