Climate Change Buildings

From “tomorrow’s greatest designer” (The Atlantic), a personal and deeply researched look at how the choices we build into our environment reflect and determine the way we think, connect, and live. We've been led to believe that purposefully designed spaces are something reserved only for...

The World-Tree has found a home in the sky. Unfortunately, it left the door open. Alaric Thorne thought his days of saving the world were over. He had successfully parked his walking tavern, the Root & Radiance, in the beautiful High-Gardens. The ale was flowing, the crops were glowing, and the only threat was a goat with a taste for physics. Then the temperature dropped. When the World-Tree drank from the Void-Spring, it created a cosmic draft. Now, a supernatural chill is seeping into the world, freezing oceans, shattering mountains, and threatening to turn the entire planet into a ...

Roots of Renewal: Building a Sustainable Future for Coffee in a Changing Climate explores the future of the world’s most beloved beverage through the lens of sustainability, science, and social responsibility. From the misty highlands of Ethiopia to the coffee cooperatives of Latin America, this book traces how climate change, deforestation, and global trade are reshaping the landscapes and livelihoods behind every cup. Written in an engaging and accessible style, it reveals the hidden connections between ecology, innovation, and consumer choice. Readers will learn how farmers are ...

Exponential Growth and Viral Spread Explained: Compound Interest, Population Dynamics, Pandemic Modeling, Network Effects, and Social Media Virality in a Hyperconnected World Why do retirement accounts suddenly surge after decades of steady saving? Why do pandemics explode from a handful of cases into global crises? Why can a single social media post reach millions overnight? The answer lies in one powerful mathematical force: exponential growth. Exponential Growth and Viral Spread Explained reveals how compounding, feedback loops, and network effects shape finance, technology, culture, and...

Introducing the 7 principles for practicing critical hope--because hope isn’t something you have; it’s something you do. Each person has a unique, ever-changing relationship to hope. Hope alone can be transformational--but in moments of despair, or when you’re up against profound injustice...

FINALIST FOR THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND BOOKLIST The story of the urgent fight to save coral reefs, and why it matters to us all Coral reefs are a microcosm of our planet: extraordinarily diverse, deeply interconnected, and full of wonders. When...

When our ancestors came down from the trees, they brought the trees with them and remade the world. ‘A stunning book on the incalculable debt humanity owes wood…’ John Carey, The Sunday Times How did the descendants of small arboreal primates manage to stand on our own two feet, become top...

This ultimate guide provide detail strategy and technique to design and develop resilient buildings against extreme cyclones and high winds. This guidebook has been analyzed all of these issues that occurs during cyclone and high wind events and assessed the risks of the different building types and the vulnerable communities.The weather system is gradually turned into more violent due to climate change. Climate change has increased the frequency, intensity, severity etc. of the different natural disasters. For this reason, extreme cyclones and high winds are common disasters in the ...

If 20 percent of the population implemented half the solutions in this book, it would solve the biggest global problems. All without writing to politicians, joining protests, signing petitions, or being angry at the people that are causing the problems. Good solutions are often different from conventional environmental wisdom. The average American adult has a carbon footprint of 30 tons per year. Replacing a petroleum car with an electric car will cut 2 tons. But if you live in a cold climate and you switch from electric heat to a rocket mass heater, you will cut 27 tons!

Dive into the world of New Mexico pecans with "The Pecan Promise," an essential guide that offers a deep exploration of pecan farming that is as enriching as it is educational. From the orchard-scented breezes of New Mexico's lush valleys to the crunch of a fresh pecan, this eBook encapsulates the heart and soul of one of the state's treasured agricultural gems. Immerse yourself in the history and influence of pecan farming within New Mexico, learning how this industry has shaped the landscape and culture of the region. Understand the climatic nuances that make New Mexican pecans a ...

 Building a Resilient Tomorrow does not dwell on overhyped descriptions of apocalyptic climate scenarios, nor does it travel down well-trodden paths surrounding the politics of reducing carbon emissions. Instead, it starts with two central facts: Climate impacts will continue to occur, and we can make changes now to mitigate their effects. 

Grandpa is a heroic, freedom-loving polar bear from East Greenland who understands that his proud species is in far greater danger from the interventions of the federal government, overzealous wildlife scientists and Hollywood celebrities than from man-made global warming. He and his family live in a parallel, comfortable and modern world that humans cannot see and know nothing about. When he learns the U.S. Senate plans to add polar bears to the Endangered Species List he blows his top because he knows that it will mean tight government control over every part of their perfectly safe and ...

Shortlisted for the 2019 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year. ‘A landmark book....A massively reported deep dive into the unparalleled corporate industrial giant Koch Industries....This impressively researched and well-rendered book also serves as a biography of Charles Koch...

How Business Can Fight Climate Change captures the perspectives, insights, and ideas of 35 of the world's greatest thought and action leaders, addressing the increasingly alarming global challenges of a world where carbon emissions are out of control. It provides an easy-to-understand guide for every business leader and company on how they can play a more proactive role in addressing this serious threat to the global system—the very system they depend on and thrive in. This is a call to action and a practical blueprint for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions

Negotiation and decision-making expert Max Bazerman explores how we can make more ethical choices by aspiring to be better, not perfect. Every day, you make hundreds of decisions. They’re largely personal, but these choices have an ethical twinge as well; they value certain principles and ends...

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.

A revolutionary guide to designing humane, eco-conscious homes, buildings, and cities of the future. It is estimated that the earth's population will expand to an unprecedented nine billion people over the next century. This explosion in population is predicted to place further stress on our...

Award-winning author Navi Radjou delivers an incisive and engrossing treatment of how human beings facing climate change can reconcile our built-in drive to "do more" and "be better" with our planet's finite resources. You'll discover how we can thrive within planetary boundaries while achieving sustainable growth for generations to come.

In 1917, Gloria will arrive in New York with the idea of finding work. The wind on Fifth Avenue and Broadway will push her toward securing a position as a Lamson pneumatic tube operator in the Flatiron Building. Meanwhile, in the 22nd century, in a New York submerged by rising seas due to climate change, an archaeologist will make a curious discovery in the ruins of the same building. A message trapped for two hundred years will reveal a forgotten story of the city. A New York historical romantic fiction with elements of science fiction and post-Victorian mystery. Set in the second decade ...

Future Build exposes the devastating environmental impact of modern construction while offering a bold vision for change. Construction shapes the world we live in, but also leaves one of the heaviest footprints on our planet. From the relentless heat of cement kilns to the towering steel and...