Focus on Sustainability to Continue Educational Improvement
In this book, Susan Allred and Kelly Foster have provided the experiences that Kentucky educators, policy makers, and communities had throughout the most recent school turnaround era.
Focus on Sustainability to Continue Educational Improvement
In this book, Susan Allred and Kelly Foster have provided the experiences that Kentucky educators, policy makers, and communities had throughout the most recent school turnaround era.
"Author Osseily Hanna documents the links between climate change, social / wealth inequalities, the Global North / Global South, and renewable / fossil energy. In total, he visited 32 countries during his 6 year journey around the world. As well as photographs taken by the author, this book includes the testimonies of people who are affected by or ......
The US leads the world in many ways, including the amount of waste we produce. Although we constitute less than 5 percent of the world's population, we use up to 30 percent of the world's resources, and per capita we generate the most trash. Throwaway Nation illuminates the problem and suggests ways we can mitigate this environmental disaster.
During the past two decades, recycling municipal wastewater for drinking water has gone from "an option of last resort" to an increasingly common practice. The Water Recycling Revolution tracks the story of this development, examines the pros and cons, and explores the future potential of recycling wastewater for both potable and nonpotable uses.
This book offers simple alternatives to mass-produced, shop-bought, highly packaged goods. Includes positive projects to help you to take back control of your waste and reduce our impact on the environment.
From embracing solar energy and wind power to using fluorescent bulbs and growing vegetable gardens, this book presents ways to live a more ecological and economical lifestyle. It shows how to cut heating and cooling costs, utilize solar energy, construct non-flush toilets and solar showers, collect rainwater, and apply permaculture techniques.
Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals – environmental health, economic profitability, and social and economic equity. This book provides techniques and concepts for sustainable land use not only to the professionals but home gardeners. It is based on decades of Holzman’s research and experience as a market gardener.
Explores the motivations, successes, and visions of individuals working tirelessly to heal our planet through over 100 personal stories. Everyday, countless individuals are hard at work, seeking solutions to environmental problems and creating new ways to live sustainably. From electric vehicle owners to animal lovers, journalists to artists, ......
