Despite an uncertain economy, the market for green building is exploding. The US green building market has expanded dramatically since 2008 and is projected to double in size by 2015 (from $42 billion in construction starts to $135 billion). But green-building pioneer Sim Van der Ryn says, greeninga our buildings is not enough. He ......
The Transition to Safe and Inclusive Transportation Networks
Across the country, communities are embracing a new and safer way to build streets for everyone'even as they struggle to change decades of rules, practice, and politics that prioritize cars. They have discovered that changing the design of a single street is not enough: they must upend the way transportation agencies operate. Completing ......
Two leading physicists discuss the importance of the Higgs Boson, the future of particle physics, and the mysteries of the universe yet to be unraveled. n July 4, 2012, the long-sought Higgs Boson--aka "the God Particle"--was discovered at the world's largest particle accelerator, the LHC, in Geneva, Switzerland. On March 14, 2013, physicists at ......
The Vatican Alliance with Mussolini, Franco, Hitler, and Pavelic
Now available in English for the first time, a controversial work that indicts the Vatican for its actions before and during World War II. /B> In the decade preceding the outbreak of World War II, the Vatican made a devil's bargain with fascist leaders. Anticipating that their regimes would eliminate a common enemy--namely Marxist-Leninist ......
The Robin Hood Mentality and Our Biological Nature
Biologist L. Sun examines the innate sense of fairness displayed by human beings in all kinds of societies throughout history. He argues persuasively that it is an emotion and behavior rooted in our DNA, rather than a product of ideology or convention. Citing animal studies that show that even monkeys react negatively to patently unfair treatment, ......
When normal sleep patterns have been interrupted, learning to relax in some deeper ways can assist breaking the negative patterns and reestablishing the natural sleep that your body was designed for.
For thousands of years fragrance has been used, across many varied cultures, for altering mental and emotional states, and as part of spiritual practice. This book explores the impact of fragrance on the psyche from biological, anthropological, perfumery and aromatherapy viewpoints.Beginning with an exploration of our olfactory system and a ......
