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Thinking Like an Island: Navigating a Sustainable Future in Hawaiʻi by 
The Value of Hawaiʻi 3: Hulihia, the Turning by 
50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save Hawai'i
Facing Hawai'Is Future: Essential Information about GMOs by 
Homeless Service Utilization Report: Hawaiʻi 2009.
Climate Change and the People's Health by
Climate change and social inequity are both sprawling, insidious forces that threaten populations around the world. This book offers a new framework for understanding how our planet's two greatest existential threats comingle, complement, and amplify one another -- and what can be done to mitigate future harm. In doing so it posits three new modes of thinking:
· That climate change interacts with the social determinants of health and exacerbates existing health inequities.
· The idea of a "consumptagenic system" -- a network of policies, processes, governance, and modes of understanding that fuel unhealthy, and environmentally destructive production and consumption.
· The steps necessary to move from denial and inertia toward effective mobilization, including economic, social, and policy interventions.
Designing Healthy Communities by 
Drawdown by 
The Energy Wise Workplace: Practical and Cost-Effective Ideas for a Sustainable and Green Workplace by 
Green IT: Managing Your Carbon Footprint by 
Hotel Sustainable Development: Principles & Best Practices by 
The Nature of a House: Building a World that Works by 
Adapting Cities to Sea Level Rise: Green and Gray Strategies by 
Artful Rainwater Design: Creative Ways to Manage Stormwater by 
Chasing Water: A Guide for Moving From Scarcity to Sustainability by 
Dark Side of the Ocean: The Destruction of Our Seas, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do About It by
Our oceans face levels of devastation previously unknown in human history--from pollution, from overfishing, and through damage to delicate aquatic ecosystems affected by global warming. Ocean biodiversity is being decimated on par with the fastest rates of rain forest destruction. More than 80 per cent of pollutants in the oceans come from sewage and other land-based runoff (some of it radioactive). The rest is created by waste dumped by commercial and recreational vessels. In many areas and for many fish stocks, there are no conservation or management measures existing or even planned. Climate author Albert Bates explains how ocean life maintains adequate oxygen levels, prevents erosion from storms, and sustains a vital food source that factory fishing operations cannot match--and why that should matter to all of us, whether we live near the ocean or not. He presents solutions for changing the human impact on marine reserves, improving ocean permaculture, and putting the brakes on the ocean heat waves that destroy sea life and imperil human habitation at the ocean's edge.
Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis by 
Ecofundamentalism : A Critique of Extreme Environmentalism by 
Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change by 
Encyclopedia of Islands by 
The Lives of Hawaii's Dolphins and Whales: Natural History and Conservation by 
Organic Waste Recycling: Technology, Management and Sustainability by 
The Politics of the Oceans by 
Private Oceans: The Enclosure and Marketisation of the Seas by 
Rethinking the Oceans: Towards the Blue Economy by
The world has come to a crossroads. By the end of this century the total population is expected to exceed ten billion, but the area of land to support this is finite. Indeed, with climate change, some of the most valuable land areas will be lost, much of it as a result of rising sea levels. To sustain life on earth, new ways have to be found to grow food, generate energy, and conserve the environment on which our future depends. Fortunately, when faced with a challenge of such consequence, people prove to be remarkably inventive. In this case, solutions are by no means beyond reach. We can start, quite simply, by looking out to sea. There, stretching to the horizon, lies the future. Remarkably, the oceans cover two and a half times the extent of terra firma. Yet we have always taken far less interest in the sea than the land. But what if we change our thinking? Instead of continuing to see the land as our future, suppose we put our trust in the sea. For solutions to some of the earth's most pressing problems, the oceans may be our salvation, the source of untapped economic wealth. Within these waters can be found the elements of what is now widely known as the Blue Economy, the new frontier for human development. It is a twenty-first century concept to meet a twenty-first century challenge. This book explores all aspects of the Blue Economy. Where does the idea come from? What does it include? How can it transform traditional economies? Can it be sustainable? And what needs to be done to ensure its universal adoption?
Thirst for Power: Energy, Water and Human Survival by 
Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins by 
The Water-Wise Home: How to Conserve, Capture, And Reuse Water in Your Home and Landscape by
Save the earth's most precious resource while also saving yourself money. Laura Allen provides expert strategies for using water smartly and efficiently while fulfilling all of your home and garden needs. Learn how to create a water-wise landscape, reuse greywater, harvest rainwater, and even set up a waterless composting toilet.
Water in Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World by
Water scarcity is on everyone's mind. Long taken for granted, water availability has become dependent on economics, politics, and people's food and lifestyle choices. But as anxiety mounts--and even as a swath of California farmland has been left fallow, and extremist groups worldwide exploit the desperation of people losing livelihoods to desertification--many are finding new routes to water security with key implications for food access, economic resilience, and climate change. Water does not perish, nor does it require millions of years to form as do fossil fuels. However water is always on the move and we must learn to work with its natural movement. In this timely, important book, Judith D. Schwartz presents a refreshing perspective on water that transcends zero-sum thinking. By allying with the water cycle, we can revive lush, productive landscapes, like the river in rural Zimbabwe that now flows miles further than it has in living memory thanks to restorative grazing; the fruit-filled food forest in Tucson, Arizona, grown by harvesting urban wastewater; or the mini-oasis in West Texas nourished by dew. Animated by stories from around the globe, Water In Plain Sight is an inspiring reminder that fixing the future of our drying planet involves understanding what makes natural systems thrive.
Water Rights and the Environment in the United States by 
Will the World Run Out of Fresh Water? by 
Your Water Footprint: The Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use to Make Everyday Products by 
