Corrugated Castle. Fancy Foil Fish Mobile. Paper Bead Bangles. Braided Rag Coasters. Old Shoe Flower Pots. Puppy Dog Sock Puppet. With a little imagination, just about anything we think of as trash can be transformed into an art project good enough to give as a gift or to keep and treasure yourself.

Kathy Stein's convenient guide describes 336 simple, practical ways to re-use 70 types of common products -- most of them not recyclable and currently adding to our already overflowing landfills.

Barack Obama said: 'Few challenges facing the world are more urgent than combating
climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear.' And yet
America still lags behind the rest of the developed world in showing the way to a
greener way of doing business that does not doom us, our children and our grandchildren (should we even get that far) to a world
ever-more hostile to not only our way of life but even of our lives themselves. Why? Because denial isn't just a big river in Africa,
as the joke goes. Except in this instance, the consequences of denial are no joke at all.

this book draws on a wide spectrum of academic understanding, from
evolutionary theory, biology, anthropology, archeology, economics
and environmental science to history to argue the case that
ecologically disruptive behaviour is deeply rooted in who and what
we are as a species.

Ever heard of 'sustainomatics'? Neither had we – until we encountered
this one, which is a bit of a tome. Apparently, it is a methodology for
understanding sustainability in a new framework.

These are the key questions that this book and its authors ask: 'Can
capitalism effectively respond to climate change? Do we need a
different type of capitalism that is able to deliver growth but on a lowcarbon
basis? If so, how do we get there?'

 From simple to sophisticated crafts, these innovatively creative projects are made of non-recyclable plastic bottlecaps! These free materials, when re-used into ingenious craft projects, are kept out of landfills and thus reduce pollution,

Kids love to make their own toys and games, gifts and ornaments. It encourages them to give full rein to their creative flair - and if they can use component parts that are adapted or recycled, so much the better for them and the planet! None of the projects in this book use any special materials. Instead, they all rely on ingredients that you are likely to have in the cupboard or items that can be found around the house or garden, or out on walks in the park or at the beach.

 A novel portraying a future ecologically sustainable society located in what was formerly the states of Washington, Oregon, and northern California.

Inspired by everyday objects, the Salvage Sisters rescue more than fifty common castoffs—orphaned drawers, a hobbled couch, a broken birdbath—and cleverly transform them into style statements loaded with ingenuity, wit, and humor.