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Ecological Design Generally

Ecological Design by Sim Van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan
Describes how making natural systems the basis for design makes more efficient, less toxic, healthier, and more sustainable buildings, landscapes, cities, and technologies.
Nature by Design: People, Natural Process, and Ecological Restoration
Eric S. Higgs, MIT Press, 2003, Paperback, $27.95
Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
Janine M. Benyus, Perennial (HarperCollins), 1998, $14.00
Buckminster Fuller: An Anthology for the New Millennium
Thomas T. K. Zung, St. Martin's Press, 2001, Hardback, $32.50
Buckyworks: Buckminster Fuller's Ideas for Today
J. Baldwin, John Wiley & Sons, 1997, Paperback, $24.95
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
William McDonough, North Point Press, 2002, Paperback, $25.00
Critical Path
R. Buckminster Fuller, St. Martin's Press, 2002, Paperback, $18.95
Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change
Victor Papanek, Academy Chicago Publishers, 1999, Paperback, $25.00
Design Outlaws on the Ecological Frontier
Chris Zelov, Knossus Publishers, 2001, Paperback, $21.95

Ecological Cities

The Ecological City: Preserving and Restoring Urban Biodiversity edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Rowan A. Rowntree and Pamela C. Muick
Proposes new ways of preserving and restoring the balance between the natural and the built environment in urban communities.

Ecological Waste Handling

Lifting the Lid: An Ecological Approach to Toilet Systems
Peter Harper, Centre for Alternative Technology, 2001, Paperback, $15.95
The Composting Toilet System Book: A Practical Guide to Choosing, Planning and Maintaining Composting Toilet Systems
David del Porto, Center for Ecological Pollution Prevention, 1999, Paperback, $29.95
The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure
Joseph Jenkins, Jenkins Publishing (PA), 1999, Paperback, $19.00
The Book of Looms: A History of the Handloom from Ancient Times to the Present
Eric Broudy, University Press of New England, 1993, Paperback, $22.95
Designing with Nature
Kenneth Yeang, McGraw-Hill Companies, 1995, , $34.95
Ecological Design
Sim Van der Ryn, Island Press, 1995, Paperback, $24.00
From Eco-Cities to Living Machines: Principles of Ecological Design
John Todd, North Atlantic Books, 1994, Paperback, $18.95
Rethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle
Julian Morris, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2010, Paperback, $39.95
The Design of Everyday Things
Donald A. Norman, Doubleday Books, 1990, , $15.95
The Green Imperative: Natural Design for the Real World
Victor Papanek, Thames & Hudson, 1995, , $19.95
The Lemonade Stand: Exploring the Unfamiliar by Building Large-Scale Models
Maurice Mitchell, Centre for Alternative Technology, 2001, Paperback, $29.95
The Logic of Failure
Dietrich Dorner, Perseus Books Group, 1996, Paperback, $19.00
The Mystic Spiral: Journey of the Soul
Jill Purce, Thames & Hudson, 1980, Paperback, $16.95
The Nature of Design: Ecology, Culture, and Human Intention
David W. Orr, Oxford University Press, 2002, Hardback, $25.00
Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology
Langdon Winner, University of Chicago Press, 1988, Paperback, $15.00
Build Your Own Earth Oven: A Low-Cost Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves
Kiko Denzer, Handprint Press, 2001, Paperback, $14.95
Cooking with the Sun: How to Build and Use Solar Cookers
Dan Halacy, Morning Sun Press, 1992, Paperback, $ 9.95
The Bread Builders: Hearth Loaves and Masonry Ovens
Daniel Wing, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1999, Paperback, $35.00
Survival of the Bark Canoe
John McPhee, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982, Paperback, $12.00
Transitory Gardens, Uprooted Lives
Diana Balmori, Yale University Press, 1995, Paperback, $24.00
Understanding Boat Design
Ted Brewer, International Marine Publishing, 1997, Paperback, $16.95
You Can Make the Best Hot Tub Ever! Relax! Warm Your Bones! Get to Know the Sky!
Becky Bee, Groundworks Publishing, 2001, Paperback, $14.95

 

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