Sustainability principles and practice / Margaret Robertson

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List of illustrations.. Preface.. List of abbreviations.. PART I.. Context.. 1 What Is Sustainability?.. What Is Sustainability?.. Challenges and Responses.. Sustainability as a Discipline.. 2 A Brief History of Sustainability.. Recent History: The Last 200 Years.. Early Conservation.. Transformation from Conservation to Ecology.. The Beginnings of the Environmental Movement.. US Legislation in the 1970s.. Environmental Justice and the Triple Bottom Line.. Expanding to a Global Scale.. Modern Trends.. 3 The Biosphere.. Why Study Living Systems?.. Energy and Matter.. The Four Spheres.. The Biosphere.. What Is Life?.. Gaia: Earth System Science.. Systems.. 4 The Human Sphere.. Human Impact.. Economics.. Failing States.. 5 Putting Sustainability into Practice.. Sustainability at Work.. Sustainability Initiatives.. Measurement and Reporting.. Work as Agents for Change.. PART II.. Issues and Solutions.. 6 Climate.. Is Earth Warming?.. How Temperature Records Are Compiled.. The Long View: Climates through Time.. Modern Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases.. The Human Factor.. Projecting into the Future.. Climate Stabilization.. Setting Up a Program to Reduce Climate Impact.. Strategies for Reducing Emissions.. Offsets.. Emissions Trading.. Adaptation.. Final Thoughts.. 7 Water.. Uneven Distribution.. Depletion of Nonrenewable Aquifers.. Threats to Human and Ecosystem Health.. Consumption.. Effects of Climate Change.. Water Conservation.. Wastewater Treatment.. Stormwater

8 Ecosystems and Habitat.. Populations and Extinction.. Drivers of Ecosystem Change.. Conservation and Restoration.. Conservation.. Restoration Ecology.. Living Together: Reconciliation Ecology.. 9 Pollution.. Types of Toxins.. Pollution Transport and Fate.. Air Pollution.. Soil and Land Pollution.. Water Pollution.. Organic Pollutants.. Inorganic Pollutants.. Endocrine Disruptors.. Persistent Organic Pollutants.. Point Source and Nonpoint Source Pollution.. Radioactive Pollutants.. Pollution Remediation.. Pollution Prevention.. 10 Energy.. Fossil Fuels.. Renewable Energy.. Energy Efficiency.. Making the Transition.. 11 Green Buildings and Sites.. What Is a Green Building?.. The Process of Green Building Design.. Building Envelope.. Lighting.. Passive Heating and Cooling Concepts.. Heating.. Cooling.. Ventilation.. Construction.. Rating Systems.. Living Building Challenge.. Aesthetics.. Sustainable Sites.. Health and Well-Being.. 12 Livable Cities.. Sprawl.. Land-Use Planning.. Urban Planning.. Building Community.. Transportation.. Cities and Climate Change.. 13 Food.. Farming Methods.. Human Health Issues.. Planetary Health Issues.. Feeding Ourselves.. Finding Space for Food in the City.. Food on Public Land.. Healthy Soil: The Vital Foundation.. 14 Products.. Design for the Environment (DFE.. Industrial Ecology.. Process Design.. Product Alternatives.. Product Design.. Shipping and Packaging.. ISO 14000 Standards.. Certifications and Labels: Making Sense of Materials.. Eco-Labels.. 15 Waste and Recycling.. Waste Management.. Landfills.. Incineration.. Recycling.. C&D Waste.. Industrial Waste.. Zero Waste.. PART III.. Becoming an Agent for Change

16 Working in an Organization.. Governance.. People.. The Planning Process.. Making the Business Case for Sustainability.. Frameworks.. Implementation.. 17 Education: Preparing a New Generation to Live Well in a Changing World.. Biophilia.. Bioregionalism and Place-Based Learning.. Learning by Doing: Experiential Learning.. The Learning Environment.. Stages of Development: Humans as Lifelong Learners.. 18 Working as Agents for Change.. Efforts Big and Small.. Fostering Sustainable Behavior.. Working Together.. What Now?.. Notes.. Bibliography.. Index

Sustainability Principles and Practice gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability. The focus is on furnishing solutions and equipping the student with both conceptual understanding and technical skills for the workplace. Each chapter explores one aspect of the field, first introducing relevant theory and presenting issues, then supplying tools for working toward solutions. Elements of sustainability are examined piece by piece, and wide coverage ranges over ecosystems, social equity, environmental justice, food, energy, product life cycles, cities, and more. Techniques for management and measurement as well as case studies from around the world are provided. Chapters include further reading, discussion questions, and problems to foster quantitative thinking. The book is supported by a companion website with key website links, detailed reading lists, glossary, and additional case studies, together with numerous projects, research problems, and group activities, all of which focus on real-world problem solving of sustainability issues. The textbook is designed to be used by undergraduate college and university students in sustainability degree programs and other programs in which sustainability is taught. eng