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Engineering (R0) eBook Series

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  • Bioeconomy of Buildings

    From Resource Flows to Meanings

    by Jan Grossarth ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book looks at how the bioeconomy and circular economy can help make construction more ressource-conserving. The construction sector is at a crossroads, searching for pathways to smarter material use — whether bricks, steel, concrete, or wood. While technical solutions and innovative concepts exist, their widespread adoption lags. This inertia stems not just from technical or economic ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

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  • Fossil Future

    Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less

    by Alex Epstein ...
    The New York Times bestselling author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels draws on the latest data and new insights to challenge everything you thought you knew about the future of energyFor over a decade, philosopher and energy expert Alex Epstein has predicted that any negative impacts of fossil fuel use on our climate will be outweighed by the unique benefits of fossil fuels to human flourishing ... Read more

    Was $16.99 CAD Now $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Power of Trees

    How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them

    by Peter Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst ...
    Series series From the Author of The Hidden Life of Trees
    “Another love letter from Wohlleben to the green world… makes the case for how we should allow forests throughout the world to regrow and in the process help heal not only the climate but us, as well.”—Lydia Millet, Oprah DailyAn illuminating manifesto on ancient forests: how they adapt to climate change by passing their wisdom through generations, and why our future lies in protecting them.In his ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Sustainability Principles and Practice

    by Margaret Robertson ...
    This eBook+ version includes the following enhancements:Collapsible boxes in the text providing further details, such as definitions, drivers and impacts, to demonstrate how the topics in the book have been incorporated into real-world examplesA comprehensive pop-up glossary encourages exploration of key concepts for students, helping to broaden their knowledge and understandingA series of ‘How-To ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Forest Bioeconomy and Climate Change

    Edited by Lauri Hetemäki, Jyrki Kangas, Heli Peltola ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This edited open access volume explores the role of forest bioeconomy in addressing climate change. The authors put a particular focus on planetary boundaries and how the linear, growth-oriented economy, is coupled with climate change and environmental degradation. Biobased products and sustainable production paths have been developed, but how can they be scaled in order to lead to an economic ... Read more

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  • The Biobased Economy

    Biofuels, Materials and Chemicals in the Post-oil Era

    Edited by Johan Sanders, Marieke Meeusen, Hans Langevald, Peter Kuikman, Gerwin Meijer ...
    The impending threats of catastrophic climate change and peak oil are driving our society towards increased use of biomass for energy, chemical compounds and other materials - the beginnings of a biobased economy. As alternative development models for the biobased economy emerge, we need to determine potential applications, their perspectives and possible impacts as well as policies that can steer ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • Sustainable Textile and Fashion Value Chains

    Drivers, Concepts, Theories and Solutions

    Edited by André Matthes, Katja Beyer, Holger Cebulla, Marlen Gabriele Arnold, Anton Schumann ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book illustrates key sustainability issues in global textile and fashion value chains, by examining individual types of fibers either at a single step in or along the entire value chain. It approaches sustainability-related issues in the textile and fashion value chain from an interdisciplinary and holistic viewpoint, with each contribution linking questions on the textile and fashion value ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Green Growth, Smart Growth

    A New Approach to Economics, Innovation and the Environment

    by Ralf Fücks ...
    Translated by Rachel Harland ...
    Series series Anthem Environment and Sustainability
    This book is not another warning about the end of the world. It is neither a penitential sermon on environmentalism, nor an appeal to frugality and self-restraint. Far from having exhausted the era of technological, social and democratic progress, we are on the brink of a new stage of industrial modernity: a shift from a fossil-based to a postfossil economy, from the ruthless exploitation of ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Forest Products in the Global Bioeconomy: Enabling Substitution by Wood-Based Products and Contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    This report addresses the role of forest products in replacing fossil-based and GHG-intensive products. The overarching objective is to provide recommendations to strengthen the contribution of substitution by forest products to sustainable development. To that end, this report firstly provides an overview of the understanding of the bioeconomy and the role of forest products across the world. ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Sustainable Textile Production

    by Marion I Tobler-Rohr ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
    Textile products are produced, distributed, sold and used worldwide. A quantitative assessment of sustainability in the textile manufacturing chain is therefore extremely important. The Handbook of sustainable textile production is a compilation of technical, economical, and environmental data from the various processes in this chain. This authoritative reference work provides a detailed study of ... Read more

    $234.39 CAD

  • Urban Tree Management

    For the Sustainable Development of Green Cities

    Edited by Andreas Roloff ...
    Urban tree management is the key basis for greener cities of the future. It is a practical discipline which includes tree selection, planting, care and protection and the overall management of trees as a collective resource.Urban Tree Management aims to raise awareness for the positive impacts and benefits of city trees and for their importance to city dwellers. It describes their advantages and ... Read more

    $96.99 CAD

  • The Circular Bioeconomy

    Institutional and Production Perspectives

    Edited by Małgorzata Pink, Agnieszka Józefowska ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
    Founded on distinct principles to the fossil fuel-based, linear economy, the sustainable, circular bioeconomy requires different social values and institutions and a better understanding of the complexity of the production process. A circular bioeconomy provides a framework for using renewable natural capital to manage land, biodiversity, food, and other industries, with the aim of improving ... Read more

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