Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Art and sustainability Art and sustainability Sacha Kagan 513 p. : 23 cm OL16768605W
Industrial evolution Industrial evolution Lyle Estill For many people, the word "industry" brings to mind images of sprawling factories belching toxic emissions in a blighted natural landscape. "Industrial" has become synonymous with pollution, human ri… OL17936885W
The patterning instinct The patterning instinct Jeremy R. Lent "This fresh perspective on crucial questions of history identifies the root metaphors that cultures have used to construct meaning in their world. It offers a glimpse into the minds of a vast range o… OL19716119W
Fashion & sustainability Fashion & sustainability Kate Fletcher This book examines how sustainability has the potential to transform both the fashion system and the innovators who work within it. Sustainability is arguably the defining theme of the twenty-first c… OL19974598W
Enabling Sustainable Energy Transitions Enabling Sustainable Energy Transitions Siddharth Sareen This open access book reframes sustainable energy transitions as being a matter of resolving accountability crises. It demonstrates how the empirical study of several practices of legitimation can an… OL20903528W
Technologies for Development Technologies for Development Silvia Hostettler Development Engineering; Technologies for Development; Innovation for Humanitarian Action; Emerging Countries; Developing Countries; Tech4Dev OL20929750W
Practicing sustainability Practicing sustainability Guruprasad Madhavan "In Practicing Sustainability, chefs, poets, music directors, evangelical pastors, skyscraper architects, artists, filmmakers, as well as scientific leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, business execut… OL20955361W
Workers, Managers, Productivity Workers, Managers, Productivity Akio Hosono This open access book provides a glimpse into the Japanese management technique known as “Kaizen,” and the ways it has been disseminated around the developing world. The novelty of this book is three… OL23498911W
Building Sustainable Communities Building Sustainable Communities Amanda Smits,Samantha Witkowski,Bridget McGlynn,Ella-Kari Muhl,Ryan Plummer,Jodi Johnston,Derek Armitage Introduction to Community Engagement is the first module in this course, Building Sustainable Communities: The Impact of Engagement, and it will provide you with an introduction to sustainable commun… OL27776414W