Search Results: Sustainable Living from Elk Creek Heritage Books

New York: Avon Books, 1991. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Contains some black and white pictures. * From a review on back of book, ""A most important and responsible work. Everyone ought to read it, and ponder deeply whether we do not need to change our view of the world and our responsibility toward its creatures.""

NY: Three Rivers Press, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. * From the book, ""Too many people drive their Land Rovers to the grocery store and think that 'paper or plastic' is a meaningful choice."" ""The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices"" will help you distinguish the crucial from the trivial and make choices that are congruent with your values.""

Washington, DC, U.S.A.: National Geographic Society, 2008. Soft cover. Very Good. Foreword by Meryl Streep. Softcover in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Wraps very good with only gentlest shelf & edge wear.

New York: Jeremy P Tarcher / Putnam, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 3rd Printing Hard cover in very good condition with cream and green boards and gold gilt spine lettering; deep gold colored end papers. Text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; not price clipped. * From the book, ""In a personal journey of discovery on five continents, the Lappes explore the most puzzling questions of our time. Why, as societies, do we create the very inequalities and devastation of nature that, as individuals, we abhor? Are there paths we each can walk that will, in practical ways, heal our lives and help the planet? Featuring recipes from vegetarian, organic, and whole-foods culinary pioneers, 'Hope's Edge' is also a celebration of a cuisine that has emerged in the past thirty years--one that brings us back to the sensuous pleasure of eating and reconnects us to the earth and those who care for it.""

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated First Edition 2008. Also complete number line including number one. Blue boards with silver gilt spine lettering in fine condition. Text block clean and tight with no markings noted. DJ crisp and colorful with only hint of lightest shelf and edge wear; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, "". . . a fresh and provocative look at two of the biggest challenges we face today: America's surprising loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11l and the global environmental crisis, which is affecting everything from food to fuel to forests. In this groundbreaking account of where we stand now, he shows us how the solutions to these two big problems are linked - how we can restore the world and revive America at the same time.""

Atlanta: The Peregrinzilla Press, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean & tight; pages are of heavier stock than most soft covers; no writing; no markings. Wraps very good with only ghost of shelf wear. Has French flaps with price & not price clipped. 207 numbered pages.

HarperOne, 2002. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 2nd Printing Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings or tears noted. * From the book, ""Accessible to young people and adults alike, 'One Makes the Difference' shows how every positive change in our lives, no matter how big or small, contributes to saving our world.""

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1979. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Second edition per number line. Very good hard cover with red boards and red spine cloth with gold lettering. Dust jacket very good with some shelf & edge wear; corners bumped, especially head & heel of spine; top of front jacket flap not price clipped ($13.95); bottom of jacket front flap has triangle clipped off. * From the WorldCat Summary, ""Three topics dominate discussions of the global environment: pollution; the consequences of the affluent running ever faster through finite resources; and the growing tensions between rich and poor as a third of humanity continues to live and die in desperate poverty. In this exceptional book Barbara Ward (co-author with Rene Dubos of the bestselling Only One Earth) refused to see these processes as inevitable. It describes new technologies for recycling waste, for energy ... ""

NY: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2007. Soft cover. Very Good. 2nd Printing Second Printing per number line. Soft cover in very good condition with wraps crisp & bright; no creases. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. * From the comment by Ronnie Cummins, National Director of the Organic Consumers Association, ""David Steinman shows us how we must bring together the issues of food, health, and the environment if we and our children are to survive the coming crisis.""

New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 2nd Printing Hard cover in very good condition with red boards and gold spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings or tears noted. No dust jacket. * From the WorldCat summary, "". . . a personal account of the challenges faced by one family without Chinese consumer goods. In an accessible way, the book will shed light on China's reach into the daily lives of ordinary people.