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10 Green Architecture and Design Books

by Dan
Architecture + Design & Typography + Environment / April 22, 2010

To continue our Earth Day theme today, here's a list of 10 new and recent books for architects and designers about sustainable building and design: 

1. 1000 New Eco Designs and Where to Find Them by Rebecca Proctor
2. Designing Sustainable Packaging: A guide to eco-friendly packaging design by Scott Boylston
3. Earth Architecture by Ronald Rael (paperback coming soon!)
4. Ecodesign: The Sourcebook by Alastair Fuad-Luke
5. The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture by Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne
6. Green Roof: A Case Study by Christian Werthmann
7. The Hybrid House:Designing With Sun, Wind, Water, and Earth by Catherine Wanek
8. LEED Materials: A Resource Guide to Green Building by Ari Meisel
9. Off the Grid Homes: Case Studies for Sustainable Living by Lori Ryker
10. Prefab Green by Michelle Kaufmann and Catherine Remick

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10 Books for a Greener Life

by Dan
Environment / April 22, 2010

If you are looking for ways to be more environmentally-friendly, here are 10 books that will help you to green your home, your kitchen and your life:

1. 1001 Ways to Save the Earth by Joanna Yarrow
2. Anna Getty's Easy Green Organic by Anna Getty
3. Cool Cuisine: Taking the Bite Out of Global Warming by Laura Stec and Eugene Cordero
4. Eco-Chic Home: Rethink, Reuse & Remake Your Way to Sustainable Style by Emily Anderson
5. Go Green: How to Build an Earth-Friendly Community by Nancy H. Taylor
6. Green by Design: Creating a Home for Sustainable Living by Angela Dean
7. It's Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly Living by Crissy Trask
8. New Green Home Solutions: Renewable Household Energy and Sustainable Living by Dave Bonta and Stephen Snyder
9. Squeaky Green: A Method Guide to Greening Up Your Cleaning Up by Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan
10. Your Eco-Friendly Home: Buying, Building, or Remodeling Green by Sid Davis

Happy Earth Day!!

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Unchopping a Tree

by Dan
Art & Photography + Environment / January 12, 2010

Lewis Blackwell's beautiful book The Life and Love of Trees has been receiving a lot of media attention recently, not least from Ellen Degeneres. But if you need reminding why trees are important, take a couple of minutes to watch this stunning film by artist and architect Maya Lin for the What Is Missing Foundation:

Maya Lin - Unchopping a Tree from What is Missing? Foundation on Vimeo.

(via Kottke)

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Talking about The Life and Love of Trees with Ellen

by Siobhan
Animals & Nature + Art & Photography + Environment + Excerpts / January 05, 2010

In case you missed it over the holidays, here's Lewis Blackwell's interview with Ellen about two of his passions - trees and photography - which he has married in his truly gorgeous book, The Life and Love of Trees.

The book really is stunning - everyone who picks it up seems to have the same reaction as Ellen.

If you haven't seen it yet, have a look at's an  are few images from the book posted on the this slideshow of images from the book posted on the website for O, The Oprah Magazine.

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Green Christmas

by Dan
Environment / December 03, 2009

Reduce your carbon footprint and save money this season (without sacrificing style or tradition!) with green living expert Anna Getty's new book I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas!

Anna advises how to best choose a tree (real or fake?), mitigate the negative effects of necessary travel, recycle post-holiday, and more.

She also shares her favorite holiday recipes and homemade craft ideas:

Organic appetizer anyone?

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