Sustainability principles and practice / Margaret Robertson.

Earlier edition: 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Context -- 1. What Is Sustainability? -- What Is Sustainability? -- Sustainability and Resilience -- Systems Thinking -- Living in the Anthropocene -- 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 -- Environmental Ethics -- Expanding to a Global Scale -- Modern Trends -- Into the Anthropocene -- 3. The Biosphere -- Why Study Living Systems? -- Energy and Matter -- The Four Spheres -- The Biosphere -- What Is Life? -- Earth System Science -- 4. The Human Sphere -- Human Impact -- Economics -- Failing States -- Governance -- The Commons -- pt. II Issues and Solutions -- 5. 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 -- United Nations Convention on Climate Change -- Climate Stabilization -- Climate Action Plans -- Strategies for Reducing Emissions -- Offsets -- Emissions Trading -- Adaptation -- Final Thoughts -- 6. Water -- Uneven Distribution -- Depletion of Nonrenewable Aquifers -- Threats to Human and Ecosystem Health -- Consumption -- Effects of Climate Change -- Water Conservation -- Wastewater Treatment -- Stormwater -- 7. Ecosystems and Habitat -- Populations and Extinction -- Drivers of Ecosystem Change -- Conservation and Restoration -- Conservation -- Restoration Ecology -- Living Together: Reconciliation Ecology -- Ecology in the Anthropocene -- 8. 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 -- 9. Energy -- Fossil Fuels -- Renewable Energy -- Energy Efficiency -- Making the Transition -- 10. Green Buildings and Sites -- What Is a Green Building? -- The Process of Green Building Design -- Lighting with Daylight -- Basics of Heating and Cooling -- Heating -- Passive Cooling -- Other Strategies for Cooling -- Ventilation -- Building Envelope -- Construction -- Rating Systems -- Aesthetics -- Sustainable Sites -- Biophilic Design -- 11. Livable Cities -- Sprawl -- Land-Use Planning -- Urban Planning -- Building Community -- Transportation -- Cities and Climate Change -- 12. 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 -- 13. Products -- Toward a Circular Economy -- Process Design -- Product Alternatives -- Product Design -- Shipping and Packaging -- ISO 14000 Standards -- Certifications and Labels: Making Sense of Materials -- 14. Waste and Recycling -- Waste Management -- Landfills -- Incineration -- Recycling -- Construction & Demolition Waste -- Industrial Waste -- Zero Waste -- pt. III Becoming an Agent for Change -- 15. Working in an Organization -- Governance -- Sustainability Professionals at Work -- Sustainability Initiatives -- The Planning Process -- Making the Business Case for Sustainability -- Implementation -- Frameworks -- Measurement and Reporting -- Measurement and Reporting Systems -- 16. Education -- Biophilia -- Bioregionalism and Place-Based Learning -- Learning by Doing: Experiential Learning -- The Learning Environment -- Stages of Development: Humans as Lifelong Learners -- 17. Working as Agents for Change -- Fostering Sustainable Behavior -- Efforts Big and Small -- Working Together -- Social Equity -- Building Community -- Transition.