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Green Book List
The books listed are not endorsed by National League of Cities. Instead, they only offer referrals to books that might be of interest to cities interested in green topics.
Books Suggestions by Topic Area
The Green Economy
Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy
by Jay Inslee and Bracken Hendricks
Publisher Comments
List Price $25.95
Asset Building and Community Development (2ND 08 Edition)
Gary P. Green / Sage Publications
New Trade Paper /
List price: $52.40
Build Green and Save: Protecting the Earth and Your Bottom Line
by Matt Belcher
Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
by Bill McKibben
List price $25.00
Freer Markets, More Rules : Regulatory Reform in Advanced Industrial Countries (96 Edition)
by Steven K. Vogel
List Price $21.00
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
Van Jones / Harperone
New Hardcover / Sustainable Living - General
List price: $25.99
Greenopia New York City 1ST Edition
Green Media Group / Green Media Group
New Trade Paper / Environmental Studies - Green Guides
List Price: $17.95
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - And How it Can Renew America
By Thomas L. Friedman
List price: $27.95
Small Town Sustainability Economic, Social, and Environmental Innovation
Knox, Paul L., Mayer, Heike
2009, 192 p. 222 illus., 202 in color., Softcover
ISBN: 978-3-7643-8580-4
Profit from Building Green: Award Winning Tips to Build Energy Efficient Homes
by Jeannie Leggett Sikora
Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas
by Diane Wilson
List Price $27.50
Sustainability Plans
The Country in the City: The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area
Richard Walker / University Of Washington Press
Used Hardcover / Environmental Studies - General
List price: $23.50
Green Cities: A Guide for Sustainable Community Development
Michael Bloomfield / Seattle Book Company
Adobe Digital Editions Electronic / Adobe Digital Editions - Science Reference
List price: $11.51
How Green It the City?: Sustainability Assessment and the Management of Urban Environments
Dimitri Devuyst / Columbia University Press
New Trade Paper / Sociology - Urban Studies City Specific
List price: $45.95
Community Buy-in
Graduate School of Design Green Prize #8: Aleppo: Rehabilitation of the Old City
Joan Busquets (edt) / Harvard University Graduate School Of Design
New Trade Paper / Architecture - Types
List price: $19.95
Metrogreen: Connecting Open Space in North American Cities
by Donna Erickson
Publisher Comments
List Price $42.50
Planetary Citizenship: Your Values, Beliefs and Actions Can Shape a Sustainable World
by Daisaku Ikeda
List Price $23.95
Regional Cooperation
Global Environmental Governance
by James Gustave Speth
Natural Resources
Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit
Al Gore / Rodale Press
Sale Trade Paper / Environmental Studies - General
List price: $7.98
The History of Geographic Information Systems
Dr. Timothy Foresman
An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
Al Gore / Rodale Press
Used Trade Paper / Environmental Studies - Climate Change and Global Warming
List price: $10.95
Green Operations
Award-Winning Green Roof Designs: Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
Steven Peck / Schiffer Publishing
New Hardcover / Gardening - Garden Structure
List price: $39.99
How Green Is Your City?: The Sustainlane U.S. City Rankings
Warren Karlenzig / New Society Publishers
Used Trade Paper / Architecture - Cityscape
List price: $15.95
Climate Change
The Last Little Polar Bear
Dr. Timothy Foresman
River Runs Black : the Environmental Challenge To China's Future (04 Edition)
by Elizabeth C. Economy
List Price $17.95
Community Design
Community Open Spaces: Greening Neighborhoods through Community Action & Land Conservation
Charles Francis / Island Press
Used Hardcover / Sociology - Urban Studies City Specific
List price: $14.95
Greening the City Streets: The Story of Community Gardens
Barbara A Huff / Houghton Mifflin Company
Used Hardcover / Gardening - History and Theory
List price: $3.95
The Green City: Sustainable Homes, Sustainable Suburbs
Nicholas Low / Routledge
New Trade Paper / Sociology - Urban Studies
List price: $47.75
Green Cities: Ecologically-Sound Approaches to Urban Space
David Gordon / Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
Used Trade Paper / Environmental Studies - General
List price: $4.18
Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment
Matthew E Kahn / Brookings Institution Press
New Trade Paper / Sociology - Urban Studies
List price: $18.95
Green City: People, Nature and Urban Life
Mary Soderstrom / Vehicule Press
New Trade Paper / Gardening - General
List price: $17.95
Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard Into a Garden and Your Neighborhood Into a Community
by H C Flores
Publisher Comments
List price: $25.00
ICC-700 2008 National Green Building Standard
by ICC and NAHB
The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-Sufficient Living in the Heart of the City
Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen / Process
New Trade Paper / Sustainable Living - General
Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A Do-It-Ourselves Guide (Do-It-Ourselves Guides)
Stacy Pettigrew / South End Press
New Trade Paper / Environmental Studies - Green Guides
List price: $16.00
Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature
By Douglas Farr
Hard Cover
List price: $60-$75
The Rise of the Community Builders: The American Real Estate Industry and Urban Land Planning
Marc A. Weiss / Beard Books
New Trade Paper / Business - Real Estate
List price: $38.25
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