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The US leads the world in many ways, including the amount of waste we produce. Although we constitute less than 5 percent of the world¿s population, we use up to 30 percent of the world¿s resources, and per capita we generate the most trash. Throwaway Nation illuminates the problem and suggests ways we can mitigate this environmental disaster.

Explores the coming new craze in the travel experience-launching into space. Jeff Dondero takes readers on a colorful tour of the history and coming trajectory of traveling beyond Earth's limits into orbit and possibly beyond.

As more and more people inhabit the Earth and live longer on it, Super Cities will explode with populations of 20, 30, even 100 millions or more. But how will these cities accommodate such masses? Who will build them and where? How can they be sustained and their inhabitants provided for? Here, Jeff Dondero imagines the super cities of the future and explores the ways in which they can be sustainably built, how transportation will move masses ...

Americans are burying ourselves in our own waste. It's befouling our air, land, waters, food, and bodies. The US tosses out enough foodstuff to feed the rest of the world. America is the largest buyer of fashion and cosmetics, the second dirtiest industry in the world. We lead the planet in transportation usage and waste, and we're now polluting outer space. Throwaway Nation takes a look at the pileup of waste in the US, including the problem ...

The Energy Wise Workplace is a about modern management - the economy of energy from devices, to buildings and people. A useful guide to creating healthy and sustainable workplaces, auditing labor, resources, social responsibility, and getting employees engaged in their social and work roles for the betterment of people, profit, and the planet.

Now, more than ever, as we reach a point of possible irreversible climate change we see the need for conservation and sustainability of energy and resources, from the home to industry, to the way we live and plan to live in the future. The Energy Wise Home offers sustainable suggestions for obtaining a "green" home, while saving you money.