Waubonsee Community College

Sustainability, building eco-friendly communities, Anne Maczulak

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Sustainability

bibliography

290485489

Anne Maczulak

Green technology

building eco-friendly communities

From the Publisher: Green Technology is an eight-volume set that examines the relationship between human activities and their sometimes harmful consequences for the environment and explores new methods of repairing and restoring the Earth. Approaching environmental issues confronting society from a technological perspective has spawned significant controversy, and the books in this set present all sides of the debate. Designed to complement science curricula, the set also covers relevant history and new green technologies and innovations that will contribute to the field in the future. Sustainability is the maintenance of a harmonious balance within a system over a period of time. In light of innovative green technologies, the concept can now include the ability to maintain an ecosystem's ecological processes, biodiversity, and productivity. Sustainability: Building Eco-Friendly Communities explores the ways in which sustainability has influenced environmental science, how communities have begun to make changes in order to live in a sustainable way, and the impact of new materials on the conservation of natural resources. Sidebars, figures, and case studies enhance fundamental concepts and examine urgent issues related to the future of the environment. The volume includes information on: alternative materials and products; animal and plant aquaculture; biopesticides; the ecosystem of animals, humans, plants, and other life; engineered foods and crops; green biotechnology; marine biotechnology; sustainable agriculture; sustainable communities; and white biotechnology. The book contains more than 50 color photographs and line illustrations, five appendixes, a glossary, a detailed list of print and Internet resources, and an index. Green Technology is essential for the general reader who is seeking information on the important issues that affect the environment worldwide

1. Ecosystem health -- History of environmentalism -- The health of our biosphere -- Earth Day -- How ecosystems work -- Carrying capacity -- Indications of ecosystem health -- Technologies for ecosystem study -- Deep ecology -- Our commitment to the environment -- Green lifestyle choices -- Case study: green politics and elections -- 2. Green biotechnology -- The new environmental science -- Biological control of pests -- Protecting earth's species -- Microorganisms from extreme environments -- Biotechnology products -- Nanobiotechnology -- Bioengineering's impact on biodiversity -- Case study: concerns about bioengineering -- 3. Sustainable agriculture and biopesticides -- The sustainable agriculture movement -- A sustainable farm -- Case study: Australia balances its natural capital -- Biopesticides -- Apoptosis: suicide genes for bioengineered bacteria -- Plant-incorporated protectants -- Engineered foods and crops -- Future agricultural biotechnology -- Case study: Bangladesh Rice Research Institute -- 4. White biotechnology -- Biotechnology and industry -- Case study: the science of measuring the ecological footprint -- Sustainable chemistry -- Enzyme kinetics -- Social and economic benefits -- Present and future white biotechnology -- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) -- International programs -- 5. Marine biotechnology -- The world's marine life -- Global marine protected areas -- Methods for monitoring marine life -- Undersea robots -- Plankton -- Plant aquaculture -- Animal aquaculture -- Cyanobacteria -- Coral reef restoration -- Marine remediation science -- Case study: Florida's Tire Reef experiment -- 6. Alternative materials and products -- Reuse and reclamation -- Municipal recycling programs -- Selecting alternative resources -- New woods -- Case study: Orchard Garden Hotel -- Consumer products -- Paints and plastics -- New polymers -- Ecological furniture -- Microwave chemistry -- Compost and its uses -- 7. Sustainable communities -- the road to sustainability -- Building and eco-city -- Preserving green space -- Curitiba, Brazil -- Tapiola, Finland -- Ecological accounting -- Cultural indicators of sustainability -- Environmental indicators -- Challenges to sustainability -- Case study: lessons from Biosphere 2 -- Permaculture -- 8. Future needs