Ecological Design And Building Schools: Green Guide to Educational Opportunities in the United States And Canada

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The only directory of its kind in North America, this comprehensive guide features an annotated listing of schools and educational centers offering programs in ecological architecture and construction. Included also are a 10-year overview of sustainable design education, tables comparing school programs, and listings of instructors, green building organizations, selected textbooks, and publicly available curricula.

Sandra Leibowitz Earley is a registered LEED®-accredited architect. She founded Sustainable Design Consulting and provides green design specifications for commercial, institutional, and multi-family residential projects throughout the country. Earley has coauthored several guidance documents, including the HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design and the US Green Building Council Toolkit.

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Green book is good.......2006-04-07

I was very pleased to finally find a well written and thoroughly comprehensive study of the options out there for someone looking for an education based on ecological design. This is a very important and developing area of study and needs specific attention. When I was in school for design you only had "word of mouth" on what was out there for a design education based on the environment. The author has obviously recognized the need for such a resource for people interested in design, as well as people interested in teaching and implementing sustainable design programs. Great book. I may buy another to send to some old professors. Very recomended.

Great book for eco design & building students!.......2006-02-15

I have been interested in Ecological Building (primarily Cob Building)for at least 14 years and have logged many hours online in search of schools and courses. Thankfully someone gave me a copy of this book and I now have a compendium of schools at my fingertips. The 'Program Tables,'comparisons of schools' curriculum. learning environment etc. were particularly useful and the school 'Profiles' were very inspiring (eg. EcoVillage at the Farm) for a novice builder like myself.

Being Canadian, I appreciated that research on Building schools was carried out for my country and included both schools that I recognize and ones that were new to me.

Any student of Ecological Design and Building will find this book an invaluable resource. Buy it!

Long overdue, an important resource for the future.......2006-02-03

The rise of environmental design or "green" architecture is by far the most important movement in architecture and the building industry for the last two decades. And for years young people have faced the daunting task of finding the best education to meet their needs. My architectural office is constantly receiving questions from students asking where they should study. At last we have a clear and effective guide to the broad range of opportunities to learn about sustainable design.

The guide takes on the very broad and sometimes confusing diversity of ecological design fields, from "natural building" schools to institutions that offer study in more technological solutions. This book covers an incredible range of schools, including traditional 4 year college as well as part-time schools, post-professional education, and organizations that provide hands-on instruction.

The book is very well organized, and I found the ratings charts of the schools to be especially clear and useful. I only wish there were more of the concise 1 page profiles that paint a very clear portrait of what the schools are like. While students still have to do more personal research as to which school will ultimately suit them best, they now have an excellent base to get them started.

Sad.......2006-01-18

I was waiting for this book to be published, because I was told from multiple sources that it was going to be a good source for ecological design and building schools, but i was extremely disappointed in this book. It is in no way comprehensive and I am not sure why you would publish a book like this that was not comprehensive.

There is some decent information in here, but nothing that you can't get from spending a little bit of time doing some searches on the internet.

It is a shame, because this type of book is needed and a great idea.

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Lin Wellford's fans have been asking for more animal rock painting projects; with Painting Zoo Animals on Rocks, their wishes have come true! Eleven projects feature exotic zoo animals, such as a lion, an elephant, a polar bear, a giraffe, a chimp and a toucan. Also included are favorite petting zoo critters, including a pig, a lamb and a baby chick.

Readers will receive the same detailed and reliable step-by-step instruction they have come to expect from Lin, including tips on selecting the best rocks, laying out patterns, and achieving realistic details, all of which have made Wellford's other rock painting books a huge success. What's more, in this latest installment, Lin includes a brand-new technique for sculpting necks using gravel, glue and woodfiller!

Using these terrific projects and gallery photos as their inspiration, readers will soon create their very own rock menagerie.

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Complete.......2007-01-10

I'm very satisfied with the books i've bought.
They are very instructive and complete.
They teach the reader to paint rocks step by step, allowing consisting apprenticeship.

Painting Zoo Animals on Rocks - Lin Wellford.......2005-09-14

I love the book! I have many of her books. The new book has a beautiful cover and instructions are wonderful to follow, as usual for this artist. Great buy too!
Karen Aschenbrener

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This intimate collection of portraits reveals both writer and subject in fifty inspired pairings. Novelist Susan Orlean compares notes with Joan Didion, Orna Feldman marvels at Fresh Air's Terry Gross, Elizabeth Hardwick rediscovers Zelda Fitzgerald, and dozens more are memorably revealed. Each piece is accompanied by a lush, full-page duotone by such eminent photographers as Annie Leibovitz, Matthew Rolston, Brigitt LaCombe, and Michael Collopy. These fifty women come from all walks of life: art, politics, literature, fashion, science, and sports, but they all have one thing in common: they have made legendary contributions to our world.

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www.valderbeebeshow.com.......2006-03-05

This book [Legends 2 : Women Who Changed the World through the Eyes of Great Women Writers] of living history, comes to you as a gift. Valder Beebe, Editorial Director
50 women to inspire you to `know better and do better' though a beautiful book that is powerful in the lives of women and our world. Take a daily read and know details behind the beautiful cover photograph of Dana Owens aka Queen Latifah (Latifah means "delicate and sensitive" in Arabic). Be inspired by her movies, commercials, TV and CEO power of her own company, Flavor Unit Entertainment. Peruse the stunning beauty of Nicole Kidman as detailed by the writer of Dorothy Summers. Hopefully you will know Alice Waters as writer, Marian Burros so aptly writes of her cooking fame at Chez Panisse. Hillary Clinton, whether on the senate floor or eying the White House as the President, is a force (like it or not). Alice Walker talks of being comfortable in natural hair, the controversies over The Color Purple and the enviable Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1983.
I believe in the beauty and the power of books and when a book of Legends2 arrives to inspire, elevate and move us to passion, I must share with readers to stir change in living the strength of our own lives. Editors John and Kristen Miller put their finger on the pulse of greatness to select the slim few for Legends2. Diane Keaton, changed the image of our perception of a Star by being who she is, Carly Fiorina, CEO and President of Hewlett-Packard Co. change the rules of women in the business game (being fired in 2005 will not change the history that she made), K. D. Lang, makes us rethink of the definition of "I am Woman." I felt I had favorites then I revisited Pasty Cline (one my all time favorites) and the words about Bessie Smith, made me remember `being great when women of color were not considered great."

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Legends 2: Women who Have changed the World through the Eyes of Great Women Writers
John; Miller, Kirsten Miller
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EXCELLENT! A must-have script book for all B&B fans

It'"s really cool !

MTV"S BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD DO AMERICA THE OFFICIAL Script Book
MTV
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Binding: Paperback
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HUH HUH HUH MMM HUHHUH.......2002-01-18

This books contains the script of the movie line by line. Its easy to read and will make you laugh just as much as the movie did. This also has some lines that never made it into the movie script, so its pretty cool to get if you collect B&BH stuff. I recomend this to the Beavis and Butthead fans who can read through a bunch of pages without pictures. And even if you hate that, this is a pretty good book though, so its worth it.

EXCELLENT! A must-have script book for all B&B fans.......1999-02-04

If you liked the movie like I did then you must be a B&B fan. The Official Script Book has stuff that is not in the movie, which makes it really cool.

It'"s really cool !.......1998-10-18

Never seen more funny movie!

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In this enthralling investigation, Micky Smith, a die-hard Hammers fan, teams with bestselling author and former member of the InterCity Firm (ICF), Cass Pennant to recall the turbulent 1970s—a time of skinheads, Doc Martens, and mobs of soccer hooligans. Thrilling, dramatic, and brutally honest, this work will fascinate any soccer fan or social historian.

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Ben Stein has proved himself a jack-of-all-trades in a series of jobs: author, magazine columnist, lawyer, film and TV actor, presidential speechwriter, professor, and television game show host, to name a few. But the career he has loved the most is that of raising his son, Tommy.

In Tommy and Me, Ben Stein gives us an intimate look at life with his "angel boy." Adopting a son in his forties challenged Stein in a way that no other relationship ever had. Spending time with Tommy transformed Stein's values, leading him to abandon the self-absorption that had consumed him since law school days in the 1960s. In his life today, Tommy comes first.

This whimsical and warm story reveals that life can begin when you think you have nothing left to learn. Through Tommy, Ben Stein learns to value the generous, nurturing side of himself. He also gains new insight into his relationship with his own father by becoming one. Most of all, he learns gratitude for the "perfect angel" he has as his son.

Fatherhood was the role Ben Stein was waiting for all his life. His intimate and revealing journey through parenthood in the late 1990s will delight all Ben Stein fans who watch the TV program Win Ben Stein's Money and the vast numbers of parents who need to value the best job on earth: "Daddy."

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A good book for soon to be dads to read.......2002-11-11

This is a good book to read for men who are or who will be dads. It highlights the importance of being a good dad, especially being a good dad, and role model, for a son. I did not like Stein's constant patting himself on the back for his being a good dad - that was his responsibility when he adopted Tommy. Nonetheless, a good read. One think Ben Stein needed to do for Tommy, which I did not pick up on, was to be a good husband to Tommy's mom.

A poignant, insightful memoir by a real dad.......2001-11-14

Ben Stein is probably best known for his game show "Win Ben Stein's Money," and for his work as a character actor in the cult classic "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." But some of us have known about Ben Stein for years based on his excellent work as a journalist and writer. In this poignant and beautiful little book, he demonstrates why some of us loved him even before he started giving away money.

In TOMMY AND ME, Stein recounts his small family's experience in adopting a baby (Tommy) and relates how is life was changed as a result. He illustrates in a deeply personal fashion who he was before he became a dad, and the insecurity (and yes, jealousy) he experienced when Tommy first entered his life. Most beautifully, he shows how he overcame these problems and became a real father. Along the way he records many memorable and occasionally profound observations on what it is to have what he calls "the best job in the world" -- being a dad.

There are some who've criticized this book because they don't agree with all the decisions Stein and his wife have made. For example, he mentions that he buys his son all the video games he wants and, because he makes a pretty good living, buys Tommy far more toys than most parents can. Many people (myself included) question the wisdom of such a policy. Stein and his wife also spank Tommy, which some people would question, but also spanks only very, very rarely, which other people might question (although in this case his policy matches my own).

But this sort of criticism misses the point; the book is a memoir, not a "how-to" manual. Stein describes the thinking that went into his decisions, and along the way shows us what being a real father is all about: making countless decisions that affect your child's life, and making them with the deep contemplation, love, and commitment that all parents owe their children. As Stein notes, young children are inherently selfish little barbarians, and our task (and blessing) is to love them for all their flaws while we do our (inevitably imperfect) best to guide them into decency and maturity.

Another criticism you may hear is that Stein's wife, Tommy's mother, is absent from long sections of the book. This criticism, again, misses the point. Stein's book is not about motherhood, nor is it about generic parenthood. Stein's recountings of vacations and other times he's spent one-on-one with Tommy are meant to show us about the unique nature of being a father. Not a "buddy," an "authority figure" or a "partner in parenting," but a good and decent FATHER, that unique and incalculably important person that, sadly, many children lack in their lives. He also gives us some profound insights into what a lousy father, or a missing father, can do to a kid. As the child of a broken and dysfunctional home, I found his insights on this subject perhaps the most penetrating of all.

If all of this makes the book sound long or pedantic, fear not. Stein's style is light and fun to read, and the book itself is rather short. I imagine most people could finish it in one or two sittings. I first read it a couple of years after the birth of our first child, and I benefited greatly from it. I can't imagine that any serious father or father-to-be would not. And although we did not adopt, I can't imagine that any man going through the unique process of adopting a child will not benefit as much as I did, if not more.

This is funny, engaging, insightful memoir by a man who has found incredible joy in being a father -- and become a better person as a result. I recommend it wholeheartedly.

Decency Taken to the Superlative.......2000-06-16

Ben Stein's book was just wonderful in an entirely pleasant, decent and thoughtful way. His devotion to his family and household is not much more than what everyone's should be, but on a little reflection it is a marvelous and almost unheard of example of what ought to be but seldom is today. Mr. Stein's pursuits and accomplishments are too numerous and varied to repeat here, but he surpasses all of them in his level of (I say it again) decency. More importantly, his stories and reflections about Tommy and other friends serve as a genuine model for others to live up to and Stein never in the least part succumbs to a temptation to preach or talk down. After reading Tommy and Me, I get the impression that in addition to being a writer, television host, lawyer and economist he could have done quite well as a clergyman too.

classic memoir of a boomer dad.......2000-06-13

a refreshingly candid look at a (formerly) jaded"boomer" whose perspective is altered and made richer by the inclusion of a joyously rich father- son bond. A delightful read on many levels, and one that will leave the reader deeply moved.Ben Stein has shown himself to be a top notch memoirist with this truly splendid work.

He can do more than act and be on a game show.......1999-12-27

Ben Stein has proven more (as if there wasn't enough) talents as he teaches you about the best job you can be a father. Heartwarming and helpful this is a great book that has Ben's dry wit humour and knowledge to get you to appreciate your child/children.

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The contemporary organization of global violence is neither timeless nor natural, argues Janice Thomson. It is distinctively modern. In this book she examines how the present arrangement of the world into violence-monopolizing sovereign states evolved over the six preceding centuries.

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Critical backgrounder on mercenaries then and today.......2007-06-06

If you only read a single book on the history of mercenaries, this is your book. Thin, a quick read, it will give you more insight and awareness into the modern era than any other book. A must have for anyone truly interested in historical or modern mercenaries.

Thomson's books is an elegant evaluation of state-building.......1997-11-10

Mercenaries, Pirates, and Soverignity offers a very comprehensive analysis regarding the evolution of state-building. Thomson believes that modern nation-states achieved their virtual monopoly on the right and means to launch cross-border military action in the ninteenth century."In the six centuries leading up to 1900, global violence was democratized, marketized, and internationalized." (p.3). This citation establishes as solid base for her hypothesis: "the 'disarming' of nonstate transnational actors from heteronomy to sovereignty and transform states into nation states."(p.3). Janice Thomson's empirical evaluation is excellent--theoretically informed, elegant, and accurate. Without any doubt this is an important book.

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British Empire 1558-1983 (Short Oxford History of the Modern World)
T. O. Lloyd , and Trevor Owen Lloyd
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

England | Europe | History | Subjects | Books | 18th Century | 19th Century | 20th Century | Ancient | General | London | Medieval | Norman | Tudor & Stuart
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The British Empire 1558 1983
Lloyd Alexander
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The British Empire 1558-1995 (Short Oxford History of the Modern World)
T. O. Lloyd, Trevor Owen British Empire, 1558_1983 Lloyd Trevor Owen Lloyd
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Minutes of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society Volume I: 1906-1908
Herman and Ernst Federn with (M. Nunberg, Translator) Nunberg
Manufacturer: International Univ Press
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Minutes of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, Volume I: 1906-1908

Manufacturer: International Universities Press, Inc.
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General | Psychology & Counseling | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
Psychoanalysis | Psychology & Counseling | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
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Minutes of the Vienna (V.1) Psychoanalytic Society, Volume I: 1906-1908
Herman Nunberg; Editor Ernst Federn; Translator M. Nunberg
Manufacturer: INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES
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Minutes of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society Vol. 1: 1906-1908
Nunberg, Herman and Ernst Federn
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Minutes of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society Volume I: 1906-1908.

Manufacturer: International Universities Press,
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000CDKHI0

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Very Good Condition, Clean Text, Dust Jacket has slight shelf wear. Previous owners name located on flyleaf and title page.

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