Island Press began with a simple idea: knowledge is power—the power to imagine a better future and find ways for getting us there. Founded in 1984, Island Press’ mission is to provide the best ideas and information to those seeking to understand and protect the environment and create solutions to its complex problems.
Reinventing Nature?
Responses To Postmodern Deconstruction
- Copyright year: 1995
Creating a Forestry for the 21st Century
The Science Of Ecosytem Management
- Copyright year: 1997
The Rain Forests of Home
Profile Of A North American Bioregion
- Copyright year: 1997
Betrayal of Science and Reason
How Anti-Environmental Rhetoric Threatens Our Future
- Copyright year: 1996
A Guide to Careers in Community Development
- Copyright year: 2001
Ranching West of the 100th Meridian
Culture, Ecology, and Economics
- Copyright year: 2002
Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes
The Upper San Pedro River Basin In Arizona And Sonora
- Copyright year: 2003
Ecosystems and Human Well-Being
A Framework For Assessment
- Copyright year: 2003
Environmental Land Use Planning and Management
Environmental Land Use Planning and Management is a unique new textbook that presents a diverse, comprehensive, and coordinated approach to issues of land use planning and management and their impacts on the environment.
- Copyright year: 2003
Ex Situ Plant Conservation
Supporting Species Survival In The Wild
- Copyright year: 2004
Earth in Mind
On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect
The crises we face, noted educator David Orr explains, is one of mind, perception, and values. It is, first and foremost, an educational challenge.
- Copyright year: 2004
A Practitioner's Guide to Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation
A Practitioner's Guide to Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation brings together knowledge and experience from conservation practitioners and experts around the world to help readers understand the global challenge of conserving biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems.
The Option of Urbanism
Investing in a New American Dream
Shows how the American Dream is shifting to include cities as well as suburbs and how the financial and real estate communities need to respond to build communities that are more environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable.
- Copyright year: 2007
Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems
Principles and Practices
- Copyright year: 2008
Creating Vibrant Public Spaces
Streetscape Design in Commercial and Historic Districts
- Copyright year: 2008
Resilient Cities
Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change
- Copyright year: 2009