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
The Rain Forests of Home
Profile Of A North American Bioregion
Betrayal of Science and Reason
How Anti-Environmental Rhetoric Threatens Our Future
A Guide to Careers in Community Development
Ranching West of the 100th Meridian
Culture, Ecology, and Economics
Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes
The Upper San Pedro River Basin In Arizona And Sonora
Ecosystems and Human Well-Being
A Framework For Assessment
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.
Ex Situ Plant Conservation
Supporting Species Survival In The Wild
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.
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.
Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems
Principles and Practices
Creating Vibrant Public Spaces
Streetscape Design in Commercial and Historic Districts
