Recommended Books

Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman Yvon Chouinard, founder of the clothing line Patagonia shows us the path taken by his company, which has always made the most ecological decisions possible.

PERMACULTURE: A Designers’ Manual Bill Mollison is the guru of Permaculture, and this book is its bible. Permaculture shows us the perfect way to live sustainably and in complete harmony with nature.

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things William McDonough presents a novel concept to avoid even recycling. The secret is to manufacture things in a way that enables us to avoid waste.

Capitalismo + Contaminación, una suma que restaAuthor Julio Gottheil says that the book is about a topic that requires urgent dissemination. It is about the major changes in behavior and thought needed to start the fight against pollution. The author asks whether we are going to realize the danger brought by pollution only when hunger reaches the middle class or when a large coastal city begins to flood, or once desperation to get potable water from those who have it causes wars. (by Ana Luz Gimenez)

Al planeta lo salvamos entre todos. Susana Pesis The planet is mortally wounded. Its magnificence has become very vulnerable due to the systematic mistreatment and violation committed by humans confident in an erroneous concept of their own power. Time is running out. Taking into account the great generosity that the planet shows in providing shelter to the billions of people that inhabit it, if we do not do everything in our power to get it out of intensive care and start seriously caring for the planet with committment and responsibility, the human kind runs the serious risk of disappearing and becoming one more species that carries the threat of extinction on its shoulders.

The World Without Us What would happen if the human species suddenly became extinct?

The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift This book portrays a view of the phenomenon of sustainability from the points of view of the five major sectors of society: Community (the government and international institutions) Business Extraction of resources (forests, agriculture, fish, etc.) Ecological design (architecture, technology) Biosphere (conservation, biodiversity, etc)

Aves, Vida y conducta by Roberto Ares

To understand clearly the biology and behavior of birds, there are more than 1,500 color photos, photomontages, photographic sequences and drawings. A novel description of their anatomy, plummage, flying techniques, migration, feeding, song, reproduction, feelings, habits, relationships, and much more. A complete, modern, and attractive vision of the world of birds.