Slide Show Presentations

Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities

Patrick M. Condon

In Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities, Patrick Condon discusses transportation, housing equity, job distribution, economic development, and ecological systems issues and synthesizes his knowledge and research into a simple-to-understand set of urban design rules that can, if followed, help save the planet.

Read Patrick Condon’s presentation from his February 14, 2011 appearance at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.

Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World

Dominick A. DellaSala

Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World brings together leading scientists from around the world to describe the ecology and conservation of these lesser-known rainforests in an attempt to place them on par with tropical rainforests in conservation efforts.

Read through a presentation from editor Dominick A. DellaSala, chief scientist and president of the Geos Institute in Ashland, Oregon, and president of the North American section of the Society for Conservation Biology.