Writing
Andrés Edwards is the author of Thriving Beyond Sustainability: Pathways to a Resilient Society, The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait
of a Paradigm Shift and (with Robert Apte) Tibet: Enduring Spirit Exploited
Land. His writings on sustainability topics include: green building,
energy efficiency, natural and cultural history, science and technology
and systems theory. He has written for online journals, electronic
encyclopedias and for exhibits at museums, visitor centers, zoos, and
aquariums throughout the US and internationally.
Thriving Beyond Sustainability: Pathways to a Resilient Society
By Andrés R. Edwards
New Society Publishers,
2010
Thriving Beyond Sustainability draws a collective map of individuals, organizations and communities
from around the world that are committed to building an alternative future — one that strives to restore
ecological health, reinvent outmoded institutions and rejuvenate our environmental, social and economic
systems. The projects and initiatives profiled are meeting the challenges of the day with optimism, hope
and results.
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The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift
By Andrés R. Edwards
New Society Publishers (Second Printing),
2005
A comprehensive primer on the history, evolution and future of the movement
toward sustainability. Sustainability has become a buzzword in the last
decade, but its full meaning is complex, emerging from a range of different
sectors. In practice, it has become the springboard for millions of individuals
throughout the world who are forging the fastest and most profound social
transformation of our time, the Sustainability Revolution.
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TIBET: Enduring Spirit, Exploited Land
By Robert Z. Apte and Andrés R. Edwards
AuthorHouse (Second Edition), 2004
Heartsfire
Books (Hardback), 1998.
TIBET: Enduring Spirit, Exploited Land describes the traditional lives
of nomads and farmers and their practices in co-existing with the environment.
The environmental ethic developed by the Tibetans over millenia now threatened
by Chinese development practices has gained increased significance for the
world as the population increases and its dependence on the natural resources
reaches its limits.
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Exploited
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Explaining Green Materials
By Andrés R. Edwards
Architecture Week, July 17, 2002.
Explaining Green Materials describes the design and fabrication of the
Green Building Resource displays currently used by cities interested in
educating the public about these innovative building materials and techniques.
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"Edwards’s clear mind, formidable command of his material, and sharp eye for common principles make his book a remarkable and convincing document, which undoubtedly will become a classic reference work."
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