Recommended reading and some favorite books about design and building, responsible business, the environment, and other good thinking.

Design and Building:

"How Buildings Learn" Stewart Brand; 1994; Viking / Penguin

"A Pattern Language" Christopher Alexander et al, 1977, Oxford University Press

"The Nature Of Order" Christopher Alexander (four books), 2003, Oxford University Press

"Suburban Nation" Andres Duany et al; 2000; North Point Press

"Good Neighbors: Affordable Family Housing" Michael Pyatok et al; 1997; McGraw-Hill

"The Not-So-Big-House" Susan Susanka; 1998; Taunton Press

"Housing As If People Mattered" Clare C. Marcus and Wendy Sarkassian; 1986; University of California Press

"Cohousing" Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durett; 1994; Ten Speed Press

"The Old Way of Seeing" Jonathan Hale; 1994; Houghton Mifflin Company

"Design Plus Enterprise: Seeking a New Reality in Architecture" James P. Cramer; 1994; The American Institute of Architects Press

"The Art Of Innovation" Tom Kelley with Jonathan Littman; 2001; Doubleday

Business:

"The Ecology of Commerce" Paul Hawken; 1993; Harper Collins Business

"Natural Capitalism" Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins; 1999; Little, Brown & Company

"We Build the Road As We Travel" Roy Morrison; 1991; New Society Publishers

"The Fifth Discipline" Peter Senge; 1990; Doubleday / Currency

"Built To Last: Successful Habits Of Visionary Companies" James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras; 1997; Harper Business

"Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make The Leap... And Others Don't" Jim Collins; 2001; Harper Business

"The Living Company: Habits For Survival In A Turbulent Business Environment" Arie De Geus; 2002; Harvard Business School Press

"The Soul Of Capitalism" William Greider; 2003; Simon & Schuster

"The Elephant And The Flea: Reflections Of A Reluctant Capitalist" Charles Handy; 2001; Harvard Business School Press

"What Matters Most: Haw A Small Group Of Pioneers Is Teaching Social Responsibilty To Big business, And Why Big Business Is Listening" Jeffery Hollender and Stephen Fenichell; 2004; Basic Books

"The Divine Right Of Capital - Dethroning The Corporate Aristocracy" Marjorie Kelly; 2001; Berrett - Koehler Publishers

"The Real World Of Employee Ownership" John Logue and Jacquelyn Yates; 2001; ILR Press

"Bread And Butter: What A Bunch Of Bakers Taught Me About Business And Happiness" Tom McMakin; 2001; St. Martin's Press

"Equity - Why Employee Ownership Is Good For Business" John Case, Cory Rosen, Martin Staubus; 2005; Harvard Business School Press

Environment:

"Eco Economy" Lester Brown; 2001; Earth Policy Institute Publishing

"Hope, Human and Wild" Bill McKibben; 1995; Little, Brown & Company

"The Geography of Nowhere" James H. Kunstler; 1993; Touchstone

"Changing Places" Richard Moe and Carter Wilkie; 1997; Holt & Company

"What We Learned In The Rainforest: Bussiness Lessons from Nature" Tachi Kiuchi and Bill Sherman; 2002; Berrett - Koehler Publishers

Good Thinking:

"The Clock Of The Long Now: Time and Responsibility - The Ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer" Stewart Brand; 1999; Basic Books

"No Contest: The Case Against Competition: Why We Lose in Our Race to Win" Alfie Kohn; 1992; Houghton Mifflin Company

"The Art Of The Long View" Peter Schwartz; 1996; Gotham Books

"Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered" E. F. Schumacher; 1999; Hartley and Marks