islandpress.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

MARCH EXCLUSIVES: Learn about the crucial role of community banking with a $21.99 ebook of THE BANKS WE DESERVE. Plus, get practical tips on how to transform your life and the planet with a free excerpt of A YEAR OF COMPASSION, only on islandpress.org

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Equip yourself with the tools to advocate for environmental justice and indigenous rights through Nature laws. Pick up a copy of STANDING FOR NATURE today! islandpress.org/stan...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

This month only, get both BIRD BROTHER and FIXATION for just $40. Did we mention free shipping too?? islandpress.org/2for40

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

New from the Island Press Short-form Program — Democracy’s new danger zone: impeaching judges for upholding the law thehill.com/opinion/...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

In a new op-ed for Planetizen, Island Press contributor Omar Brownson makes a call for regenerative approaches to rebuilding Los Angeles that work with nature rather than against it. www.planetizen.com/f...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

“For Us, by Us: Minority-Owned Community Banks and Credit Unions” — Read this excerpt from THE BANKS WE DESERVE by Oscar Perry Abello www.resilience.org/s...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Out now, STANDING FOR NATURE is essential for environmental lawyers, policy makers, and advocates interested in gaining new knowledge and tools for championing rights of Nature laws in their own communities. islandpress.org/stan...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Granting rights to nature has the potential to expand environmental protections, strengthen indigenous rights, promote environmental justice, and alter how humans relate to nature. STANDING FOR NATURE is an essential resource for environmental advocates. islandpress.org/stan...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Energy bills are crushing low-income families. Read our latest piece in collaboration with the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) to learn how local and state policymakers can help. www.americancityandc...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Health care facilities are increasingly at risk from climate disruption and are struggling to adapt. Fortunately, funding is readily available to build infrastructure resilience — if hospitals take action now to access it. islandpress.medium.com/essential-ho...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Nonprofit publishers like Island Press rely on support from readers like you. Our $4.99 ebook sale ends midnight tonight but we still haven't hit our $10,000 goal. If you love what we do providing science-based solutions to environmental problems, consider downloading an ebook. Every purchase helps!

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Nearly 1,000 Island Press ebooks are just $4.99 each, but only until midnight tomorrow! Get inspired with solutions on #climatechange, #transportation, #conservation, #food, #publichealth, #water, #energy, and more! Available at your favorite ebook retailer (Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Apple Books, etc)!

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

📢 Love what we do? Help spread the word! Our $4.99 #ebook #sale is on now through 3/2. Nearly 1,000 titles on #climate, #cities, #food, #nature, and more—because knowledge should be accessible. Share this with your networks! 🌍📚

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

🚨$4.99 ebook this week—Thoroughly researched and compellingly written, KILLED BY A TRAFFIC ENGINEER is the first book to uncover the lack of science behind traffic engineering, leaving readers inspired to take action and demand streets engineered for the safety of people.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

We’ve been inspiring change and proposing environmental solutions for 40 years. Take advantage of our knowledge with our $4.99 ebook sale. Hurry, this sale ends 3/2!

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

👫Tag a friend who needs to hear this! Our $4.99 ebook sale is happening now— #climate solutions, #sustainable #cities, #conservation, and more.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

HAZARDOUS SEAS explains the new technologies that have been developed to warn coastal communities of tsunami threats, potentially saving thousands of lives. This week only, get the ebook for just $4.99 at your favorite ebook retailer!

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Is @islandpress.bsky.social the best #energy, #sustainability, #climate, #environmental, #urbanplanning, … publishing house? Consistently publishing eminently readable and thought provoking examinations of important issues. Spend a few $ to fill your library & support a critical publisher.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

📚E-book sale at @islandpress.bsky.social! Pick up The Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom: Essential Lessons for Collective Action for just $4.99. An easy introduction to Ostrom, the 1st woman to win the Nobel Prize in Econ for showing how communities can sustain their shared resources, or commons.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

What a SALE! Load up, ppl! Some recent @islandpress.bsky.social faves of my own, featured on @sightline.org: - Meet Me at the Library, by @shamike2009.bsky.social - When Driving Is Not an Option, by @nondriver.bsky.social - Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation, by @daniellearigoni.bsky.social

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

next PAGES Book Club meeting March 20, noon ET the book: Meet Me at the Library: A Place to Foster Social Connection and Promote Democracy, by Shamichael Hallman if you want to join, you are welcome! register here: pupress.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Politics got you feeling apoplectic? Get inspired to make positive change in your community with an Island Press ebook. Now through 3/2, our ebooks are just $4.99 each! Available at your favorite ebook retailer!

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

In EMPATHIC DESIGN, design and architecture experts come together to build an essential guide on how to create public spaces for everyone. This week only, get the ebook for just $4.99 at your favorite ebook retailer!

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

📚 Want to help get good ideas into the world? Share our $4.99 ebook sale with your network! Nearly 1,000 environmental titles are on sale through 3/2 at all major ebook retailers.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

The psychological and financial toll of these fires is further compounded by the fear of “disaster gentrification,” in which developers capitalize on such tragedies to acquire land at discounted rates, potentially displacing long-term residents. wordinblack.com/2025...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

You won't believe what you can learn for $4.99. Get an education with an Island Press ebook! Sale ends 3/2

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

"As attorneys, we took an oath to defend the Constitution precisely for moments like this...As citizens, we all bear the burden of ensuring that future generations inherit a democracy, not a dictatorship wrapped in the thin veneer of democratic language." www.newsweek.com/pre...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

The Trump administration has removed key federal environmental justice tools, limiting public access to pollution data, including information used to examine the impact of Elon Musk’s xAI and SpaceX operations. www.dailyclimate.org...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

💚 Nonprofit publishers like Island Press rely on support from readers like you. If you care about the environment, sustainability, and science-based solutions, share our $4.99 ebook sale with your network. Every ebook purchase helps!

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

"The choice before us is stark: either we draw a line in the sand now, or we accept that America's experiment with democracy ends not with a bang, but with a pen stroke." Read this essential opinion piece by Short-form Program contributor Traci Feit Love. www.newsweek.com/pre...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Drawing on expertise from diverse fields of study, WATER MANAGEMENT offers a comprehensive examination of water issues such as prior appropriation, flooding, and famine—perfect for anyone looking for a broader view of the subject. This week only, get the ebook for just $4.99!

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Nearly 1,000 ebooks are just $4.99 each during our week-long sale! Get inspired with solutions on climate change, transportation, conservation, food, public health, water, energy, and so much more! www.islandpress.org/...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Where'd you get five bucks? I want five bucks... Well, if you think he got such a good deal, I'll sell you my conscience for $4.50. I'll throw in my sense of decency too. It's a Bart sales event... everything about me must go!

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

📢 Love what we do? Help spread the word! Our $4.99 ebook sale is on now through 3/2. Nearly 1,000 titles on climate, cities, food, nature, and more—because knowledge should be accessible. Share this with your networks! 🌍📚 www.islandpress.org/...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

We’ve been inspiring change and proposing environmental solutions for 40 years. Take advantage of our knowledge with our $4.99 ebook sale. Hurry, this sale ends 3/2! www.islandpress.org/...

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

New from BEYOND GREENWAYS author Bob Searns: "Hypertrails are akin to making rock candy, where a string placed in a cup of sugar water spawns clustered nodes of candy crystals. A hypertrail can become the framework along which attached patches of greenery can coalesce." islandpress.medium.c...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Looking to spark more community engagement and connection? This month pick up both DREAM, PLAY, BUILD and PLACE AND PROSPERITY for just $40! Did we mention free shipping too? This offer is only available at http://islandpress.o... for a limited time!

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

FEBRUARY EXCLUSIVES! Get the e-book of ATLAS OF A THREATENED PLANET by Esther Gonstalla for just $17.99. Plus, download an excerpt of the new book THE BANKS WE DESERVE by Oscar Perry Abello only on http://islandpress.org

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

At a recent event, BARONS author Austin Frerick explained how billionaires have exploited and shaped regulations to grow their profits — at the expense of families and communities across the country. www.foodandwaterwatc...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

“The fundamental argument is that we cannot adapt to climate change with the same mentality that we used to cause it.” @bertiehb.bsky.social speaks to @s-r-m.bsky.social, author of “Over the Seawall,” published by @islandpress.bsky.social From the archive: 10/11/23 www.landclimate.org/...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

FEBRUARY EXCLUSIVES! Get the e-book of ATLAS OF A THREATENED PLANET by Esther Gonstalla for just $17.99. Plus, download an excerpt of the new book THE BANKS WE DESERVE by Oscar Perry Abello only on http://islandpress.org

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Join Island Press this April at the Planet Forward Summit to learn what it will take to turn conflict into collaboration and opposition into opportunity. Engage with experts, advocates, storytellers and students committed to moving toward a truly sustainable future. Register: app.sosha.ai/s/xoxv8b4q

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

In a time when climate and social crises can feel overwhelming, Board Member tamika butler finds hope in the work of Island Press authors. “It’s easy to sit and think about all the things that are going poorly. But there are people who aren’t just accepting it, who are working to change things."

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

“The resignation of the superintendent, delays in critical visitor management systems, and the loss of experienced staff threaten not only the park’s ecological integrity but also the quality of visitor experiences and the continuity of vital scientific research." www.sfgate.com/calif...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Many people with fixed or low incomes are still feeling the impacts of post-pandemic inflation and can't afford to cover energy expenses. As temperatures rise, this budget gap is becoming a matter of life and death, writes Island Press contributor Cheryl Holder www.theinvadingsea.c...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments