Best Sustainable Product Design + Engineering books
3. 
Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change
by:
Victor Papanek
4.24 avg rating — 1,723 ratings 
5. 
The Green Imperative: Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture
by:
Victor Papanek
4.20 avg rating — 168 ratings 6. 
Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology
by:
Alexis Madrigal
3.79 avg rating — 128 ratings 7. 
Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era
by:
Amory B. Lovins
4.01 avg rating — 330 ratings 
8. 
The Gecko’s Foot: How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book
by:
Peter Forbes
3.84 avg rating — 220 ratings 
8. 
Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design
by:
Maggie Macnab
3.96 avg rating — 118 ratings 13. 
Natural Way of Farming: The Theory and Practice of Green Philosophy
by:
Masanobu Fukuoka
4.33 avg rating — 283 ratings 
19. 
The Meaning of the 21st Century: A Vital Blueprint for Ensuring Our Future
by:
James Martin
3.83 avg rating — 202 ratings 
23. 
Design Is The Problem: The Future of Design Must Be Sustainable
by:
Nathan Shedroff
3.86 avg rating — 145 ratings 24. 
Citizen Engineer: A Handbook for Socially Responsible Engineering
by:
David Douglas
3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings 25. 
Flying Lightness: Promises for Structural Elegance
by:
Adriaan Beukers
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 
27. 
The Designer's Atlas of Sustainability: Charting the Conceptual Landscape through Economy, Ecology, and Culture
by:
Ann Thorpe
3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings 28. 
Sustainable Solutions: Developing Products and Services for the Future
by:
Martin Charter
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings 
30. 
Cats’ Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People
by:
Steven Vogel
3.84 avg rating — 200 ratings 
