Sightline Books

Seven Wonders for a Cool Planet

2008

A handbook for designing sustainability into the very heart of our lives, communities, and economies.

Cascadia Scorecard 2007

2007

The 2007 edition of the Cascadia Scorecard, the Pacific Northwest’s annual progress report, reveals that the region lags behind world leaders on trends such as energy, sprawl, and economic security. The good news is that we are making progress—and adopting smart solutions will accelerate those gains.

Cascadia Scorecard 2006

2006

The 2006 Scorecard focuses on the connections between sprawl and health, examining an emerging body of research indicating that car-centered urban design in the Northwest contributes to a high death and injury toll from car crashes; and a high obesity rate, among other ills.

Cascadia Scorecard 2005

2005

A concise update on how Cascadia ranks in seven key trends, with a focus on one of the most critical issues facing the region: energy.

Cascadia Scorecard 2004

2004

The first edition of the Cascadia Scorecard presents Sightline's index of seven trends that have profoundly shaped the Northwest's past and are critical to its future: health, economy, population, energy, sprawl, forests, and pollution.

This Place on Earth 2002

2002

A close look at why society's most-influential indicators--from the GDP to the Dow Jones--are failing us. This Place on Earth 2002 also presents a first effort at an alternative yardstick for the Northwest, by measuring how the region is doing in critical areas such as salmon health, sprawl, income inequality, and land use.

This Place on Earth 2001

2001

This Place on Earth 2001 is a catalog of the best solutions northwesterners can use to reconcile the economy and the environment in this region.

State of the Northwest

1999

The story of Pacific salmon, a creature whose epic journey makes it uniquely qualified to examine the health of the Northwest's varied ecosystems.

Seven Wonders

1999

Seven Wonders asks readers to ponder what the world would be like if everyone on the planet consumed resources the way North Americans do and highlights seven sustainable wonders, including the bicycle, ceiling fan, and ladybug.

Green Collar Jobs

1999

A look at the Northwest's changing economy by chronicling the stories of five communities: Ketchikan, Alaska; Bend, Oregon; Haida Gwaii, British Columbia; Hayfork, California; and Boonville, California.

Tax Shift

1998

Tax Shift is a program for using the tax system to get more of what we want, such as flusher bank accounts, clean air, and healthier communities.

Over Our Heads

1997

An examination of climate change from a Northwest perspective, revealing the far-reaching effects it will have on our everyday lives and what we can do reduce the region's contribution.

Misplaced Blame

1997

Misplaced Blame argues that much of the population growth overrunning parts of North America originates from five rarely noted root causes: poverty, sexual abuse, underfunded family planning services, subsidies to domestic migration, and ill-guided immigration policy.

Stuff

1997

An engaging and fact-packed look at the people and places that are affected every time you sip your coffee, tie your shoes, click your mouse, step on the gas, or read a book. Stuff--one of Sightline's bestsellers--looks at issues of overconsumption, product stewardship, and conservation.

This Place On Earth

1996

Sightline founder Alan Durning's story--how he decided to leave his job as a globetrotting environmental policy analyst and to make a difference by returning with his family to the Pacific Northwest.