Citizen engineer / David Douglas, Greg Papadopoulos ; with John Boutelle.

Introduction : while you were busy debugging...
"Citizen engineer" defined
How engineering got its paradigm shifted
Environmental impact : the big picture
Beyond the black cloud : looking at lifecycles
A pragmatic approach to lifecycle analysis
Setting priorities, requirements, and goals
Energy and emissions
Chemicals, materials, and waste
Water and other natural resources
An example of eco-engineering : Interface, Inc.
Eco-engineering : the grass is always greener
Intellectual property law fundamentals
Open source software : licenses and leverage
Creativity and control
Protecting digital rights
Education of the citizen engineer
Citizen engineers in action
Appendix. Lifecycle phase checklists ; Required reading for citizen engineers.