diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_book.yml b/.github/workflows/test_book.yml
index fd366f86..a540dd19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_book.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_book.yml
@@ -27,13 +27,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           conda update -y -n base -c defaults conda
           conda --version
-          conda env create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/darribas/gds_env/master/gds_py/gds_py.yml
-          conda activate gds
-          pip install -r https://raw.githubusercontent.com/darribas/gds_env/master/gds_py/gds_py_pip.txt
+          conda env create -f ../infrastructure/book_stack.yml 
+          conda activate gdsbook
       - name: Check and Log Environment
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
-          conda activate gds
+          conda activate gdsbook
           conda info
           # Print conda list
           conda list
@@ -42,5 +41,5 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -l {0}
         continue-on-error: false
         run: |
-          conda activate gds
+          conda activate gdsbook
           make test
diff --git a/infrastructure/book_stack.yml b/infrastructure/book_stack.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..348e28e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/book_stack.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: gdsbook
+channels: 
+  - conda-forge 
+dependencies: 
+  - cenpy
+  - contextily
+  - datashader
+  - geopandas
+  - ipython 
+  - mapclassify
+  - myst-nb
+  - osmnx
+  - pandas
+  - pysal
+  - rasterio
+  - rioxarray
+  - scikit-learn
+  - seaborn
+  - shapely
+  - xarray