In our Library:
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Aldo Leopold : a fierce green fire
by Lorbiecki, Marybeth. 2005
Almost green : how I saved 1/6th of a billionth of the planet
by Glave, James. 2008
Big green purse : use your spending power to create a cleaner, greener world
by MacEachern, Diane. 2008
Building green : a complete how-to guide to alternative building methods : earth plaster, straw bale, cordwood, cob, living roofs
by Snell, Clarke., Callahan, Tim, 12005
Careers for plant lovers & other green thumb types
by Camenson, Blythe. 2004
Clean & green : the complete guide to nontoxic and environmentally safe housekeeping
by Berthold-Bond, Annie. 1990
Design e2 the economies of being environmentally conscious
by Pitt, Brad, 1963-, PBS Home Video. 2006
Dreaming green : eco-fabulous homes designed to inspire
by Sharkey, Lisa., Gleicher, Paul. 2008
Eco-architecture
by Fisanick, Christina. 2008
A fierce green fire : the American environmental movement
by Shabecoff, Philip, 1993
Food's frontier : the next green revolution
by Manning, Richard, 1951- 2000
Getting green done : hard truths from the front lines of the sustainability revolution
by Schendler, Auden. 2009
Go green!
by United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Green architecture
by Wines, James, 1932-, Jodidio, Philip. 2000
The green book
by Green book (Online), Center for Veterinary Medicine (U.S.)
[Rockville, Md.] : U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Veterinary Medicine
Green building : project planning & cost estimating : a practical guide to materials, systems & standards; green products--specifying & assessing cost vs value; resource efficiencies, health, comfort & productivity; commissioning.
by R.S. Means Company. 2006
Green building technology in hazardous waste cleanup applications
by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Washington, DC : Dept. of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1999
Green clean : the environmentally sound guide to cleaning your home
by Hunter, Linda Mason., Halpin, Mikki. 2005
The green consumer
by Elkington, John., Hailes, Julia., Makower, Joel, 1952-1990
Green delusions : an environmentalist critique of radical environmentalism
by Lewis, Martin W. 1992
Green goes with everything : simple steps to a healthier life and a cleaner planet
by Barnett, Sloan, 2008
Green house : eco-friendly disposal and recycling at home
by Crampton, Norman, 2008
Green Man : the archetype of our oneness with the earth
by Anderson, William, 1935-, Hicks, Clive.
London ; San Francisco : HarperCollins, 1990.
The green museum : a primer on environmental practice
by Brophy, Sarah S., 1961-, Wylie, Elizabeth.
Lanham : AltaMira Press, c2008.
Green plastics : an introduction to the new science of biodegradable plastics
by Stevens, E. S. (Eugene S.), 1938-
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2002.
Green rage : radical environmentalism and the unmaking of civilization
by Manes, Christopher, 1957-
Boston : Little, Brown, c1990.
Green remodeling : changing the world one room at a time
by Johnston, David., Master, Kim.
Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, c2004.
The green-collar economy : how one solution can fix our two biggest problems
by Jones, Van, 1968-, Conrad, Ariane., Kennedy, Robert Francis, 1954-
New York : HarperOne, c2008.
Greenjobs : a guide to eco-friendly employment
by Llewellyn, A. Bronwyn (Anita Bronwyn), Hendrix, James P., Golden, K.C.
Avon, Mass. : Adams Media Corp., c2008.
Historical dictionary of the green movement
by Schreurs, Miranda A. (Miranda Alice), 1963-, Papadakis, Elim.
Lanham, Md. : The Scarecrow Press, c2007.
Hot, flat, and crowded : why we need a green revolution-- and how it can renew America
by Friedman, Thomas L.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2008.
It's easy being green! a guide to planning and conducting environmentally aware meetings and events.by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency Response, [1996]
Let's go green shopping
by United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Washington, DC : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, [2004]
Collection: Online Government Publications
The little green data book. 2008
by World Bank., ebrary, Inc.
Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2008.
Call #: HC59.3 .L58 2008eb
Collection: Electronic Resources
The little green handbook : seven trends shaping the future of our planet
by Nielsen, Ron.
New York : Picador, c2006.
Call #: GE140 .N542 2006
Collection: General
A new green history of the world : the environment and the collapse of great civilizations
by Ponting, Clive., Ponting, Clive. Green history of the world.
New York : Penguin Books, c2007.
Call #: GF75 .P66 2007
Collection: General
Our green and living world : the wisdom to save it
by Ayensu, Edward S.
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution ; Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Cambridge University Press, 1984.
Call #: QH75 .O93 1984
Collection: General
Skinny streets and green neighborhoods design for environment and community
by Girling, Cynthia L., 1952-, Kellett, Ronald., ebrary, Inc.
Washington, DC : Island Press, c2005.
Call #: HT167 .G57 2005eb
Collection: Electronic Resources
Sustainability on campus : stories and strategies for change
by Barlett, Peggy F., 1947-, Chase, Geoffrey W.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2004.
Call #: LB3223.3 .S89 2004
Collection: General
A thousand shades of green sustainable strategies for competitive advantage
by Winsemius, Pieter., Guntram, Ulrich, 1954-, ebrary, Inc.
London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2002.
Call #: HD30.255 .W56 2002eb
Collection: Electronic Resources
True green @ work : 100 ways you can make the environment your business
by McKay, Kim.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2008.
Call #: HD30.255 .M38 2008
Collection: General
Under a green sky : global warming, the mass extinctions of the past, and what they can tell us about our future
by Ward, Peter Douglas, 1949-
New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2007.
Call #: QE721.2.E97 W384 2007
Collection: General
AGENDA 21 : the Earth Summit strategy to save our planet
by United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Sitarz, Dan, 1948-
Boulder, Colo. : EarthPress, c1994.
Call #: HD75.6 .U55 1994
Collection: General
Alice Waters & Chez Panisse : the romantic, impractical, often eccentric, ultimately brilliant making of a food revolution
by McNamee, Thomas, 1947-
New York : Penguin Press, 2007.
Call #: TX910.5.W38 M36 2007
Collection: New Arrival
Assessments of regional and global environmental risks : designing processes for the effective use of science in decisionmaking
by Farrell, Alexander E., Jäger, Jill.
Washington, DC : Resources for the Future, c2006.
Call #: TD194.6 .T875 2006
Collection: General
Beyond the limits : confronting global collapse, envisioning a sustainable future
by Meadows, Donella H., Meadows, Dennis L., Randers, Jørgen.
Mills, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., 1992.
Call #: HD75.6 .M43 1992
Collection: General
The Brazilian Amazon rainforest : global ecopolitics, development, and democracy
by Barbosa, Luiz C.
Lanham, MD : University Press of America, c2000.
Call #: SD418.3.B6 B37 2000
Collection: General
Building green : a complete how-to guide to alternative building methods : earth plaster, straw bale, cordwood, cob, living roofs
by Snell, Clarke., Callahan, Tim, 1954-
New York : Lark Books, c2005.
Call #: TH4860 .S6397 2005
Collection: General
The business guide to sustainability : practical strategies and tools for organizations
by Hitchcock, Darcy E., Willard, Marsha L.
London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, c2006.
Call #: HD30.255 .H58 2006
Collection: General
Buying America back
by Greenberg, Jonathan D., Kistler, Wm. (William)
Tulsa, Okla. : Council Oaks Books, c1992.
Call #: HC106.8 .B9 1992
Collection: General
The carbon-free home : 36 remodeling projects to help kick the fossil-fuel habit
by Hren, Stephen, 1974-, Hren, Rebekah, 1975-
White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2008.
Call #: TH4860 .H84 2008
Collection: General
Climate change : picturing the science
by Schmidt, Gavin/ Wolfe, Joshua/ Sachs, Jeffrey D. (FRW), Schmidt, Gavin., Wolfe, Joshua, 1983-
New York :
Call #: QC981.8.C5 C55 2009
Common wealth : economics for a crowded planet
by Sachs, Jeffrey.
New York : Penguin Press, c2008.
Call #: HD87 .S23 2008
Collection: General
Confessions of an eco-sinner : tracking down the sources of my stuff
by Pearce, Fred.
Boston : Beacon Press, c2008.
Call #: GE195.7 .P43 2008
Collection: Leisure Reading
The earth around us : maintaining a livable planet
by Schneiderman, Jill S.
New York : W.H. Freeman, 2000.
Call #: GE105 .E16 2000
Collection: General
The ECO guide to careers that make a difference.
by Environmental Careers Organization.
Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2004.
Call #: GE60 .E34 2004
Collection: College & Careers
Eco-architecture
by Fisanick, Christina.
Detroit : Greenhaven Press/Gale/CENGAGE Learning, c2008.
Call #: NA2542.36 .E26 2008
Collection: General
The eco-travel guide
by Fuad-Luke, Alastair.
New York : Thames & Hudson, c2008.
Call #: G156.5.E26 F83 2008
Collection: General
Ecodesign : a manual for ecological design
by Yeang, Ken, 1948-
London, UK : Wiley-Academy, 2006.
Call #: NA2542.35 .Y4295 2006
Collection: General
Ecological architecture : a critical history
by Steele, James, 1943-
London : Thames & Hudson, 2005.
Call #: NA2542.36 .S74 2005
Collection: General
Ecology, economics, ethics : the broken circle
by Bormann, F. Herbert, 1922-, Kellert, Stephen R.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1991.
Call #: QH541 .E31934 1991
Collection: General
Ecotourism and sustainable development : who owns paradise?
by Honey, Martha, 1945-
Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1999.
Call #: G156.5.E26 H66 1999
Collection: General
Ecotourism and sustainable development : who owns paradise?
by Honey, Martha.
Washington, DC : Island Press, c2008.
Call #: G156.5.E26 H66 2008
Collection: General
Endangered oceans
by Gerdes, Louise I., 1953-
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2009.
Call #: GC1018 .E528 2009
Collection: General
Endangered species
by Gaughen, Shasta.
Farmington Hills, MI : Detroit : Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale, c2006.
Call #: QH75 .E652 2006
Collection: General
Energy in America : a tour of our fossil fuel culture and beyond
by Kelley, Ingrid N.
Burlington, Vt. : University of Vermont Press ; Lebanon, NH : University Press of New England, c2008.
Call #: TP317.U5 K45 2008
Collection: General
Environmental impacts of ecotourism
by Buckley, Ralf.
Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; Cambridge, MA, USA : CABI Pub., c2004.
Call #: G156.5.E26 E58 2004
Collection: General
Expanding architecture : design as activism
by Bell, Bryan, 1959-, Wakeford, Katie.
New York : Metropolis Books, c2008.
Call #: NA2543.S6 E96 2008
Collection: General
Farewell, my Subaru : an epic adventure in local living
by Fine, Doug.
New York : Villard, c2008.
Call #: GE198.N45 F56 2008
Collection: General
From pilgrimage to package tour : travel and tourism in the Third World / David L. Gladstone.
by Gladstone, David L.
New York : Routledge, c2005.
Call #: G155.D44 G53 2005
Collection: General
Fueling our future : an introduction to sustainable energy
by Evans, Robert L., 1945-
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2007.
Call #: TJ163.2 .E8 2007
Collection: General
The future in the balance : essays on globalization and resistance
by Bello, Walden F., Mittal, Anuradha, 1967-
Oakland, Calif. : Food First Books : Co-published with Focus on the Global South : Distributed by LPC Group, c2001.
Call #: HF1359 .B4325 2001
Collection: General
Gaiam Real Goods solar living sourcebook : the complete guide to renewable energy technologies and sustainable living
by Schaeffer, John., Pratt, Doug.
Hopland, CA : Gaiam Real Goods ; White River Junction, Vt. : Distributed by Chelsea Green Pub., c2001.
Call #: TK1085 .R43 2001
Collection: General
Getting green done : hard truths from the front lines of the sustainability revolution
by Schendler, Auden.
New York :
Call #: HC79.E5 S2826 2009
Collection: General
Global resources
by Hanrahan, Clare.
Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale, c2008.
Call #: HC85 .G58 2008
Collection: General
Green building : project planning & cost estimating : a practical guide to materials, systems & standards; green products--specifying & assessing cost vs value; resource efficiencies, health, comfort & productivity; commissioning.
by R.S. Means Company.
Kingston, Mass. : R.S. Means, c2006.
Call #: TH880 .G74 2006
Collection: General
The green museum : a primer on environmental practice
by Brophy, Sarah S., 1961-, Wylie, Elizabeth.
Lanham : AltaMira Press, c2008.
Call #: AM7 .B765 2008
Collection: General
Green technologies for a more sustainable agriculture
by Hrubovcak, James., Vasavada, Utpal., Aldy, Joseph E., United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Economic Research Service.
[Washington, D.C.] : Economic Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, [1999]
Collection: Online Government Publications
Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects
by Lechner, Norbert
2009
Collection: Reserve
Hidden depths : atlas of the oceans.
by Theberge, Albert E., Lautenbacher, Conrad Charles, 1942-, United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Smithsonian Institution.
New York, NY : Collins, c2007.
Call #: GC6 .H6 2007
Collection: General
How to reduce your carbon footprint : 365 simple ways to save energy, resources, and money
by Yarrow, Joanna.
San Francisco :
Call #: TD171.7 .Y373 2008
Collection: General
Learning native wisdom : what traditional cultures teach us about subsistence, sustainability, and spirituality
by Holthaus, Gary H., 1932-
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2008.
Call #: GE42 .H65 2008
Collection: General
Let them eat data : how computers affect education, cultural diversity, and the prospects of ecological sustainability
by Bowers, C. A.
Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2000.
Call #: QA76.9.C66 B68 2000
Collection: General
The limits to growth : the 30-year update
by Meadows, Donella H., Randers, Jørgen., Meadows, Dennis L.
White River Junction, Vt : Chelsea Green Pub. Co., c2004.
Call #: HD75.6 .M435 2004
Collection: General
The little green handbook : seven trends shaping the future of our planet
by Nielsen, Ron.
New York : Picador, c2006.
Call #: GE140 .N542 2006
Collection: General
Living homes : sustainable architecture and design
by Moore, Suzi., Trulsson, Nora Burba., Moore, Terrence.
San Francisco : Chronicle Books ; London : Hi Marketing, c2001.
Call #: NA2542.35 .M67 2001
Collection: General
Managing sustainable tourism : a legacy for the future
by Edgell, David L.
New York : Haworth Hospitality Press, c2006.
Call #: G156.5.E26 E38 2006
Collection: General
Mankind and the oceans
by Miyazaki, Nobuyuki., Adeel, Zafar., Ohwada, Kouichi.
Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2005.
Call #: GC1085 .M25 2005
Collection: General
A material life : adventures & discoveries in materials research
by Holzman, Malcolm, 1940-
Mulgrave, Vic. : Images Publishing Group, 2008.
Call #: TA403 .H65 2008
Collection: General
The natural wealth of nations : harnessing the market for the environment
by Roodman, David Malin.
New York : W.W. Norton, c1998.
Call #: HD75.6 .R66 1998
Collection: General
The nature of development : a report from the rural tropics on the quest for sustainable economic growth
by Stone, Roger D.
New York : Knopf, 1992.
Call #: HC59.72.E44 S76 1992
Collection: General
The necessary revolution : how individuals and organizations are working together to create a sustainable world
by Senge, Peter M.
New York : Doubleday, c2008.
Call #: HC79.E5 N436 2008
Collection: General
The new consumers : The influence of affluence on the environment
by Myers, Norman., Kent, Jennifer.
Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2004.
Call #: HD75.6 .M48 2004
Collection: General
No impact man : the adventures of a guilty liberal who attempts to save the planet, and the discoveries he makes about himself and our way of life in the process
by Beavan, Colin.
New York :
Call #: TD171.7 .B43 2009
Collection: General
One with Nineveh : politics, consumption, and the human future
by Ehrlich, Paul R., Ehrlich, Anne H.
Washington : Island Press : Shearwater Books, c2004.
Call #: HC79.E5 E354 2004
Collection: General
Planet India : how the fastest-growing democracy is transforming America and the world
by Kamdar, Mira.
New York : Scribner, c2007.
Call #: HN683.5 .K236 2007
Collection: General
The power of sustainable thinking : how to create a positive future for the climate, the planet, your organization and your life
by Doppelt, Bob.
London ; Sterling, VA :
Call #: GF78 .D66 2008
Collection: General
Precautionary tools for reshaping environmental policy
by Myers, Nancy J., Raffensperger, Carolyn.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.
Call #: GE170 .P743 2005
Collection: General
Race to save the tropics : ecology and economics for a sustainable future
by Goodland, Robert J. A., 1939-
Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1990.
Call #: HC59.72.E5 R33 1990
Collection: General
Radical ecology : the search for a livable world
by Merchant, Carolyn.
New York : Routledge, c2005.
Call #: QH540.5 .M48 2005
Collection: General
Radical simplicity : small footprints on a finite earth
by Merkel, Jim.
Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers, c2003.
Call #: GF75 .M44 2003
Collection: General
Red sky at morning : America and the crisis of the global environment
by Speth, James Gustave.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2004.
Call #: GE149 .S64 2004
Collection: General
Red sky at morning : America and the crisis of the global environment
by Speth, James Gustave.
New Haven : Yale Nota Bene, c2005.
Call #: GE149 .S64 2005
Collection: General
Renewable energy : power for a sustainable future
by Boyle, Godfrey., Open University.
Oxford : Oxford University Press in association with the Open University, 1996.
Call #: TJ808 .R42 1996
Collection: General
Resilient cities : responding to peak oil and climate change
by Newman, Peter, 1945-, Beatley, Timothy, 1957-, Boyer, Heather.
Washington, DC :
Call #: HT241 .N495 2009
Collection: General
Simple prosperity : finding real wealth in a sustainable lifestyle
by Wann, David.
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2008.
Call #: HN90.M6 W36 2008
Collection: General
Slow food nation : why our food should be good, clean, and fair
by Petrini, Carlo, 1949-, Slow Food (Organization)
New York : Rizzoli, 2007.
Call #: TX631 .P4738 2007
Collection: General
Sustainability on campus : stories and strategies for change
by Barlett, Peggy F., 1947-, Chase, Geoffrey W.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2004.
Call #: LB3223.3 .S89 2004
Collection: General
The sustainability revolution : portrait of a paradigm shift
by Edwards, Andres R., 1959-
Gabriola, BC : New Society Publishers, c2005.
Call #: HC79.E5 E327 2005
Collection: General
Sustainable design : ecology, architecture, and planning
by Williams, Daniel Edward.
Hoboken : Wiley, c2007.
Call #: NA2542.36 .W548 2007
Collection: General
Sustainable mobility : renewable energies for powering fuel cell vehicles
by Edinger, Raphael, 1971-, Kaul, Sanjay, 1960-
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, c2003.
Call #: TL221.13 .E34 2003
Collection: General
Sustainable value : how the world's leading companies are doing well by doing good
by Laszlo, Christopher.
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Business Books, 2008.
Call #: HD60 .L37 2008
Collection: General
Taking shape : a new contract between architecture and nature
by Hagan, Susannah.
Oxford ; Boston : Architectural Press, 2001.
Call #: NA2542.36 .H34 2001
Collection: General
Technology matters : questions to live with
by Nye, David E., 1946-
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.
Call #: T14 .N88 2006
Collection: General
Thinking ecologically : environmental thought, values, and policy
by Morito, Bruce.
Halifax, NS : Fernwood Pub., c2002.
Call #: GE42 .M67 2002
Collection: General
Thinking ecologically : the next generation of environmental policy
by Chertow, Marian R., Esty, Daniel C.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1997.
Call #: HC79.E5 T476 1997
Collection: General
The third revolution : environment, population, and a sustainable world
by Harrison, Paul.
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris & Co. ; New York, NY : Distributed by St. Martin's Press, 1992.
Call #: GF75 .H367 1992
Collection: General
Toolbox for sustainable city living (a do-it-ourselves guide)
by Kellogg, Scott T., Pettigrew, Stacy.
Cambridge, Mass. : South End Press, c2008.
Call #: GF78 .K45 2008
Collection: General
The triple bottom line : how today's best-run companies are achieving economic, social, and environmental success-and how you can too
by Savitz, Andrew W., Weber, Karl, 1953-
San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2006.
Call #: HF5386 .S346 2006
Collection: General
What to eat
by Nestle, Marion.
New York : North Point Press, 2006.
Call #: RA784 .N46 2006
Collection: General
Why our health matters : a vision of medicine that can transform our future
by Weil, Andrew.
New York : Hudson Street Press, c2009.
Call #: RA395.A3 443 2009
Collection: Leisure Reading
Worldchanging : a user's guide for the 21st century
by Steffen, Alex.
New York : Abrams, c2006.
Call #: HC79.E5 W676 2006
Collection: General
You can't eat GNP : economics as if ecology mattered
by Davidson, Eric A.
Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Pub., c2000.
Call #: HC79.E5 D345 2000
Collection: General
 In Cradle to Cradle, the authors present a manifesto calling for a new industrial revolution, one that would render both traditional manufacturing and traditional environmentalism obsolete. Recycling, for instance, is actually "downcycling," creating hybrids of biological and technical "nutrients" which are then unrecoverable and unusable. The authors, an architect and a chemist, want to eliminate the concept of waste altogether, while preserving commerce and allowing for human nature. They offer several compelling examples of corporations that are not just doing less harm--they're actually doing some good for the environment and their neighborhoods, and making more money in the process. Cradle to Cradle is a refreshing change from the intractable environmental conflicts that dominate headlines.
Silent Spring, released in 1962, offered the first shattering look at widespread ecological degradation and touched off an environmental awareness that still exists. Rachel Carson's book focused on the poisons from insecticides, weed killers, and other common products as well as the use of sprays in agriculture, a practice that led to dangerous chemicals to the food source. Carson argued that those chemicals were more dangerous than radiation and that for the first time in history, humans were exposed to chemicals that stayed in their systems from birth to death. Presented with thorough documentation, the book opened more than a few eyes about the dangers of the modern world and stands today as a landmark work.
 "Walden" is the classic account of two years spent by Henry David Thoreau living at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. The story is detailed in its accounts of Thoreau's day-to-day activities, observations, and undertakings to survive out in the wilderness for two years. Thoreau's journal is an exquisite account of a man seeking a more simple life by living in harmony with nature. In today's fast-paced consumer-driven society the austere life style endorsed by Thoreau is as relevant and refreshing as ever.
 This book explains the effects on the environment from the food we eat, the products we use, the energy choices we make and how our homes are built. The best part is his very specific recommendations in each chapter. Some of the life changes are quick and easy and others require longer term planning.
 Illustrating the results of green actions with descriptive rather than numerical analyses, Rogers and Kostigen write, for example, that if everyone in the U.S. used one less paper napkin per day, in a year's time we would have saved one billion pounds of landfill waste. An outstanding resource, The Green Book offers hope and practical suggestions. Crossland, Pamela
 Luckily, the days when becoming environmentally aware entailed eating bread that tasted like dirt, wearing clothes that looked like frayed burlap sacks, and spending summer vacations assailing whaling ships with Greenpeace are passing away. It is now perfectly possible (and increasingly easy) to be well fed, well coiffed, well dressed, and well traveled while remaining deeply committed to an ecologically sustainable lifestyle.
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?Worldchanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century is a groundbreaking compendium of the most innovative solutions, ideas and inventions emerging today for building a sustainable, livable, prosperous future. From consumer consciousness to a new vision for industry; non-toxic homes to refugee shelters; microfinance to effective philanthropy; socially responsible investing to starting a green business; citizen media to human rights; ecological economics to climate change, this is the most comprehensive, cutting-edge overview to date of what?s possible in the near future ? if we decide to make it so.?
 This book collects thoughts from parents, teachers, researchers, environmentalists and others. Richard Louv argues for a return to an awareness of and appreciation for the natural world. "Not only can nature teach kids science and nurture their creativity, nature needs its children: where else will its future stewards come from?" This book is a call to action, full of warnings?but also full of ideas for change.
 Includes products ranging from simple energy-saving devices like compact flourescent lights to home-scale energy-harvesting systems that utilize the sun, wind, and water to make electricity for people living "off-the-grid." Chapters on Independent Living, Land, Shelter, Harvesting Energy, Managing Energy Systems, Heating and Cooling, Water, Energy Conservation, the Nontoxic Home, Home and Market Gardening, Mobility and Electric Vehicles, and Livelihood and Learning.
 Want to learn more about organic food? Curious about alternative power sources? Want to do your part to help save the environment? The way that you live, work, travel, eat, drink, and dress affects the earth and the environment--and this concise, eye-opening book gives you all the tools you need to live a "green" lifestyle.
 Jeffery Sachs' "The End of Poverty" is three books in one: First, it is an exploration of the world, focusing on economics but surveying wide array of topics regarding international relations and politics, and offers a portrait of the planet today. Second, it is a crash course in development economics. Finally, it is an impassioned plea for more western aid to poor countries particularly in Africa.
 While everything appears to be collapsing around us -- ecodamage, genetic engineering, virulent diseases, the end of cheap oil, water shortages, global famine, wars -- we can still do something about it and create a world that will work for us and for our children?s children. The inspiration for Leonardo DiCaprio?s web movie Global Warning, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight details what is happening to our planet, the reasons for our culture?s blind behavior, and how we can fix the problem.
BUILDING THE GREEN ECONOMY shows how community groups, families, and individual citizens have taken action to protect their food and water, clean up their neighborhoods, and strengthen their local economies. Their unlikely victories over polluters, unresponsive bureaucracies, and unexamined routines dramatize the opportunities and challenges facing the local green economy movement.
Sustainability has become a buzzword in the last decade, but its full meaning is complex, emerging from a range of different sectors. In practice, it has become the springboard for millions of individuals throughout the world who are forging the fastest and most profound social transformation of our time - the Sustainability Revolution.
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Ecology and economics are not doomed to be adversaries. This lively and concise book presents the exciting new insights of environmental economics as well as the three fallacies of conventional economic analysis. You Can't Eat GNP offers a blueprint for a truly sustainable economy that recognizes the natural resources (like water, air, and soil) on which we ultimately depend.
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Exposes how big business, the Bush administration, and environmentalists alike are preventing us from solving the problem of global warming-and offers a prescription for saving the planet. In Boiling Point, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ross Gelbspan argues that, unchecked, climate change will swamp every other issue facing us today. Indeed, what began as an initial response of many institutions-denial and delay-has now grown into a crime against humanity.
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Nestle walks readers through every supermarket section--produce, meat, fish, dairy, packaged foods, bottled waters, and more--decoding labels and clarifying nutritional and other claims (in supermarket-speak, for example, "fresh" means most likely to spoil first, not recently picked or prepared), and in so doing explores issues like the effects of food production on our environment, the way pricing works, and additives and their effect on nutrition.
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Ecotourism and Sustainable Development provides a unique and compelling look at the promise and pitfalls of ecotourism. It is the only such account of worldwide ecotourism available today, and is an important guide for students and researchers involved with international development, geography, or tourism, as well as for anyone interested in becoming a more environmentally sensitive traveller.
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"Whatever we once thought Nature was--wildness, God, a simple place free from human thumbprints, or an intricate machinery sustaining life on Earth--we have now given it a kick that will change it forever. Humanity has stepped across a threshold. In his free-ranging and provocative book, Bill McKibben explores the philosophies and technologies that have brought us here, and he shows how final a crossing we have made." --James Gleick, author of Chaos
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The first thing that Harvard University biology professor Stephen Palumbi wants you to know is that evolution is a fact, not a theory. The second is this: evolution does not require eons and eons to make its effects manifest. By tinkering with genes and rewriting the laws of natural selection, we humans have lately been "accelerating the evolutionary game, especially among the species that live with us most intimately"--not our pets, that is to say, but the food we eat, the pests that share that food, and the diseases that visit us.
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In Triumph of the Mundane, Hal Kane offers a unique assessment of how and why our day-to-day lives have changed, and considers the wide-ranging impacts of those changes. Using a variety of indicators of behavior-distances between family members, the things we own, and the pace of our lives-he traces the social transformations that have occurred in recent decades, and considers the profound effects of those changes on our values, relationships, and physical surroundings.
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Available in the SCC Library!
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The Weather Makers is both an urgent warning and a call to arms, outlining the history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and what we can do to prevent a cataclysmic future. Along with a riveting history of climate change, Tim Flannery offers specific suggestions for action for both lawmakers and individuals, from investing in renewable power sources like wind, solar, and geothermal energy, to offering an action plan with steps each and every one of us can take right now to reduce deadly CO2 emissions by as much as 70 percent.
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Humanity evolved in an Ice Age in which glaciers covered much of the world. But starting about 15,000 years ago, temperatures began to climb. Civilization and all of recorded history occurred in this warm period, the era known as the Holocene-the long summer of the human species. In The Long Summer, Brian Fagan brings us the first detailed record of climate change during these 15,000 years of warming, and shows how this climate change gave rise to civilization.
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Available in the SCC Library!
Available in the SCC Library!
"UNLESS someone like you...cares a whole awful lot...nothing is going to get better...It's not."
Long before saving the earth became a global concern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lorax, warned against mindless progress and the danger it posed to the earth's natural beauty.
"The big, colorful pictures and the fun images, word plays and rhymes make this an amusing exposition of the ecology crisis."?School Library Journal. Illus. in full color.
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