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Books

Activism:

Biodiversity/Life Interconnectedness:

  • The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Elizabeth Kolbert. Picador, January 6, 2015.
  • The Future of Life, by Edward O. Wilson. Publisher: Abacus- July 3, 2003.
  • Fighting for Love in the Century of Extinction How Passion and Politics Can Stop Global Warming, Eban Goodstein 2007.
  • Harmony: A New Way of Looking at our World, HRH The Prince of Wales shares his views on how our most pressing modern challenges—from climate change to poverty—are rooted in mankind’s disharmony with nature, presenting a compelling case that the solution lies in our ability to regain a balance with the world around us. Harper, Nov 2010.
  • Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril, Kathleen Dean Moore (Editor), Michael P. Nelson (Editor) Moral Ground brings together the testimony of over eighty visionaries—theologians and religious leaders, scientists, elected officials, business leaders, naturalists, activists, and writers—to present a diverse and compelling call to honor our individual and collective moral responsibility to our planet. Trinity University Press Aug, 2010.

Books Online:

  • Thoreau’s Legacy: American Stories about Global Warming introduces a new generation of writers and photographers with a personal connection to global warming. 67 essays and images picked by the Union of Concerned Scientists’ about beloved places, people, plants, animals, and activities at risk from a changing climate—and the efforts that individuals are making to save what they love.
  • Project Gutenberg, the first producer of free electronic books (ebooks). There are over 28,000 free books in the Project Gutenberg Online Book Catalog and over 100,000 titles are available at Project Gutenberg Partners, Affiliates and Resources.
  • Walden: Life in the Woods, Author: Henry David Thoreau. Edition Used: Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1854. Encyclopedia of Earth. Free.
  • Scribd, an online document store where anyone- from professional publishers and authors to students, scientists, and artists- can upload and sell sample chapters of books, research reports, homework, recipes and the like. Users can read documents on the site, embed them in other sites and share links over social networks and e-mail.

Building:

Chemicals:

  • Silent Spring (Paperback) by Rachel Carson Publisher: Mariner Books; 1st ed pub. 1962.
  • Silent Snow: The Slow Poisoning of the Arctic Traditionally thought of as the last great unspoiled territory on Earth, the Arctic is in reality home to some of the most contaminated people and animals on the planet. Awarded a major grant to conduct an exhaustive study of the deteriorating environment of the Arctic by the Pew Charitable Trusts, Los Angeles Times environmental reporter Marla Cone traveled across the Arctic, from Greenland to the Aleutian Islands, to find out why the Arctic is toxic. Grove Press, 2006.
  • Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival?–A Scientific Detective Story (Paperback) by Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, John Peter Meyers. Publisher: Plume, March 1, 1997.
  • Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Paperback) by Doris Rapp. Publisher: Environmental Research Foundation, Oct 2003.

Clean Energy:

Cli-Fi:

Climate:

Community:

Efficiency:

Environment:

Exchange/Rent:

  • Book Mooch. Give books away. Get books you want. A community for exchanging used books. There is no cost to join or use the web site: your only cost is mailing your books to others.
  • Paperback Swap– Mail a book. Get a book. Any book you request is yours to keep, share or trade. No processing charges. Every time you mail a book to another member, you can request one for yourself from over 3.3 Million.

Food:

Forests/Trees:

Gardening:

Geothermal:

GMOs:

Green Jobs:

Greening the Economy:

Greywater:

Insects:

Nature:

  • A Sand County Almanac (Paperback) by Aldo Leopold. Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1st pub. 1949.
  • Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine M. Benyus. Publisher: Harper Perennial- September 17, 2002.
  • Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World by Paul Stamets. Stamets has discovered is that we can capitalize on mycelium’s digestive power and target it to decompose toxic wastes and pollutants (mycoremediation), catch and reduce silt from streambeds and pathogens from agricultural watersheds (mycofiltration), control insect populations (mycopesticides), and generally enhance the health of our forests and gardens (mycoforestry and myco-gardening). Publisher: Ten Speed Press- October 2005.

Oceans:

  • Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis by Alanna Mitchell. Published in Canada by McClelland & Stewart, in the U.S. by University of Chicago Press October 2009. Examines the current state of the world’s oceans. Mitchell examined nine of the global oceans’ hotspots to see firsthand what is really happening in the world’s oceans. The impact of coral reef bleaching, the puzzle of the growing number of oxygen-less dead zones, the implications of the increasing acidification of the sea. Explains the science behind the story.

Organic:

Plastics:

Policy:

  • Global climate change and U.S. Law  Michael Gerrard, editor. Published by American Bar Association, 2007.  A comprehensive, current examination of U.S. law as it relates to global climate change.

Recycling:

Renewable Energy:

  • The Homeowner’s Guide to Renewable Energy by Dan Chiras gives readers sufficient knowledge to hire and communicate effectively with contractors and, for those wanting do installations themselves, it recommends more detailed manuals. Paperback- ISBN: 086571536X Mother Earth News: 2006.
  • Renewable Energy Made Easy: Free Energy from Solar, Wind, Hydropower, and Other Alternative Energy Sources by David Craddock, 2008.

Reviews:

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Soil:

Soil Atlas: Facts and figures about earth, land and fields. Jan 08, 2015. Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies. Free PDF Download. It takes several thousand years to build a thin layer of fertile topsoil, but only an hour of heavy rain to lose it. This Soil Atlas shows what can succeed and why the soil should concern us all.

Solar/Passive:

Solar:

Suburbs:

Sustainability:

Teaching:

Technology:

Urbanism:

  • Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change by Peter Calthorpe shows how regionally scaled urbanism can be combined with green technology to achieve not only needed reductions in carbon emissions but other critical economies and lifestyle benefits. A call to action and a road map for moving forward.  Island Press Dec. 2010.

Water:

Water Barrels:

Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds for Domestic Supply, Fire and Emergency Use–Includes How to Make Ferrocement Water Tanks (Paperback) by Art Ludwig. Publisher: Oasis Design, May 30, 2005.

Weddings:

Wind: