Education
for Sustainable Living, Environmental Respect, and Celebrating the Quality of
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Suggested "Summer" Reading List Making changes and reducing personal impacts Brower, M. and W. Leon. 1999. The consumers guide to effective environmental choices: practical advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Three Rivers Press, NY. (useful practical information) McKenzie-Mohr, D. and W. Smith. 1999. Fostering sustainable behavior: an introduction to community-based social marketing. New Society Publishing, NY. (covers what makes people decide to make and keep making changes)
Taylor, B. 2001. More fun – less stuff: starter kit. Center for a New American Dream. Takoma Park, MD. (fun light book – good practical information)
State of the World
Speth, G. 2003. Red Sky at Morning: American and the crisis of the global environment. A citizen's agenda for action. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.
Ayers, E. 1999. God’s last offer: negotiating for a sustainable future. Worldwatch institute publication. ISBN 1-56858-174-2 (used for much of the materials in the first part of the course)
Brown, L. 2003.
Plan B: rescuing a planet
under stress and a civilization in trouble.
W.W. Norton & Company, NY.
(haven’t yet read, but its on my summer reading list)
Halweil, B, et al. 2004. State of the world: Special focus - the consumer society. Worldwatch Institute.
EnergyHowe, J. 2003. The end of fossil energy and a plan for sustainability. McIntire Publishing, Milwaukee WI.
Goodstein, D. 2002. Out of gas: the end of the age of oil. Norton and company, New York.
Heinberg, R. 2004. Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-carbon world. New Society Publishers. Gabriola Island, BC. Canada
EconomicsKorton, D.C. 2001. When corporations rule the world. Kumerian Press, Bloomfield, CT. (I consider this an absolute must-read: I would have covered more of this in the course, but I am not an economist)
WaterWard, D.R. 2002. Water wars: drought, flood, folly, and the politics of thirst. Riverhead Books, NY. ( a very interesting book on various aspects of water )
Postel, S. 1999. Pillar of sand: can the irrigation miracle last? W.W. Norton and Company, NY. ( fabulous book on history of water and irrigation ) Simplicity
Segal, J. 1999. Graceful simplicity: toward a philosophy and politics of simple living. Henry Holt and Company, NY.
(wonderful book on simple living)
Mills, S. 2002. Epicurean simplicity. Clearwater Books, NY. ( a book of how this woman finds simple living meaningful ) 
Food Systems
Manning, Richard. 2004. Against the grain: How agriculture has hijacked civiliization. North Point Press, New York.
This is a provocative book that examines the role of grains throughout civilization and what they are doing to us today.
Menzel, P. and F. Alluisio. 2005. Hungry Planet: what the world eats. Ten Speed Press.
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