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Recommended Readings and Local Resources


Local Resources

Alcovy Conservation Center
Druid Hills Civic Association
Earth Charter
Emory University Ad Hoc Committee on the Environmental Stewardship
Emory University Senate Committee on the Environment
Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
Institute for Global Ethics
National Wildlife Federation Survey of Environmental Policy on College Campuses
Peavine Creek Watershed Alliance
Proctor Creek Watershed Action Project
RM Clayton Wastewater Plant
Second Nature | Education for Sustainability

Recommended Readings

Each participant was asked to recommend one or two books for this list.
A celebration of the world's Barrier islands. Pilkey, O. H. and M. E. Fraser (2003). New York, Columbia University Press.
A study of Schisandra glabra (Brickell) Rheder : a rare species endemic to the southeastern United States. Ettman, David. 1980. Emory University theses. Dept. of Biology. Bay Starvine.
A Moment on the Earth, Gregg Easterbrook; Viking Press
Affluenza : the all consuming epidemic. De Graaf, J., D. Wann, et al. (2001). San Francisco, CA, Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Agri-Culture : reconnecting people, land, and nature. Pretty, J. N. (2002). London ; Sterling, VA, Earthscan Publications.
Analyses of urban plant communities of Atlanta. Lund, Anne Casteen. 1974. Emory University theses (Ph.D.) Dept. of Biology
Annotated Huckleberry Finn : Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's comrade). Twain, M. and M. P. Hearn (2001). New York, Norton.
Asking the right questions in abnormal psychology, S. E. Keeley; Prentice Hall, 1995.
Atlanta's Urban Heat Island, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, April 1999. Satellite images in time series.
Baltimore Beltway 2025. Kallaugher, Kevin. Baltimore Sun.
Beyond the limits : confronting global collapse, envisioning a sustainable future, Donella Meadows, Dennis Meadows, & Jorgen Randers; Chelsea Green Publishing Co.
Bowling alone : the collapse and revival of American community. Putnam, Robert D. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2000.
Cadillac desert : the American West and its disappearing water. Reisner, M. (1986). New York, N.Y., U.S.A., Viking.
Can Ethics be Taught?, Thomas Piper, Mary Genlele, & Sharon Parks; Harvard Business School Press, 1993.
Charlantingham: Welcome to the big city. Tamman, Maurice. AJC. April 15, 2001 Sunday, Home Edition. P. 1A. Available on Lexis Nexis Academic on the Information Gateway.
Chemistry of the Environment, Thomas Spiro & William Stigliani; Prentice Hall, 1996.
Civic engagement in American democracy. Skocpol, Theda and Morris P. Fiorina. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 1999.
Civilizations : culture, ambition, and the transformation of nature. Fernández-Armesto, F. (2001). New York, Free Press.
Comedy of survival : literary ecology and a play ethic. Meeker, J. W. (1997). Tucson, University of Arizona Press.
Coming plague : newly emerging diseases in a world out of balance, Laurie Garrett. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994.
Comparison of canopy and understory species association patterns in mature Piedmont forests. Dew, Katharine. 1980. Emory University theses. Dept. of Biology.
Compass and gyroscope : integrating science and politics for the environment. Kai Lee; Island Press, 1993.
Consumer society reader. Schor, J. and D. B. Holt (2000). New York, New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton.
Consumer's guide to effective environmental choices : practical advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Brower, M., W. Leon, et al. (1999). New York, Three Rivers Press.
Dance of Tennis, J. Marcovicci; Skye Bird Publications
Defending Mother Earth, Edited Jace Weaver; Orbis
Desert Solitaire, E. Abbey; Touchstone Book, published by Simon & Schuster
Directory of Environmental Activities & Resources in the North American Religious Community Summer 1992
Dream Songs & Healing Sounds from the Rainforests of Malaysia, Smithsonian Folkways - CD
Dumping in Dixie : race, class, and environmental quality. Bullard, R. D. (2000). Boulder, Colo, Westview Press.
Earth in mind : on education, environment, and the human prospect. Orr, D. W. (1994). Washington, DC, Island Press.
Earth surface processes and landforms.
Earth from space. Leventer, A. and G. Seltzer (1995). New York, A.A. Knopf.
Ecocriticism reader : landmarks in literary ecology. Glotfelty, C. and H. Fromm (1996). Athens, University of Georgia Press.
Ecofeminism & The Sacred, Edited by Carol J. Adams; Continuum, NY
Ecological identity : becoming a reflective environmentalist. Thomashow, M. (1995). Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press.
Ecology of place : planning for environment, economy, and community. Beatley, T. and K. Manning (1997). Washington, D.C., Island Press.
Ecology & Liberation, Leonardo Boff; Orbis Books
Eco-Pioneers, Steve Lerner; The MIT Press
Ecotheology, Edited by David Hallman; WCC Publications
Ecotherapy:  Healing Ourselves, Healing the Earth, Howard Clinebell; Fortress Press
Embers & The Stars, Erazim Kohak; University of Chicago Press
Encompassing Nature, Edited by Robert Torrance; Counterpoint Press
Encounters with the archdruid. McPhee, J. A. (1990). New York, Noonday Press.
Energy 2000 : a global strategy for sustainable development : a report for the World Commission on Environment and Development [Brundtland Commission]. London: Zed Books, 1987.
Environmental ethics. Elliot, R. (1995). Oxford ; New York, Oxford University Press.
Environmental Chemistry, Gary VanLoon & Stephen Duffy; Oxford University Press
Environmental Chemisty, Nigel Beince; Wuerz
Environmental Ethics & Christian Humanism, Thomas S. Deer; Abingdon Press
Environmental Organic Chemistry, Rene Schwrzenbach, Philip Gschwend, & Dieter Imboden; John Wiley & Sons
Environmental Politics & Policy, Walter Rosenbaum; CQ Press
Environmentalism Cultural Theory, Kay Milton; Routledge
Exile and pride : disability, queerness, and liberation. Clare, E. (1999). Cambridge, MA, South End Press.
Faces of Environmental Racism, Editied by Laura Westra & Peter Wenz; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
First and second discourses together with the replies to critics and Essay on the origin of languages. Rousseau, J.-J. and V. Gourevitch (1986). New York, Perennial Library.
Foundations of ecology : classic papers with commentaries.Real, L., J. H. Brown, et al. (1991). Chicago, University of Chicago Press.
From ACT UP to the WTO: Urban Protest and Community Building in the Era of Globalization. Shepard, B. and R. Hayduk (2002). New York, Verso.
Frontiers of sustainability : environmentally sound agriculture, forestry, transportation, and power production. Dower, R. C. and World Resources Institute. (1997). Washington, D.C., Island Press.
Future in the balance : essays on globalization and resistance. Bello, W. F. and A. Mittal (2001). Oakland, Calif.; Chicago, Food First Books ; Distributed by LPC Group.
Future Eaters, Tim Flannery; George Braziller, Inc
Gain, R. Powers; Picador USA
Globalize This, Edited by Kevin Danaher & Roger Burbach; Common Courage Press
Green urbanism : learning from European cities. Beatley, T. (2000). Washington, D.C., Island Press.
Greening the GATT: Trade Environment & the Future, D. C Esty; Institute for International Economics
Guide to Southern Trees, E. S. Harrar & J. G. Harrar; Dover Publications
Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops, W. H. Murdy & E. B. Carter; University of GA Press
Harvard Business School Case Studies.
Healing Sounds from the Malaysian Rainforest, M. Roseman; University of California Press
Home from nowhere. Kunstler, James Howard. New York: Simon & Schuster. 1996.
How Many People Can the Earth Support, Joel Cohen; Norton
Human impact on environment and sustainable development in Africa. Darkoh, M. B. K. and A. Rwomire (2003). Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT, Ashgate.
I Myself Am a Woman, by Ding Ling, edited by T. E. Barlow; Beacon Press
Identification of SE Trees in Winter, R. J. Preston, Jr. & U. G. Wright; N.C. Agricultural Extension Service
Indigenous peoples and environmental issues : an encyclopedia. Johansen, B. E. (2003). Westport, Conn.
Inner Tennis, W. T. Gallaway; Random House
Interchange, A Quarterly Review of Education; Kluiver Academic Publishers
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
It's raining frogs and fishes : four seasons of natural phenomena and oddities of the sky. Dennis, J. (1992). New York, NY, HarperCollins.
Just sustainabilities : development in an unequal world. Agyeman, J., R. D. Bullard, et al. (2003). London, Earthscan.
Learning Science in the Schools,  Edited by Shawn Glynn & Reinders Duit; Laurence Erlbaum Assoc Publishers
Livable cities? : urban struggles for livelihood and sustainability. Evans, P. B. (2002). Berkeley, University of California Press.
Making Development Sustainable, Edited by Johan Holmberg; Island Press
Mean Streets. Garcia, Robert. , Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy. Knoxville: Fall 2000. Vol. 15, Iss. 3; p. 75 (7 pages) Disparity in access to environmental amenities, esp. transportation.
Measuring Sprawl and its impact. Ewing, Reid and Rolf Pendall. . See also Sprawl Index Atlanta. Smart Growth America.
Metamorphoses of Ovid, Translated by Marge Inner; Penguin Books
Models of God,  Sallie McFague; Fortress Press
Moon in a dewdrop : writings of Zen Master Dogen. Dogen and K. Tanahashi (1985). San Francisco, North Point Press.
Native Trees of Georgia, G. N. Bishop; GA Forestry Commission
Natural capitalism : creating the next industrial revolution. Hawken, P., A. B. Lovins, et al. (1999). Boston, Little Brown and Co.
Natural Alien: Humankind & Environment, N. Evernden; University of Toronto Press
Natural Environments of Georgia, C. H. Wharten, Bulletin 114, Dept of Nat. Resources Environmental Protection Division: GA Geologic Survey
New & Selected Poems, Mary Oliver; Beacon Press
Nicole Oresme & The Marvels of Nature, Bert Hansen; Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Noah's garden : restoring the ecology of our own back yards. Stein, S. B. (1993). Boston, Houghton Mifflin.
On the Nature of the Universe, Lucretius; Translated by R. E. Lathan; Penguin Books
One cup at a time: poverty alleviation and fair trade coffee in Latin America. Murray, D., L. T. Reynolds, et al. (2003). Fort Collins, CO, Colorado State University. Fair Trade Research Group.
Ostrich Factor, Garrett Hardin; Oxford University Press
Our Ecological Footprint, M. Wackernagel & W. Rees; New Society Publishers
Paradise for Sale, Carl McDaniel & John Gowdy; University of California Press
Poor Richard's principle : recovering the American dream through the moral dimension of work, business, and money. Wuthnow, R. (1996). Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press.
Powers of Ten, Philip & Phylis Morrison; Morrison Scientific Am. Library
Progress Without Loss of Soul, Theodor Abt; Chiron Publications> Religious Community; Summer 1992
Red Clay, Pink Cadillacs & White Gold, Charles Seabrook; Longstreet Press
Re-examining Environmental Justice: Race, Poverty, and Hazardous Waste Landfill Siting in Metropolitan Texas. Yandle, Tracy and Dudley Burton. 1996. Social Science Quarterly 77(3):477-492.
Reproductive rights and wrongs : the global politics of population control and contraceptive choice. Hartmann, B. (1987). New York, Harper & Row.
Risks of the red zone: Asthma outbreak hits kids. Guthrie, Patricia. AJC. August 19, 2000. Available on Lexis Nexis Academic on the Information Gateway.
Role of class, status, and power in the distribution of toxic superfund sites in Texas and Louisiana. Denq, Furjen, Douglas Constance, and Su-Shiow Joung. Journal of Poverty 4(4, 2000): 81-100. Class trumps race.
Round River from the Journals of Aldo Leopold, edited by L. B. Leopold; Oxford University Press
Science & the Human Spirit, Fred White; Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Sharing Nature's Interest, N. Chambers, C. Simmons, & M. Wackernagel; Earthscan Publications LTD
Sisters of Dust; Sisters of Spirit, Karen Baker Fletcher; Fortress Press
Site Planning, K. Lynch; The MIT Press
Skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world. Lomborg, B. (2001). Cambridge ; New York, Cambridge University Press.
Skeptical Environmentalist, Bjorn Lomborg; Cambridge University Press
Social life of information. Brown, J. S. and P. Duguid (2000). Boston, Harvard Business School Press.
Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell; Fawcett Columbine
Stanford University Business School Case Studies
State of the World 1999, Edited by Linda Starke; W. W. Norton & Co.
Storyteller, L. M. Silko; Arcade Publishing
Student-Active Science, Edited by Ann McNeal & Charlene D’Avanzo; Saunders College Publishing
Study of Plant Communities, H. J. Oosling; W. H. Freeman & Co.
Stuff:  the Secret Lives of Everyday Things, John C. Ryan & Alan T. Durning; Northwest Environment Watch, Seattle
Super Natural Christians, by Sallie McFague; Fortress Press
Sustainability on campus : stories and strategies for change. Barlett, P. and G. Chase (2004). Cambridge, MA, MIT Press.
Sustainable Development:  Exploring the Contradictions, Michael Redclift; Routledge; London & NY
Suwannee River, Cecile H. Malschat; University of GA. Press
Swamp:  On The Edge of Eden, Exhibit at Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art; University of FL, Gainesville 9/2000 – 1/2001
Taking Sides, Theodore Goldfarb; Dushkin/McGraw-Hill
Traffic safety facts 2001. NTSA. Includes fatality rates by city.
Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Fl, W. Bartram; Penguin Books
Trees of the SE United States, W H. Duncan & M. B. Duncan; University of GA Press
Turbulent Mirror, J. Briggs & F. D. Peat; Harper & Row
Urban sprawl and public health: designing, planning, and building for healthy communities. Frumkin, Howard, Lawrence Frank and Richard Jackson. Island Press. 2004.
Vital Signs 2000, Lester Brown, Michael Renner & Brian Halwell; W. W. Norton & Co
Voluntary simplicity : toward a way of life that is outwardly simple, inwardly rich. Elgin, D. (1993). New York, Quill.
Voluntary Simplicity, Duane Elgin; Quill Press/William Morrow, NY
Who Pays the Price, Edited by Barbara Rose Johnston; Island Press
Wildflowers of the Eastern United States, W H. Duncan & M B Duncan; University of GA Press
Women at Otowi Crossing, Frank Waters; Swallow Press, Ohio University Press
Woody Vines of the SE United States, W. H. Duncan; University of GA Press
World Resources 1998-99:  A Guide to the Global Environment; Oxford University Press
Writing on water. Rothenberg, David and Marta Ulvaeus. Cambridge: MIT Press. 2001. Environmental literature.
Yellow fever, black goddess : the coevolution of people and plagues. Wills, C. (1996). Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley Pub.
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