Staff Reading List
Books We Recommend...
Awakening Earth: Exploring the Dimensions of Human Evolution, Duane Elgin
Beyond the Limits, Donnella H. Meadows and Jorgen Randers
Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, Janine M. Benyus
Cannibals With Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of the 21st Century Business, John Elkington
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, William McDonough and Michael Braungart
Confessions of a Radicalist: Profits, People, Purpose--Doing Business by Respecting the Earth, Ray Anderson
Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect, David W. Orr
Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World, David W. Orr
Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability, Paul Hawken
Environmental Indicators: A Systematic Approach to Measuring and Reporting on Environmental Policy Performance in the Context of Sustainable Development, Allen Hammond and others
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, Eric Schlosser
Guide to Sustainable Community Indicators, Maureen Hart
"The Hidden Commons", from YES Magazine, Summer 2005, Jonathan Rowe
Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet, Frances Moore Lappe and Anna Lappe
"If the GDP is Up, Why is America Down?", from The Atlantic Monthly, October 1995, Clifford Cobb, Ted Halstead and Jonathan Rowe
In Earth's Company: Business, Environment, and the Challenge of Sustainability, Carl Frankel
Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model, Ray Anderson
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, Paul Hawken, Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins
The Natural Step for Business: Wealth, Ecology and the Evolutionary Corporation, Brian Nattrass & Mary Altomare
The New Science of Networks, Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
"The Next Industrial Revolution," from The Atlantic Monthly, October 1998, William McDonough and Michael Braungart
Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth, Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees
The Overspent American, Juliet Schorr
Promise Ahead: A Vision of Hope and Action for Humanity's Future, Duane Elgin
The Real Food Revival, Sherri Brooks Vinton and Ann Clark Espuelas
Redesigning Society, Russell L. Ackoff and Sheldon Rovin
"Rethinking Costs and Benefits," from In Context, Summer 1995 (Issue #41), Sarah van Gelder
Seven Sustainable Wonders, Northwest Environment Watch
Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things, John C. Ryan and Alan Thein Durning
The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals And Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World by Peter M. Senge, Joe Laur, Sara Schley, and Bryan Smith
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell
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