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Walking on Water: Reading, Writing, and Revolution
by Derrick Jensen

For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future
By Herman E. Daly & John B. Cobb, Jr.

The Myth of Green Marketing: Tending Our Goats at the Edge of Apocalypse
by Toby Smith

The Dream of the Earth
by Thomas Berry

Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered.
by Ernst Friedrich Schumacher

The Ideology of Life: The Foundation of Political Revolution and 21st Century Sustainability
by Dr. Joseph Palmer Roberts

When Corporations Rule the World
By David Korten

Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival? A Scientific Detective Story
by Theo Colborn, et al

A Language Older Than Words
by Derrick Jensen
NOTICE: MSRB no longer recommends The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Truth About Corporate Cons, Globalization and High-Finance Fraudsters, or any other book  by Greg Palast,  on grounds of his intellectual dishonesty.

UNDERSTANDING ECOLOGY AND GLOBAL ECO-CRISIS

Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival? A Scientific Detective Story
by Theo Colborn, et al

Toxic Sludge Is Good for You!: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry
by John C. Stauber, Sheldon Rampton

Trust Us, We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles With Your Future
by Sheldon Rampton, John Stauber

Living Downstream: A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment
by Sandra Steingraber

Deep Ecology for the Twenty-First Century
by George Sessions

OUR PLANET

The Dream of the Earth
by Thomas Berry

Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics
by Herman E. Daly, Kenneth N. Townsend

State of the World 2003
by Worldwatch Institute (Editor)

Vital Signs 2003
by Worldwatch Institute (Editor), et al

ETHICAL BUSINESS

Ethical-Ecological Investment: Towards Global Sustainable Development
by Lucia A. Reisch

Marketing, Morality and the Natural Environment
by Andrew Crane

The Environmental Consequences of Growth: Steady-State Economics As an Alternative to Ecological Decline (New Directions in Social Economics)
by Douglas E. Booth

Community over Chaos: An Ecological Perspective on Communication Ethics (Studies in Rhetoric and Communication)
by James A. Mackin Jr.

When Corporations Rule the World
By David Korten

When Good Companies do Bad Things
By Peter Schwartz, Blair Gibb

Code of Life-Cycle Inventory Practice
by Angeline S. H. De Beaufort-Langeveld

The Better World Handbook : From Good Intentions to Everyday Actions
by Ellis Jones, et al

The Silent Takeover : Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy
by Noreena Hertz (Author)

ECO-DESIGN

Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
By Janine M. Benyus

Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change
By Victor Papanek

From Eco-Cities to Living Machines: Principles of Ecological Design
By Nancy Jack Todd and John Todd

Ecological Design
By Sim Van Der Ryn and Stuart Cowan

Deep Design: Pathways to a Livable Future (Introduction by Paul Hawken)
By David Wann, Center for Resource Management

Ecological Economics
Environment, Power, and Society
By Howard T. Odum

Ecology and Design
by Bart Johnson , Kristina Hill

Design for Human Ecosystems : Landscape, Land Use, and Natural Resources
by John Tillman Lyle

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
by William McDonough, Michael Braungart

A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time
by John Brinckerhoff Jackson

Deep Ecology
by Bill Devall, George Sessions

The Deep Ecology Movement
by Alan Drengson (Editor), et al

The Life and Death of Planet Earth
by Peter Ward (Author), Donald Brownlee (Author)

Ecology, Community and Lifestyle
by Arne Naess (Author), David Rothenberg (Translator)

Portfolio Management for New Products
by Scott J. Edgett, et al

Streamlined Life-Cycle Assessment
by Thomas E. Graedel

The Alternative Building Sourcebook: Traditional, Natural and Sustainable Building Products and Services
by Shelter

Sustainable Solutions: Developing Products and Services for the Future
by Martin Charter (Editor), Ursula Tischner (Editor)

Sustainable Value: Creating It Through Sustainable Business, Products, Services
by Martin Charter, Tom Clark

ECO-ECONOMICS

Ecological Economics and the Ecology of Economics: Essays in Criticism 
by Herman E. Daly, Edward Elgar

Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications 
by Herman E. Daly, Joshua Farley

Mortgaging The Earth: The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, And the Crisis of Development
By Bruce Rich

Costing the Earth: The Challenge for Governments, the Opportunities for Business
By Frances Cairncross

Ecological Economics : An Introduction to the Study of Sustainability
by Michael Common (Author)

Paradigms in Progress: Life Beyond Economics
By Hazel Henderson

Steady-State Economics - With New Essays
By Herman E. Daly

The Case Against the Global Economy: And for a Turn Toward the Local
by Jerry Mander (Editor), Edward Goldsmith (Editor)

Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh
by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Peter Matthiessen

New Rules for the New Economy
By Kevin Kelly

ONE WORLD READY OR NOT : THE MANIC LOGIC OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM
by William Greider

SECRETS OF THE TEMPLE : Opening Paths to a Moral Economy
by William Greider

Sustainability in Question: The Search for a Conceptual Framework (Advances in Ecological Economics Series)
by Jorg Kohn (Editor), et al

The Political Economy of Sustainability: Towards the Integration of Economics, Social and Environmental Factors (Advances in Ecological Economics Series)
by Jorg Kohn

The Ecology of Money (Schumacher Briefing, 4)
by Richard Douthwaite, Bernard Lietaer

Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth
by Lester R. Brown

Growth Illusion. How Economic Growth Has Enriched the Few, Impoverished the Many, and Endangered the Planet
by Richard Douthwaite, Gregory Bateson

Short Circuit: Strengthening Local Economics for Security in an Unstable World
by Richard Douthwaite

The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism
by David C. Korten

Capitalism and a New Social Order
by Joyce Appleby 

Economic Thought and Ideology in Seventeenth Century England
by Joyce Oldham Appleby 

Reading Capital (The Verso Classics Series)
by Louis Althusser, Etienne Balibar, Ben Brewster (Translator) 

Capital and Time in Ecological Economics: Neo-Austrian Modelling (Advances in Ecological Economics)
by Malte Michael Faber (Editor), John Proops, Stefan Speck, Frank Jost

Charging Ahead: The Business of Renewable Energy and What It Means for America
By John J. Berger

Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism
By Sharon Beder

The Bottom Line of Green is Black
By Tedd Saunders and Loretta McGovern

Blueprint for Green Management: Creating Your Company's Own Environmental Action Plan
By Georg Winter

The U.S. Paper Industry and Sustainable Production: An Argument for Restructuring
By Maureen Smith

Learning to Count What Really Counts: The Economics of Wholeness
by Tom Bender

Issues in Environmental Economics
by Nick Hanley et al

The Management of Fate: An Introduction to Behavior-Economic Ecology
by Eric F. Graf

Risk Society : Towards a New Modernity
by Ulrich Beck  

Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications
by Herman E. Daly, Joshua Farley 

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Real Goods Solar Living Source Book: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies and Sustainable Living (Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook, 11th Ed)
by John Schaeffer (Editor), Doug Pratt

Powering the Future: The Ballard Fuel Cell and the Race to Change the World
by Tom Koppel

Fuel from Water: Energy Independence With Hydrogen
by Michael A. Peavey

Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet
by Peter Hoffmann, Tom Harkin (Foreword)

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power for Your Home
by Dan Ramsey

Achieving Energy Independence - One Step at a Time
by Jeffrey R. Yago

The Solar Electric House: Energy for the Environmentally-Responsive, Energy-Independent Home
by Steven J. Strong, William G. Scheller (Contributor)

Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems (Real Goods Solar Living Book)
by Paul Gipe (Preface), Karen Perez

Wind Power for Home & Business: Renewable Energy for the 1990s and Beyond (Real Goods Independent Living Book)
by Paul Gipe

The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling
by Daniel D., Ph.D. Chiras

Fuel Cell Systems Explained
by James Larminie (Author), Andrew Dicks (Author)

Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage
by Kenneth S. Deffeyes

Hydrogen: Its Production and Energy Uses
by Committee on Science and Technology U S (Editor), Committee on Science and Technology U. S.

The Hydrogen Economy: The Creation of the World-Wide Energy Web and the Redistribution of Power on Earth
by Jeremy Rifkin

Renewable Energy Resources (Understanding Global Issues)
by Trevor Smith

Strategies and Technologies for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: An Indo-German Contribution to Global Effects (Studies in Green Research)
by J. Fr Hake (Editor), et al

Geothermal Energy and Bio-Energy (Richards, Julie. Future Energy.)
by Julie Richards

Long-Term Integration of Renewable Energy Sources into the European Energy System (Environmental and Resource Economics)
by The Lti-Research Group (Editor), Lti-Reseach Group

Renewables Are Ready: People Creating Renewable Energy Solutions (A Real Goods Independent Living Book)
by Nancy Cole, et al

The Solar Economy: Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Global Future
by Hermann Scheer, Andrew Ketley

Successful alternate energy methods
by James D. Ritchie

Alternative Energy Sources (Science at the Edge)
by Sally Morgan

Future Sources (Energy)
by John Satchwell

Power With Nature: Solar and Wind Energy Demystified
by Rex A. Ewing

Energy for Planet Earth
by Scientific American, Scientific American Magazine

Alternative Energy (Essential Science Series) --
by Marek Walisiewicz, John Gribbin

Convert It!
by Michael Brown, Shari Prange

Spin Wave Technology: Initial Release
by George J Bugh

Logs, Wind and Sun: Handcraft Your Own Log Home ... Then Power It with Nature
by Rex A. Ewing, LaVonne Ewing

The New Independent Home: People and Houses That Harvest the Sun
by Michael Potts

Renewing Energy (Our World: Our Future)
by Sharon Dalgleish

ECO-MARKETING

Marketing Environmental Services
by David N. Wilson

Social Marketing Strategies: Conservation Issues and Analysis
by Donald L. Perry

Starting design and technology : business and enterprise
by Bill Nicholl

Ecological Marketing
by Karl E., Henion

Ecopreneuring: The Complete Guide to Small Business Opportunities from the Environmental Revolution
by Steven J. Bennett

Green Marketing
By Jacqueline Ottman

Using and Misusing Environmental Marketing Terms: An Evaluation byEpa

Agricultural Mathematics: Problems in Production Management, Marketing, Mechanization, Environmental Quality
by Roger, Higgs

Environmental Assessment of Products
by H. Wenzel

Environmental Marketing Management: Meeting the Green Challenge
by Ken Peattie

Product Policy in Europe: New Environmental Perspectives (Environment & Policy, Enpo7)
by Frans Oosterhuis, et al

Readings on Environmental Marketing
by ANA

Thinking About Environmental Impacts: Materials, Costs, Performance, Regulations, and Marketing
by Lawrence, Jr Molinaro

The Business of Sustainable Forestry Case Study - Marketing Products : Marketing Products from Sustainably Managed Forests: An Emerging Opportunity
by Diana Propper de Callejon, Tony Lent

Environmental Marketing/Labelling/ISO 14020
by Lee Kuhre

Costing the Earth
by Harvard Business School Press

International Marketing Strategy: Environmental Assessment and Entry Strategies
by Michael R. Czinkota, Ilkka A. Ronkainen

Nature and the Marketplace : Capturing the Value of Ecosystem Services
by Geoffrey Heal

The Environmental Marketing Imperative: Strategies for Transforming Environmental Commitment into a Competitive Advantage
by Bob Frause, et al

Sustainable Harvest and Marketing of Rain Forest Products
by Mark Plotkin (Editor), Lisa Famolare (Editor)

Mythologies
by Roland Barthes (Author), Annette Lavers (Translator)

Myth and Meaning, Myth and Order
by Stephen C. Ausband 

INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY

Business and the Environment : A Handbook of Industrial Ecology with 22 Checklists for Practical Use and a Concrete Example of the Integrated System...
By Georg Winter

Industrial Ecology
By Braden R. Allenby and Thomas E. Graedel

Industrial Ecology and the Automobile
By Braden R. Allenby and Thomas E. Graedel

The Greening of Industrial Ecosystems
By Braden R. Allenby and Deanna J. Richards (Editor)

Zero Pollution for Industry: Waste Minimization Through Industrial Complexes
By Nelson Leonard Nemerow

Industrial Ecology and Global Change
By R. Socolow (Editor), C. Andrews (Editor), F. Berkhout (Editor) and V. Thomas

Discovering Industrial Ecology: An Executive Briefing and Sourcebook
By Ernest A. Lowe, John L. Warren, Stephen R. Moran

Industrial Ecology: Towards Closing the Materials Cycle
By Robert U. Ayres and Leslie W. Ayres

STRATEGIC SUSTAINABILITY

For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future
By Herman E. Daly & John B. Cobb, Jr.

Ecosystem Sustainability and Health : A Practical Approach
by David Waltner-Toews

Design for Sustainability: A Sourcebook of Integrated, Eco-logical Solutions
by Janis Birkeland

Resilience, Sustainability and Equity
by Neil Adger

Energy Systems and Sustainability
by Godfrey Boyle (Editor), et al

Environment for Growth: Environmental Management for Sustainability and Competitiveness in Central America (Harvard Studies in International Development)
by Todor Panaiotov (Editor), et al

Sustainability and Cities : Overcoming Automobile Dependence
by Peter Newman (Author), Jeffrey Kenworthy (Author)

Stumbling Toward Sustainability
by John C. Dernbach (Editor)

The Hidden Connections: Integrating The Biological, Cognitive, And Social Dimensions Of Life Into A Science Of Sustainability
by Fritjof Capra

Just Sustainabilities : Development in an Unequal World
by Julian Agyeman (Editor), et al

Oceans 2020 : Science, Trends, and the Challenge of Sustainability
by J. G. Field G. Hempel (Editor), et al

Energy: Science, Policy, and the Pursuit of Sustainability
by Lloyd Orr (Editor), et al

Fostering Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing (Education for Sustainability Series)
by Doug McKenzie-Mohr, William Smith

Sustainability at the Cutting Edge: Emerging Technologies for Low Energy Buildings
by Peter F. Smith

2000 Aceee Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Efficiency & Sustainability: Proceedings
by Andre Desjarlais, et al (Software - September 2002)

Aceee Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Efficiency and Sustainability
by American Council for an Energy-Efficient (September 2002)

Achieving Sustainable Development (Sustainability and the Environment Series)
by Ann Dale (Editor), John B. Robinson (Editor) (Hardcover - July 1996)

Adaptation and development : interdisciplinary perspectives on subsistence and sustainability in developing countries

Advancing Sustainability Through Green Chemistry and Engineering (Acs Symposium Series, 823)
by Rebecca L. Lankey (Editor), et al

People and the Earth : Basic Issues in the Sustainability of Resources and Environment
by John James William Rogers (Author), P. Geoffrey Feiss (Author)

Deep Information : The Role of Information Policy in Environmental Sustainability
by John Felleman

The Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes: Causal Connections and Behavioral Mechanisms (Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation)
by Oran R. Young

Engaging Countries: Strengthening Compliance with International Environmental Accords (Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation)
by Edith Brown Weiss (Editor), Harold K. Jacobson

Environmental Sustainability: Practical Global Applications
by Fraser Smith

The Implementation and Effectiveness of International Environmental Commitments: Theory and Practice (Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation)
by David G. Victor (Editor), et al

Our Urban Future: New Paradigms for Equity and Sustainability
by Akhtar A. Badshah

Upsizing: the Road to Zero Emissions: More Jobs, More Income and No Pollution
by Gunter Pauli, et al

The Living Company: Habits for Survival in a Turbulent Business Environment
By Arie de Geus

Built to Last
By James Collins, Jerry Porras

Beyond Leadership: Balancing Economics, Ethics and Ecology (Developmental Management)
By Warren Bennis, Jagdish Parikh, and Ronnie Lessem

Earth in the Balance
By Al Gore

In Earth's Company: Business, Environment, and the Challenge of Sustainability (Conscientious Commerce)
by Carl Frankel

The Local Politics of Global Sustainability
by Thomas Prugh (Author), et al

The Basin of Mexico: Critical Environmental Issues and Sustainability
by Exequiel Ezcurra (Editor), et al

Sustainability Indicators: Measuring the Immeasurable
by Simon Bell (Editor), Stephen Morse (Editor)

Technology and the Contested Meanings of Sustainability
by Aidan Davison

Tomorrow by Design: A Regional Design Process for Sustainability (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design)
by Philip H., Jr Lewis

The Ideology of Life: The Foundation of Political Revolution and 21st Century Sustainability
by Dr. Joseph Palmer Roberts

Dancing With the Tiger: Learning Sustainability Step by Natural Step (Conscientious Commerce)
by Brian Nattrass, et al

Human Settlements and Planning for Ecological Sustainability: The Case of Mexico City (Urban and Industrial Environments)
by Keith Pezzoli (Author)

Sharing Nature's Interest : Ecological Footprints as an Indicator of Sustainability
by Nicky Chambers, et al

Sustainability Indicators: A Report on the Project on Indicators of Sustainable Development
by Bedrich Moldan (Editor), et al

Ecoregion-Based Design for Sustainability
by Robert G. Bailey

Kerala: The Development Experience: Reflections on Sustainability and Replicability
by Govindan Parayil (Editor)

The Ecology of Hope: Communities Collaborate for Sustainability
by Ted Bernard, et al

From Reclamation to Sustainability: Water, Agriculture, and the Environment in the American West
by Lawrence J. MacDonnell, George Vranesh

Ecosystem Management for Sustainability: Principles and Practices Illustrated by a Regional Biosphere Reserve Cooperativ
by John D. Peine (Editor)

The Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line (Conscientious Commerce)
by Bob Willard, et al

What Works: A Guide to Environmental Education and Communication Projects for Practitioners and Donors (Education for Sustainability Series)
by Martha C. Monroe

The Virtuous Spiral: A Guide to Sustainability for NGO's in International Development
by Alan Fowler

The Principles of Sustainability
by Simon Dresner

Future Cities: Dynamics and Sustainability (ALLIANCE FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY SERIES Volume 1)
by Fred Moavenzadeh (Editor), et al

Institutions, Ecosystems, and Sustainability
by Robert Costanza (Editor), et al

Measuring Sustainability: Learning by Doing
by Simon Bell, Stephen Morse

Cool Companies: How the Best Businesses Boost Profits and Productivity by Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By Joseph Romm

LAW, JUSTICE, EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS

America Needs Human Rights
by Anuradha Mittal (Editor), Peter Rosset (Editor)

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
by Michel Foucault, Alan Sheridan (Translator)

Divided Planet: The Ecology of Rich and Poor
By Tom Athanasiou

Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times
by Robert Waterman McChesney

20 Years of Censored News
by Carl Jensen, et al

Culture and the Question of Rights: Forests, Coasts, and Seas in Southeast Asia
by Charles Zerner

ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY

Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems
By Gretchen C. Daily, editor

Investing in Natural Capital : The Ecological Economics Approach to Sustainability
by AnnMari Jansson (Editor), et al

Toward ecological sustainability in Europe : climate, water resources, soils, and biota

Sustainable technology, making the Sardar Sarovar Project viable : a comprehensive proposal to modify the project for greater equity and ecological sustainability
by Suhas Paranjape

Ecological Sustainability and Integrity: Concepts and Approaches (Environmental Science and Technology Library, Vol 13)
by John Lemons

Green Plans: Greenprint for Sustainability (Our Sustainable Future, Vol 7)
by Huey D. Johnson, David Ross Brower

Environmental Engineering: International Perspectives (Environmental Education, Communication, and Sustainability, Vol. 3)
by Walter Leal Filho (Editor), Walter L. Filho (Editor)

The Productivity and Sustainability of Southern Forest Ecosystems in a Changing Environment (Ecological Studies, Vol 128)
by Robert A. Mickler (Editor), Susan Fox (Editor)

Justice and the Environment: Conceptions of Environmental Sustainability and Theories of Distributive Justice
by Andrew P. Dobson

The Natural Step for Business: Wealth, Ecology & the Evolutionary Corporation
By Brian Natrass and Mary Altomare

Cannibals With Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business
By John Elkington

The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability
By Paul Hawken

Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model
By Ray Anderson

E-Factor: The Bottom-Line Approach to Environmentally Responsible Business
By Joel Makower

Sustainability and Resource Assessment : A Case Study of Soils in the United States
by D. Eric Hyatt, et al

Sustainability and Firms: Technological Change and the Changing Regulatory Environment (Advances in Ecological Economics)
by Sylvie Faucheux (Editor), et al

The Sustainability of Long-term Growth: Socioeconomic and Ecological Perspectives
by Mohan Munasinghe (Editor), et al

Let Them Eat Data: How Computers Affect Education, Cultural Diversity, and the Prospects of Ecological Sustainability
by C. A. Bowers

Energy and the Ecological Economics of Sustainability
by John Peet

Growth Management for a Sustainable Future : Ecological Sustainability as the New Growth Management Focus for the 21st Century
by Gabor Zovanyi

The Natural Step for Business: Wealth, Ecology and the Evolutionary Corporation (Conscientious Commerce)
by Brian Nattrass, et al

Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Systems of Humans and Nature
by L. H. Gunderson (Editor), C. S. Holling

Identifying Environmental Aspects and Impacts
by Marilyn R. Block

The Land That Could Be: Environmentalism and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century (Urban and Industrial Environments)
by William A. Shutkin

Human Frontiers, Environments and Disease
by Tony McMichael

Beyond Earth Day: Fulfilling the Promise
by Gaylord Nelson, et al

The Earth Policy Reader
by Lester R. Brown, et al (Paperback)

Environmental Science: Creating a Sustainable Future
by Daniel D. Chiras

Going Local : Creating Self Reliant Communities In A Global Age
by Michael Shuman

One Makes the Difference: Inspiring Actions that Change our World
by Julia Hill (Author), Jessica Hurley

Beyond Growth : The Economics of Sustainable Development
by Herman E. Daly

Lean and Clean Management: How to Boost Profits and Productivity by Reducing Pollution
By Joseph J. Romm

ISO 14001: A Missed Opportunity for Sustainable Global Industrial Development
By Riva Krut and Harris Gleckman

Sustainable Measures: Evaluation and Reporting of Environmental and Social Performance
By Martin Bennett and Peter James with Leon Klinkers, editors

Mapping the Journey: Case Studies in Strategy and Action Toward Sustainable Development
By Lorinda R. Rowledge, Russell S. Barton and Kevin S. Brady

Ecomanagement: The Elmwood Guide to Ecological Auditing Sustainable Business
By Ernest Callenbach (Editor)

Company Environmental Reporting: A Measure of the Progress of Business & Industry Towards Sustainable Development (Technical Report No 24)
By UN Environment Program

Steering Business Toward Sustainability
By Fritjof Capra and Gunter Pauli, editors
United Nations University Press

Our Ecological Footprint
By Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees

Building Sustainable Societies: A Blueprint for a Post-Industrial World
By Dennis C. Pirages (Editor)

The New Economy of Nature
by Gretchen C. Daily (Author), Katherine Ellison (Author)

Common Interest, Common Good: Creating Value Through Business and Social Sector Partnerships
by Shirley Sagawa, et al

Walking the Talk: The Business Case for Sustainable Development
by Chad Holliday, et al

Beyond the Numbers : A Reader on Population, Consumption and the Environment
by Laurie Ann Mazur

Business And The Environment: A Reader
by Richard Welford (Editor), Richard Starkey

Business Management and the Natural Environment: Cases and Text
by Forest L. Reinhardt, Richard H. Vietor

The Business of Heart: How Every Day Americans Are Changing the World
by Michael J. Glauser

Confronting Consumption
by Thomas Princen (Editor), et al

Waste Minimization as a Strategic Weapon
by David F. Ciambrone

Insatiable Is Not Sustainable
by Doug Brown

Restoring the Earth: Visionary Solutions from the Bioneers
by Kenny Ausubel

Mary Lou and John Tanton: A Journey into American Conservation
by John F. Rohe

American Environmentalism (American Social Movements)
by Greg Barton

Alternative Construction: Contemporary Natural Building Methods
by Lynne Elizabeth (Editor), et al

Platforms for Sustainable Natural Resource Management: The Case of West Africa, Nirp (Nirp Research for Policy Series)
by A. Blum, et al

RECYCLING

ADVANCES IN PAPER RECYCLING: New Technology and Marketing Trends
by Ken L. Patrick

The Myth of Green Marketing: Tending Our Goats at the Edge of Apocalypse
by Toby Smith

Packaging Law Europe (Ashgate Studies in Environmental Policy and Practice)
by Patricia M. Bailey

How to Run a Community Recycling Center
by Anna L. Engelhardt

Recycling, International Trade and the Environment: An Empirical Analysis
by Pieter J. H. Van Beukering

WATER RECYCLING

Water and Wastewater Treatment: A Guide for the Nonengineering Professionals
by Joanne E. Drinan

Wastewater Treatment: Biological and Chemical Processes (Environmental Engineering, Berlin, Germany)
by Mogens Henze (Editor), et al

Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse
by George Tchobanoglous, et al

Water Sanitary and Waste Service for Buildings
by A. F. E. Wise, J. A. Swaffield, Wise

ECOLOGICAL PHILOSOPHY

Defending the Earth: A Dialogue Between Murray Bookchin and Dave Foreman
by Murray Bookchin, Dave Foreman, Steve Chase

The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy
by Murray Bookchin

Remaking Society: Pathways to a Green Future
by Murray Bookchin

The Greenpeace Guide to Anti-Environmental Organizations (The Real Story Series)
by Carl Deal, Greenpeace

The Limits of Environmentalism Without Class.
by John Bellamy Foster

The Vulnerable Planet: A Short Economic History of the Environment
by John Bellamy Foster

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
by Peter Kropotkin

Earth First!: Environmental Apocalypse (Religion and Politics)
by Martha F. Lee

Sand County Almanac
by Aldo Leopold

Green Rage: Radical Environmentalism and the Unmaking of Civilization
by Christopher Manes

Eco Warriors: Understanding the Radical Environmental Movement
by Rik Scarce, David Ross Brower

Thinking Like a Mountain: Towards a Council of All Beings
by John Seed, et al

Deep Ecology
by Bill Devall, George Sessions

Earth for Sale: Reclaiming Ecology in the Age of Corporate Greenwash
by Brian Tokar

Earthforce!
by Captain Paul Watson

Science Under Siege: The Politicians' War on Nature and Truth
by Todd Wilkinson, David Ross Brower

Earth First! Direct Action Manual: Uncompromising Nonviolent Resistance in Defense of Mother Earth.

POLLUTION CONTROL

Understanding Radioactive Waste
by Raymond L. Murray, Judith A. Powell

Pollution Control in East Asia: Lessons from the Newly Industrializing Economies
by Michael T. Rock

ENERGY MANAGEMENT

Energy Management Handbook (4th Edition)
by Wayne C. Turner

The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes
by Daniel D. Chiras

Guide to Energy Management (3rd Edition)
by Barney L. Capehart, et al

Handbook of Energy Audits (5th Edition)
by Albert Thumann

Handbook of Energy Engineering
by Albert Thumann, D. Paul, Ph.D. Mehta

Independent Builder: Designing & Building a House Your Own Way (Real Goods Independent Living Books)
by Sam Clark

Passive Solar House Basics
by Peter Van Dresser

Wind Energy Handbook
by Tony Burton (Author), et al

Wind and Solar Power Systems
by Mukund R. Patel

Using Sunlight For Your Own Solar Electricity
by Ralph W. Ritchie

Solar Electricity, 2nd Edition
by Tomas Markvart

COMMUNITY PLANNING

The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community
by Peter Katz, Vincent, Jr. Scully

Community By Design: New Urbanism for Suburbs and Small Communities
by Kenneth B. Hall, Gerald A. Porterfield

Beyond Charity: The Call to Christian Community Development
by John M. Perkins

Conservation Design for Subdivisions : A Practical Guide to Creating Open Space Networks
by Randall G. Arendt

An Interracial Movement of the Poor
by Jennifer Frost

The Community Planning Handbook: How People Can Shape Their Cities, Towns and Villages in Any Part of the World
by Nick Wates

Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
by Andres Duany, et al

Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community Assets
by John P. Kretzmann, John L. McKnight

The Careless Society: Community and Its Counterfeits
by John McKnight

Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: Economic Development, the Environment, and Quality of Life in American Cities (American and Comparative Environmental Policy)
by Kent E. Portney

Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves
by Kathryn McCamant, et al

The Cohousing Handbook: Building a Place for Community
by Chris Hanson

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Homeless Children and Families in Small-Town America
by Yvonne M. Vissing

Ecovillage Living: Restoring the Earth and Her People
by Hildur Jackson (Editor), Karen Svensson (Editor)

Sustainable Cities in Developing Countries
by Cedric Pugh

Creating Sustainable Cities (Schumacher Briefing, No. 2.)
by Herbert Girardet (Preface), Felix Dodds

City-Region 2020: Integrated Planning for a Sustainable Environment
by Joe Ravetz

NATURAL CAPITAL

The Secret Knowledge of Water : Discovering the Essence of the American Desert
by Craig Leland Childs

Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource
by Marq de Villiers

The World's Water 2002 - 2003: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
by Peter H. Gleick

Reclaiming the American West
by Alan Berger

Life's Matrix: A Biography of Water
by Philip Ball

Decolonizing Nature: Strategies for Conservation in a Postcolonial Era
by W. M. Adams et al

EDUCATION

Sustainable Education: Re-Visioning Learning and Change
by Stephen Sterling, David W. Orr

Deschooling Society: Social Questions
by Marion Boyars, et al

Deschooling society
by Ivan Illich

Experience And Education
by John Dewey (Author)

Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School
by Grace Llewellyn (Author), Amy Silver

PERSONAL SKILLS

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
By Stephen R. Covey

How to Win Friends and Influence People
by Dale Carnegie.

Psycho-Cybernetics
by Maxwell Maltz

The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management: Proven Strategies for Increased Productivity and Inner Peace
by Hyrum W. Smith

Magic of Thinking Big
by David J. Schwartz

FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE/MONEY MANAGEMENT/ SIMPLE LIVING

The Simple Living Guide: A Sourcebook for Less Stressful, More Joyful Living
by Janet Luhrs

Choosing Simplicity: Real People Finding Peace and Fulfillment in a Complex World
by Linda Breen Pierce, Vicki Robin (Foreword)

The Complete Tightwad Gazette: Promoting Thrift As a Viable Alternative Lifestyle
by Amy Dacyczyn

Complete Idiot's Guide to Simple Living
by Georgene Lockwood

A Reasonable Life: Toward a Simpler, Secure, More Humane Existence
by Ferenc Mate

Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered.
by Ernst Friedrich Schumacher

Culture Jam : How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge--any Why We Must
by Kalle Lasn

Voluntary Simplicity (rev): Toward A Way Of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich
by Duane Elgin

Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic
by John De Graaf, et al

Money: Whence it Came, Where it Went by John Kenneth Galbraith

New Money for Healthy Communities by Thomas Greco

The Future of Money: Beyond Greed and Scarcity by Bernard A. Lietaer

The Grip of Death - A Study of Modern Money, Debt Slavery and Destructive Economics by Michael Rowbotham

PLANTS, FOODS AND NUTRITION

The Permaculture Book of Ferment & Human Nutrition
by Bill Mollison

Introduction to Permaculture
by B. C. Mollison

The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World
by John Robbins, et al

The Eco-Foods Guide : What's Good for the Earth is Good for You!
by Cynthia Barstow

Fast Food Nation
by Eric Schlosser

Gardening for the Future of the Earth
by Howard-Yana, Ph.D. Shapiro, John Harrisson

Burpee : The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener : A Guide to Growing Your Garden Organically
by Karan Davis Cutler, et al

Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods
by Gary Paul Nabhan

Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating, Revised Edition
by Erik Marcus

CREATING A BETTER TOMORROW

Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet
by Frances Moore Lappe, Anna Lappe

The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex
by Helen Caldicott

Everything You Know Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Secrets and Lies
by Russ Kick (Editor), Richard Metzger (Preface)

Home From Nowhere: Remaking Our Everyday World For The 21st Century
by James Kunstler

A Language Older Than Words
by Derrick Jensen

Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things (New Report, No 4)
by John C. Ryan, et al

NATURAL ARCHITECTURE

Art of Natural Building
by Joseph F. Kennedy (Editor), et al

Ecohouse: A Design Guide
by Susan Roaf, et al

The Alternative Building Sourcebook: Traditional, Natural and Sustainable Building Products and Services
by Steve K. Chappell (Editor), et al

SCHOOL MANAGMNENT

Schools That Learn: A Fifth Discipline Field Book For Educators, Parents And Everyone Who Cares About Education
by Peter M. Senge

Learning All The Time
by John Holt

A Learning College For The 21st Century: (American Council on Education Oryx Press Series on Higher Education)
by Terry O'Banion

Developing Educational Leaders: A Working Model: The Learning Community in Action
by Cynthia J. Norris et al

Schools for the 21st Century : Leadership Imperatives for Educational Reform
by Phillip C. Schlechty

The New School Leader for the 21st Century, the Principal: The Princopal
by Edward H. Seifert, James A. Vornberg

School Business Management in the 21st Century
by Kenneth Stevenson

Shaping School Culture: The Heart of Leadership
by Terrence E. Deal , Kent D. Peterson

Becoming a Reflective Educator : How to Build a Culture of Inquiry in the Schools
by John W. Brubacher, et al

The Principal As Staff Developer
by Richard Dufour

The 21St-Century Principal: Current Issues in Leadership and Policy
by Milli Pierce, Deborah L. Stapleton

Human Resources in the 21st Century
by Marc Effron (Editor), et al

Redesigning Schools: Lessons for the 21st Century
by Joseph P. McDonald

Transforming Schools
by Barbara Schneider, Peter W. Cookson

The Quality School
by William Glasser

School Finance: A Policy Perspective
by Allan Odden

Financing School Facilities: A Report Prepared by Asbo International's Facilities Project Team

Financing Schools for High Performance : Strategies for Improving the Use of Educational Resources
by Allan Odden , Carolyn Busch

Complete guide for planning new schools
by Nickolaus Louis Engelhardt

Business Planning for Special Schools: A Practical Guide (Resource Materials for Teachers)
by Caroline Coles, Richard

Becoming a Multiple Intelligences School
by Thomas R. Hoerr (Paperback)

Mapping Educational Success : Strategic Thinking and Planning for School Administrators
by Roger Kaufman

The New Structure of School Improvement: Inquiring Schools and Achieving Students
by Bruce R. Joyce, et al

Improving School Effectiveness
by John Macbeath, Peter Mortimore

Re-Creating Our Schools for the 21st Century: Managing American Schools With Distinction
by James,Jr. Lewis

Schools of the 21st Century: Linking Child Care and Education (Renewing American Schools)
by Matia Finn-Stevenson, Edward Zigler

Building Community in Schools
by Thomas J. Sergiovanni

New Ideas for Effective School Improvement: Vision, Social Capital, Evaluation
by William Ramsay, Eugene Clark
ublic Schools That Work: Creating Community (Critical Social Thought)
by Gregory A. Smith

Dumbing us down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto

The Underground History of American Education
by John Taylor Gatto

21st Century Schools
by Jeremy White

The Unschooled Mind: How children think & how schools should teach
by Howard Gardner

Discovery of the Child
by Maria Montessori

Creative Curriculum Leadership: Inspiring And Empowering Your School Community
by Dale Brubaker

Curriculum Development in the Postmodern Era (Critical Education Practice)
by Patrick Slattery

Curriculum Integration: Designing the Core of Democratic Education
by James A. Beane

ECO-MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

Eco-Management Accounting: Based upon the Ecomac Research Project Sponsored by the Eu's Environment and Climate Programme (Dg Xii, Human Dimension of Environmental Change) (Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science, 3)
by Matteo Bartolomeo (Editor), et al

ORGANIZING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical Democratic Politics
by Ernesto Laclau, and Chantal Mouffe

Organizing for Social Change: Midwest Academy: Manual for Activists
by Kimberley A. Bobo, et al

Guerrilla Warfare: Che Guevara
by Ernesto Guevara, Marc Becker (Introduction)

Censored 2001: 25 Years of Censored News and the Top Censored Stories of the Year (Censored, 2001)
by Peter Phillips, et al

Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining, and Enjoying the Journey
by Michael Barry Winer, Karen Louise Ray

Collaboration: What Makes It Work
by Paul W. Mattessich, et al

Collaborative Leadership : How Citizens and Civic Leaders Can Make a Difference
by David D. Chrislip (Author), Carl E. Larson (Author)

Common Purpose: Strengthening Families and Neighborhoods to Rebuild America
by Lisbeth B. Schorr, William Julius Wilson

Community Building: What Makes It Work: A Review of Factors Influencing Successful Community Building
by Paul Mattessich, Barbara Monsey

Community Organizing : Building Social Capital as a Development Strategy
by Ross Gittell (Author), Avis Vidal

Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age
by Michael H. Shuman

In the Tiger's Mouth: An Empowerment Guide for Social Action
by Katrina Shields

Inventing the Nonprofit Sector and Other Essays on Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Nonprofit Organizations
by Peter Dobkin Hall

Let the People Decide: Neighborhood Organizing in America (Social Movements Past and Present)
by Robert Fisher

The Activist's Handbook: A Primer Updated Edition with a New Preface by Randy Shaw

The Drucker Foundation : The Community of the Future
by Frances Hesselbein

Community Participation Methods in Design and Planning
by Henry Sanoff

Skills in Neighbourhood Work
by Paul Henderson, David N. Thomas

Organizing for Power and Empowerment
by Jacqueline B. Mondros, Scott M. Wilson

Roots to Power: A Manual for Grassroots Organizing
by Lee Staples (Author), et al

How to Turn a Place Around
by Project for Public Spaces

Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
by William H Whyte

Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community Assets
by John P. Kretzmann, John L. McKnight

Grassroots Leaders for a New Economy: How Civic Entrepreneurs Are Building Prosperous Communities
by Douglas Henton (Author), et al

Collaborative Leadership: How Citizens and Civic Leaders Can Make a Difference
by David D. Chrislip, Carl E. Larson

Changing Places: Rebuilding Community in the Age of Sprawl
by Richard Moe, Carter Wilkie

A Better Place to Live: Reshaping the American Suburb
by Philip Langdon

A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
by Christopher Alexander, et al

The Fractured Metropolis: Improving the New City, Restoring the Old City, Reshaping the Region
by Jonathan Barnett

Downtown, Inc.: How America Rebuilds Cities
by Bernard J. Frieden, Lynne B. Sagalyn

Home From Nowhere: Remaking Our Everyday World For The 21st Century
by James Kunstler

Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth
by Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees

Earthscore: Your Personal Environmental Audit and Guide
by Donald W. Lotter

Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World
by Alan Weisman

Living on the Earth: Celebrations, Storm Warnings, Formulas, Recipes, Rumors, and Country Dances Harvested
by Alicia Bay Laurel

Mortgage Free! Radical Strategies for Home Ownership
by Rob Roy

Natural Beauty Basics: Create Your Own Cosmetics and Body Care Products
by Dorie Byers, R.N.

Rebuilding Community in America: Housing for Ecological Living, Personal Empowerment and the New Extended Family
by Ken Norwood and Kathleen Smith

Solviva: How to Grow $500,000 on One Acre and Peace on Earth
by Anna Edney

The Ten Percent Solution: Simple Steps to Improve Our Lives and Our World
by Marc Allen

Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays
by Louis Althusser

FOREST ECOLOGY

Clearcutting: A Crime Against Nature
by Edward C. Fritz, Ed Eakin

Whose Woods These Are: The Story of the National Forests
by Michael Frome

Sierra Club: The Last Stand : The War Between Wall Street and Main Street Over California's Ancient Redwoods
by David Harris

OTHER READING

The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
by Ray Kurzweil

1984
by George Orwell

Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World (Global Century Series)
by J. R. McNeill, et al

Human Ecology : Following Nature's Lead
by Frederick Steiner

Canaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West
by Chip Ward

Five Days That Shook the World: The Battle for Seattle and Beyond
by Alexander Cockburn, et al

Main Currents in Western Environmental Thought
by P. R. Hay

No Gods No Masters, Vol 1
by Daniel Guerin

Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977
by Michel Foucault

Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
by Michel Foucault

Ruling the Waves: Cycles of Discovery, Chaos, and Wealth, from the Compass to the Internet
by Debora Spar

Technology As Magic: The Triumph of the Irrational
by Richard Stivers

The Religion of Technology: The Divinity of Man and the Spirit of Invention
by David F. Noble

Eco Homo: How the Human Being Emerged from the Cataclysmic History of the Earth
by Noel Thomas Boaz

Running on Emptiness: The Pathology of Civilization
by John Zerzan, Theresa Kintz (Introduction)

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
by Howard Zinn

Economics At the Wheel: the Costs of Cars and Drivers
by Richard C. Porter

The Demon-Haunted World: Science As a Candle in the Dark
by Carl Sagan

The Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era
by Jeremy K. Leggett

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Truth About Corporate Cons, Globalization and High-Finance Fraudsters
by Greg Palast

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
by Carl Sagan

Dr. Art's Guide to Planet Earth : For Earthlings Ages 12 to 120
by Art Sussman Ph.D., et al

Fourth Generation Management: The New Business Consciousness
by Brian L. Joiner, et al

Implementing Your Strategic Plan: How to Turn "Intent" into Effective Action for Sustainable Change
by C. Davis Fogg

Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies : The Search for a Value of Place
by Thomas Michael Power

Statistical Methods for Detection and Quantification of Environmental Contamination
by Robert D. Gibbons

Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance
by M. John Storey, et al

Think and Grow Rich
by Napoleon Hill

Sustainable Products
by E. Datschefski

The New Psycho-Cybernetics: The Original Science of Self-Improvement and Success That Has Changed the Lives of 30 Million People
by Maxwell, M.D., F.I.C.S. Maltz, Dan S. Kennedy

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