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== Environmental Studies == | == Environmental Studies == | ||
* "Classics in Environmental Studies" - Nico Helissen (1997). | * "Classics in Environmental Studies" - Nico Helissen (1997). | ||
Contains excerpts of books and reports from Malthus and Carson to Harrison and Gore. A good way to ramp up quickly on some of the commonly discussed environmental literature. Note the copyright is quite old, so newer stuff is not found in the book. | : Contains excerpts of books and reports from Malthus and Carson to Harrison and Gore. A good way to ramp up quickly on some of the commonly discussed environmental literature. Note the copyright is quite old, so newer stuff is not found in the book. | ||
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== Fun == | == Fun == | ||
* "Encounters with the Archdruid" - John McPhee (1971). | * "Encounters with the Archdruid" - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McPhee John McPhee] (1971). | ||
A narrative of three journeys with | : A narrative of three journeys with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brower David Brower], first executive director of the Sierra Club and founder of Friends of Earth. In each journey, David Brower is paired with a mineral engineer, a dam builder, and a real estate developer. A fabulous and quick read with many take aways. | ||
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| 2010 Global Sustainability Summer School |
A few of us thought it might be helpful to have a section of books/readings that participants that were valuable to the sustainability discussion, or at least great reads! Feel free to change categories, add books, or contribute your own thoughts to books already listed.
Environmental Studies
- "Classics in Environmental Studies" - Nico Helissen (1997).
- Contains excerpts of books and reports from Malthus and Carson to Harrison and Gore. A good way to ramp up quickly on some of the commonly discussed environmental literature. Note the copyright is quite old, so newer stuff is not found in the book.
Economics
Fun
- "Encounters with the Archdruid" - John McPhee (1971).
- A narrative of three journeys with David Brower, first executive director of the Sierra Club and founder of Friends of Earth. In each journey, David Brower is paired with a mineral engineer, a dam builder, and a real estate developer. A fabulous and quick read with many take aways.