Renewable
energy:
Sustainable Energy –
Without the Hot Air, David MacKay www.withouthotair.com
Climate
change (apolitical):
Ecological Impacts of
Climate Change (2009)
Understanding and Relating to Climate Change
(2008)
National Academy of Sciences www.nas.edu/climatechange
Book
Recommendations: The following titles span the range from
books mostly concerned with the mechanics of business sustainability to
those more concerned with the relations between humans and the remainder
of the natural world. (Check back from time-to-time as the list will
grow.)
The Bridge at the Edge
of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to
Sustainability, James Speth
The Natural Step for Business: Wealth, Ecology and the
Evolutionary Corporation, Brian Nattrass and Mary Altomare
Green Intentions: Creating a Green Value Stream to Compete and
Win, Brett Wills
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution,
Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins
The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability,
Paul Hawken
Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, Bill
McKibben
Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global
Warming, Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn
Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, Lester Brown
(download free pdf @ http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB3/pb3book.pdf
The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World and
What We Eat, Charles Clover (Film release 2nd half 2009)
With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in
Climate Change, Fred Pearce
Biomimicry: Innovations Inspired by Nature, Janine Benyus
Encounters with the Archdruid, John McPhee
The Future of Life, Edward O. Wilson (Two-time Pulitzer Prize
winner and world-renowned biologist)
Deep Ecology: Living as if Nature Mattered, Bill Devall and
George Sessions
The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature, David
Suzuki
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