SUSTAINABILITY LIBRARY
Students, faculty, and staff may borrow items from the Education City Sustainability Library by e-mailing or by visiting the Campus Life suite in the Student Center. Individuals will be notified via e-mail when the items they have requested are available for retrieval in the Campus Life suite. For more information about the Education City Sustainability Library, please e-mail Christopher Silva, Sustainability Education Coordinator, at .
Sustainability Documentaries and Films
To reserve a DVD from the EC Sustainability Library, please e-mail with the name of the film and the date you would like to pick the DVD up from the Student Center. The DVD may be borrowed for two QF business days. By reserving and retrieving a DVD from the library, an individual agrees to replace the item if it is lost or damaged. Details about each film are available on the DVD Information page.
11th Hour, The
Addicted to Plastic
Affluenza
Big River
Blue Gold: World Water Wars
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil, A (2006)
Cove, The
Crash Course
Crude Awakening, A
Energy Crossroads: A Burning Need to Change Course
Escape from Affluenza
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
Food, Inc.
Fuel
Future of Food, The
Happy Feet
Greening of Southie, The
Inconvenient Truth, An
King Corn
No Impact Man
Power of Community, The: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
Tapped
WALL-E
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Books
To reserve a book from the EC Sustainability Library, please e-mail with the name of the book and the date you would like to pick the book up from the Student Center. The book may be borrowed for one QF business week and may be renewed twice. By reserving and retrieving a book from the library, an individual agrees to replace the item if it is lost or damaged. Details about each film are available on the Books (Children and Teen) and Books (Adult) Information pages.
Children and Teen
365 Ways to Live Green for Kids
Sheri Amsel
Down-to-Earth Guide To Global Warming
Laurie David and Cambria Gordon
Everything Kids’ Environment Book
Sheri Amsel
Green Teen, The: The Eco-Friendly Teen's Guide to Saving the Planet
Jenn Savedge
Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge, The
Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth, The
Sophie Javna
Where Does the Garbage Go?
Paul Showers
Polar Bears are Hungry, The
Carol Carrick
Adult
21st Century Project: Design Showcase – The Home
James A. Baumann
50 Ways to Save Water & Energy
Sian Berry
Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-Based Diet
Brenda Davis
Better World Handbook: Small Changes That Make A Big Difference, The
Ellis Jones
Bountiful Container: Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers (McGee’s and Stuckey’s)
Rose Marie Nichols McGee and Maggie Stuckey
Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
Janine M. Benyus
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Jared Diamond
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
William McDonough and Michael Braungart
Desert Gardener’s Companion, A
Kim Nelson
Designing the Sustainable School
Alan Ford
Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth
Lester R. Brown
Environmental Problems and Human Behavior
Gerald T. Gardner and Paul C. Stern
Extreme Gardening: How to Grow Organic in the Hostile Deserts
Dave Owens
Field Guide to Environmental Literacy: Making Strategic Investments in Environmental Education
James L. Elder
Food versus Fuel: An Informed Introduction to Biofuels
Frank Rosillo-Calle
Food Revolution, The: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World
John Robbins
Fostering Sustainable Behavior
Doug McKenzie-Mohr
Fresh Food in Small Spaces: The Square-Inch Gardener's Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting
R.J. Ruppenthal
Gardening in the Desert
Mary F. Irish
Gardening in the Middle East
Eric Moore
Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying
David Bach
Going to Green: A Standards-Based Environmental Education Curriculum for Schools, Colleges, and Communities
Harry Wiland and Dale Bell
Green Building A to Z: Understanding the Language of Green Building
Jerry Yudelson
Green Building Revolution, The
Jerry Yudelson and S. Richard Fedrizzi
Green Deen: What Islam Teaches About Protecting the Planet
Ibrahim Abdul-Matin
Greening the Ivory Tower: Improving the Environmental Track Record of Universities, Colleges, and Other Institutions
Sarah Creighton
Green Your Work: Boost Your Bottom Line While Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
Kim Carlson
Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces
Gayla Trail
Guide to LEED 2009: Estimating and Preconstruction Strategies
Thomas A. Taylor
In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto
Michael Pollan
It’s Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly Living
Crissy Trask
Language of School Design, The
Prakash Nair, Randall Fielding, and Jeffery Lackney
Natural Alternatives for You and Your Home: 175 Recipes to Make Eco-Friendly Products
Casey Kellar
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
Paul Hawken, Amory B. Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins
Omnivore’s Dilemma, The
Michael Pollan
Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
Lester R. Brown
Post Carbon Reader, The: Managing the 21st Century's Sustainability Crises
Richard Heinberg
Positioning Student Affairs for Sustainable Change
Linda Kuk, James H. Banning, and Marilyn J. Amey
Power from the Sun: A Practical Guide to Solar Electricity
Dan Chiras
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
Sustainable Education: Revisioning Learning and Change
Stephen Sterling
Sustainable Learning Community, The: One University’s Journey to the Future
John Aber, Tom Kelly, and Bruce Mallory
Sustainability Revolution, The: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift
Andres R. Edwards
Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience
Rob Hopkins
Water Consciousness
Tara Lohan
Wind Energy Basics, Second Edition: A Guide to Home- and Community-Scale Wind-Energy Systems
Paul Gipe
World Without Us, The
Alan Weisman
