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General
Building consensus for a sustainable future : putting principles into practice.
Gerald Cormick ... [et al.]. Ottawa: National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, c1996.
Call Number: HC 120 .E5 B847 1996
The business guide to sustainability : practical
strategies and tools for organizations / Darcy Hitchcock
and Marsha Willard. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan,
2006.
Call number: HD 30.255 .H58 2006
The Center for Chesapeake Communities' summit : toward a sustainable Chesapeake : tools and techniques to promote smart growth, protect the environment and preserve quality-of-life. Printed by the Environmental Protection Agency for the Chesapeake Bay Program, 1999.
Call Number: HT 392.5 .C45 C46 1999
The ecology of place : planning for environment, economy and community.
Timothy Beatley, Kristy Manning. Washington, DC : Island Press, c1997.
Call Number: HT 167 .B43 1997
Energy revolution : policies for a sustainable future
/ Howard Geller. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2003.
Call number: HD 9502 .A2 G42 2003
Environment, power, and society for the
twenty-first century : the hierarchy of energy /
Howard T. Odum. New York : Columbia University Press,
c2007.
Call number: TJ 163.2 .O3835 2007
Fostering sustainable behavior : an introduction to community-based social marketing. Doug McKenzie Mohr and William Smith. Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, 1999.
Call Number: GE 195.7 .M36 1999
Holistic management : a new framework for decision making.
Allan Savory with Jody Butterfield. 2nd ed. Washington, D. C. : Island Press, c1999.
Call Number: HC 79 .E5 S2823 1999
Leading change toward sustainability : a
change-management guide for business, government and civil
society / Bob Doppelt. Sheffield, UK : Greenleaf,
2003.
Call number: HC 79 .E5 D66 2003
Linking social and ecological systems : management practices and social mechanisms for building resilience.
Edited by Fikret Berkes and Carl Folke. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998. Includes: Ecological practices
and social mechanisms for building resilience and sustainability by Carl Folke, Fikret Berkes, and
Johan Colding.
Call Number: GF 21 .L55 1998
Our common future. World Commission on Environment and Development. Oxford New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.
Call Number: HD 75.6 .O97 1989
Our ecological footprint : reducing human impact on the earth. Mathis Wackernagel and William E. Rees. Gabriola Island, BC
Philadelphia, PA : New Society Publishers, c1996.
Call Number: GF 75 W33 1995
Proceedings of the 1994 Chesapeake Research Conference : toward a sustainable watershed, the Chesapeake experiment.
Paula Hill and Steve Nelson, editors. Edgewater, Md. : Chesapeake Research Consortium, 1995.
Call Number: GB 991 .C487 C48 1994
Securing your future : pathways to community sustainability. Benedict J. Hren, Nick Bartolomeo and Michael Signer.
Gaithersburg, Md. : Izaak Walton League of America, 1995.
Call Number: HC 79 .E5 H74 1995
Stumbling toward sustainability. Edited by John C. Dernbach. Washington, DC : Environmental Law Institute, 2002.
Call Number: HC 110 .E5 S78 2002
Sustainable America : a new consensus for prosperity, opportunity, and a healthy environment for the future.
Washington, DC : President's Council on Sustainable Development, 1996.
Call Number: HC 110 .E5 P737 1996
The sustainability handbook : the complete
management guide to achieving social, economic, and
environmental responsibility / William R.
Blackburn. Washington D.C. : Environmental Law
Institute, 2007.
Call number: HC 110 .E5 B563 2007
Sustainability in action : profiles of community initiatives across the United States. Prepared for the Urban and Economic Development Policy Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by Concern, Inc., Community Sustainability Resource Institute, Job & Environment
Campaign. 1995.
Call Number: HC 110 .E5 S87 1995
Technology for a sustainable future : a framework for action. Washington, DC : Environmental Technology Strategy Staff, Office of Science and Technology Policy, 1994.
Call Number: HC 110 .E5 T43 1994
This place called home tools for sustainable communities [CD-ROM]. Produced by the Alliance for Community
Education and Pearson-Glaser Productions with major funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Sustainable Ecosystems and Communities. Washington, D.C. : 1998.
Call Number: CD-ROM HC 79 .E5 T48 1998
Toward sustainable communities : transition and transformations in environmental policy. Edited by Daniel A. Mazmanian and Michael E. Kraft. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1999.
Call Number: GE 180 .T69 1999
Agriculture
Agroecology : ecological processes in sustainable agriculture. Stephen R. Gliessman editor, Eric Engles technical
illustrator, Eric Engles contributing writer, Robin Krieger. Boca Raton : Lewis Publishers, c2000.
Call Number: S 589.7 .G58 2000
Agroecosystem sustainability : developing practical strategies. Stephen R. Gliessman. Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c2001.
Call Number: S 589.7 .G584 2001
Biotechnology's bitter harvest : herbicide-tolerant crops and the threat to sustainable agriculture. Rebecca
Goldburg ... [et al.]. Biotechnology Working Group, 1990.
Call Number: S 494.5 .B563 B56 1990
Facilitating sustainable agriculture : participatory learning and adaptive management in times of environmental uncertainty.
Edited by N.G. Rčoling and M.A.E. Wagemakers. Cambridge, U.K New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Call Number: S 494.5 .S86 S635 1998
Farming in nature's image : an ecological approach to agriculture. Judith D. Soule and Jon K. Piper. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1992.
Call Number: S 441 .S757 1991
A guide to USDA and other Federal resources for sustainable agriculture and forestry enterprises : adding value to agriculture and forestry through new and alternative enterprises and supporting sustainable agriculture through conservation, credit, and community development. A
publication of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture agencies working together for sustainable rural development in collaboration
with the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, 1998.
Call Number: S 409 .V9 1998
The landowner's survival guide : resources for agricultural landowners in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Compiled by Ruth Sullivan and Diana Friedman. Stevensville, MD : Future Harvest-CASA, 2002.
Call Number: S 494.5 .I47 L36 2002
Sustainable agriculture : Task Force report. The President's Council on Sustainable Development.
Washington, D.C. : President's Council on Sustainable Development, 1997.
Call Number: S 494.5 S86 P74 1997
Development & Construction
Best development practices : a primer for smart growth. Reid Ewing with Robert Hodder. Washington, D.C. : Smart Growth
Network : International City/County Management Association, 1998.
Call Number: HT 384 .U5 E95 1998
Best development practices : doing the right thing and making money at the same time. Reid Ewing with MaryBeth DeAnna, Christine C. Heflin, Douglas R. Porter. Chicago : American Planning Association, c1996.
Call Number: HC 107 .F6 E94 1996
Building inside nature's envelope : how new construction and land preservation can work together. Andy
Wasowski, with Sally Wasowski. New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Call Number: TH 4812 .W36 2000
Counties : foundation for a sustainable future. Issue 1: Introduction to sustainable development. Wash. D.C. : National
Association of Counties, 1994.
Call Number: HC 110 .E5 C685
The designer's atlas of sustainability / Ann Thorpe.
Washington, DC : Island Press, c2007.
Call number: HC 79 .E5 T486 2007
Ecological design handbook : sustainable strategies for architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and planning.
Fred A. Stitt, editor. London : McGraw-Hill, 1999.
Call Number: NA 2542.35 .E26 1999
Green building materials : a guide to product selection and specification. Ross Spiegel and Dru Meadows. New York : Wiley, c1999.
Call Number: TH 455 .S65 1999
Green building template: a guide to sustainable design renovating for Baltimore rowhouses.
Prepared by TerraLogos ECO Architecture for the Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources, 2001.
Call Number: MDNR NA 2542.3 .G74 2001 MDNR
Green development : integrating ecology and real estate. Rocky Mountain Institute [et al.]. New York : Wiley, c1998.
Call Number: HD 255 .G73 1998
Guiding principles of sustainable design. Denver, Colo. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park
Service, Denver Service Center, 1993.
Call Number: SB 486 .F34 G85 1993
Land use conflict : when city and country clash. Chicago, IL : Farm Foundation, 1999.
Call Number: HT 381 E33 1999
Land use in America. Edited by Henry L. Diamond and Patrick F. Noonan. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 1996.
Includes Sustainability and social justice : the changing face of land use and environmentalism by Charles Jordan.
Science and the sustainable use of land by Norman L. Christensen, Jr. An economic perspective on the sustainable
use of land. John A. Baden.
Call Number: HD 205 .L357 1996
Managing growth in America's communities / Douglas
R. Porter. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2008.
Call number: HT 384 .U5 P67 2008
Native to nowhere : sustaining home and community in a
global age / Timothy Beatley. Washington, DC : Island
Press, c2004.
Call number: HM 761 .B43 2004
The natural house : a complete guide to healthy, energy-efficient, natural homes.
Daniel D. Chiras. White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., 2000.
Call Number: TH 4815 .C485 2000
The natural house catalog : everything you need to create an environmentally friendly home.
David Pearson. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Call Number: TH 6057 .A6 P42 1996
Opportunities in Sustainable Development: strategies for the Chesapeake Basin.
Proceedings from a conference sponsored by the American Society of Landscape Architects, held in March 1997, edited by
Margarita Hill. Washington, DC: 1997.
Call Number: HC 79 .E5 O7 1997
Participation tools for better land-use planning : techniques & case studies. C. Nicholas Moore. Sacramento, CA : Center for Livable Communities, c1995.
Call Number: HC 79 E5 M6673 1995
Pennsylvania's first green building [videorecording] Harrisburg, PA : Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection, c1998.
Call Number: VIDEO NA 2542.36 .P45 1998
Placing nature : culture and landscape ecology. Edited by Joan Iverson Nassauer. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1997.
Includes Cultural sustainability: aligning aesthetics and ecology by Joan Iverson Nassauer.
Call Number: QH 541.15 .L35 P58 1997
Regenerative design for sustainable development. John Tillman Lyle. New York : John Wiley, c1994.
Call Number: GE 140 .L95 1994
Reshaping the built environment : ecology, ethics, and economics. Edited by Charles J. Kibert. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1999. Includes Promises and limits of sustainability by Charles J. Kibert. Ecological challenge, human values of nature, and sustainability in the built environment by Stepher R. Kellert.
Call Number: HD 255 .R47 1999
Resolving environmental conflict : towards sustainable community development. Chris Maser. Delray Beach, FL : St. Lucie Press, c1996.
Call Number: HC 79 E5 M3 1996
Skinny streets and green neighborhoods : design for
environment and community / Cynthia Girling, Ronald
Kellett. Washington, DC : Island Press, c2005.
Call number: HT 167 .G57 2005
Sustainable cities : concepts and strategies for eco-city development. Edited by Bob Walter, Lois Arkin, Richard Crenshaw. Los
Angeles, CA : EHM Eco-Home Media, c1992.
NA 9108 .S87 1992
Sustainable landscape construction : a guide to green building outdoors. J. William Thompson & Kim Sorvig with drawings by Craig D. Farnsworth. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2000.
Call Number: TH 380 .T46 2000
Toward sustainable development : concepts, methods, and policy. Edited by Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, Jan van der Straaten.
Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1994. Includes The significance of sustainable development for ideas, tools, and policy by J.C.J.M. van den Bergh, J. van der Straaten. The environmental sustainability of economic processes: a framework for analysis by P. Ekins.
Call Number: HD 75.6 .T69 1994
Well grounded : using local land use authority to achieve smart growth. John R. Nolon. Washington, D.C. : Environmental Law
Institute, c2001.
Call Number: KFN 5811 .Z9 N65 2001
Economics
The business guide to sustainability : practical
strategies and tools for organizations / Darcy Hitchcock
and Marsha Willard. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2006.
Call number: HD 30.255 .H58 2006
Eco-economy : building an economy for the earth. Lester R. Brown. New York : W.W. Norton, 2001.
Call Number: HC 79 .E5 B759 2001
The ecology of commerce : a declaration of
sustainability / Paul Hawken. 1st ed. New York, NY :
HarperBusiness, c1993.
Call number: HD 60 .H393 1993
For the common good : redirecting the economy toward community, the environment, and a sustainable future. Herman E. Daly and John B. Cobb, Jr. with contributions by Clifford W. Cobb. 2nd ed., updated and expanded. Boston : Beacon Press, c1994.
Call Number: HD 75.6 .D35 1994
Green to gold : how smart companies use environmental
strategy to innovate, create value, and build competitive
advantage / Daniel C. Esty and Andrew S. Winston. New
Haven, [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2006.
Call number: HD 30.255 .E88 2006
Lost landscapes and failed economies : the search for a value of place. Thomas Michael Power. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1996.
Call Number: HD 9506 .U62 P69 1996
Nature tourism : managing for the environment. Edited by Tensie Whelan. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1991. Includes Ecotourism and its role in sustainable development by Tensie Whelan. Making ecotourism sustainable : recommendations for planning, development, and
management by Elizabeth Boo.
Call Number: G 155 .A1 N39 1991
Valuing the future : economic theory and sustainability. Geoffrey Heal. New York : Columbia University Press, 1998.
Call Number: HD 75.6 .H416 1998
Fisheries
America's living oceans : charting a course for sea change : summary report : recommendations for a new ocean policy.
Arlington, Va. : Pew Oceans Commission, 2003.
Call Number: GC 1020 .A43 2003
Fish conservation : a guide to understanding and
restoring global aquatic biodiversity and fishery resources
/ Gene S. Helfman. Washington : Island Press, c2007.
Call number: SH 327.7 .H46 2007
Perspectives on Chesapeake Bay : Chesapeake Bay fisheries, prospects for multispecies management and sustainability.
Thomas J. Miller, Edward D. Houde, and Elizabeth J. Watkins. Annapolis, MD : Scientific & Technical Advisory Committee, Chesapeake Bay Program, 1996.
Call Number: QH 541.5 .E8 P46 1996
Our ocean future : themes and issues concerning the nation's stake in the oceans developed for discussion during 1998, the Year of the Ocean. A multi-sector, collaborative project of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment. Washington, D.C., 1998.
Call Number: MDNR GC 1020 .O97 1998 MDNR
Forestry
The business of sustainable forestry : case studies. A project of the Sustainable Forestry Working Group. Chicago :
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 1998.
Call Number: HD 9750.5 .B875 1998
The business of sustainable forestry : strategies for an industry in transition.Michael B. Jenkins and Emily T. Smith. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 1999.
Call Number: SD 387 .S87 J45 1999
Conserving the forests of the Chesapeake : the status, trends and importance of forests for the bay's sustainable future.
Annapolis, MD : United States Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Area, 1996.
Call Number: SD 144 .A113 C66 1996
Ecoforestry : the art and science of sustainable forest use. Edited by Alan Rike Drengson and Duncan MacDonald Taylor.
Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, 1997.
Call Number: SD 387 .S87 E26 1997
Forested landscapes in perspective : prospects and opportunities for sustainable management of America's nonfederal forests.
Committee on Prospects and Opportunities for Sustainable Management of America's Nonfederal Forests, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1998.
Call Number: SD 565 .F568 1998
Montgomery County forest conservation program, April 1992. Rockville, Md. : Montgomery County Government, 1992.
Call Number: SD 413 .M37 M657 1994
Sourcebook on criteria and indicators of forest sustainability in the northeastern area. Newton Square, PA : USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, 2002.
Call Number: SD 387 .S87 S68 2002
Sustainable forestry for tomorrow's world : first annual progress report on the American Forest & Paper Association's sustainable forestry initiative. Washington, D.C. : American Forest & Paper Association, 1996.
Call Number: SD 387 .S87 A64 1996
Wealth in woodlands 2002 : sustainable microbusiness options for the forest landowner. Charleston, W. Va. : Center for Economic Options, 2002.
Call Number: HD 9757 .W4 W43 2002
Sustainability Resources Online
General
Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) http://www.sage.wisc.edu/
SAGE studies problems caused by interactions between human activities, natural resources, and the environment. Abstracts describe research papers in global systems, land use, water, agriculture, ecosystems, human health, science, and policy. Also included are computer models and datasets, an Atlas of the Biosphere, and categorized links.
SustainLane Government http://www.sustainlane.us/
Contains more than 110 best practice documents and a secure directory of participating government officials from over 450 cities, counties and states. Includes best management practices for climate change policy, economic development, parks and open space, sustainability management, land use and planning, and more. Requires free registration.
U.S. EPA: Office of Sustainability
http://www.epa.gov/sustainability/index.htm
Provides resources for sustainability in the built environment, water, ecosystems, and agriculture, energy and the environment, and materials and toxics. Website includes a listing of events.
Agriculture
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC)
http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?tax_level=1&info_center=2
Contains a list of links to relevant sites dealing with sustainability, alternative plants and crops, farm energy options, grazing systems, organic production, ecological pest management, and soil and water management. From the USDA National Agricultural Library.
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
http://attra.ncat.org/
This searchable site "provides information and other technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, Extension agents, educators, and others involved in sustainable agriculture in the United States."
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP)
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/
SAREP assists California farmers and ranchers in developing and implementing sustainable production and marketing systems and support California's rural and urban communities in understanding the concept and value of sustainable agriculture and participating in sustainable food and agricultural systems.
Development & Construction
Green Design/Sustainable Architecture: Resources
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/GreenAll.html
Extensive bibliography on sustainable design of buildings, with listings for dictionaries and encyclopedias, handbooks, histories, journals, and resources for codes and specifications, design, building materials, construction methods, environmental health, energy, case studies, and more. Includes links to additional research guides on solar design, daylighting (natural lighting), and other design topics. From the Environmental Design Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
greenhomebuilding.com
http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/
Information about environmentally friendly, sustainable architecture and natural building, using renewable energy, local and recycled materials, and incorporating principles of conservation. Includes resource links and book and video recommendations.
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
http://www.iisd.org/
The mission of this Canadian organization is to advance "policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural resource management to make development sustainable." The site features news and publications on a variety of topics including business, energy, communities, livelihoods, knowledge networks, leadership, and more.
NRDC: Building Green: From Principle to Practice
http://www.nrdc.org/buildinggreen/
This presentation focuses on the benefits of sustainable construction for businesses. It includes basic steps in planning for green building, supplemented by case studies. Also includes a page explaining LEED certification for green buildings, and links to additional websites about sustainable building. From the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
U.S. DOE: Smart Communities Network http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/
This site offers a "menu of information and services on how your community can adopt sustainable development as a strategy for well-being." The site features case studies, links to technical and financial resources, and to model codes and ordinances communities have used to implement sustainable
development. Also includes overviews of topics (such as green buildings and transportation) links to online publications, and news. Searchable.
United Nations Division for Sustainable Development
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/
This United Nations division focuses on "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs." The site features documents, publications, and links to resources on biodiversity, energy, forests, desertification and drought, and other sustainable development issues. Also include national information by country.
Forestry
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) United States
http://www.fscus.org
Information about the activities of the U.S. branch of this nonprofit organization that sets standards for responsible and sustainable forestry. Features information about the council's certification process, a newsletter, and a browsable and searchable database of FSC-certified companies selling lumber,
building products, paper, and other forest products and services. Searchable.
State Initiatives
Minnesota Sustainable Communities Network
http://www.nextstep.state.mn.us/
Massachusetts State Sustainability Website
http://www.mass.gov/envir/Sustainable/
North Carolina Project Green
http://www.sustainablenc.org/
North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance: A Checklist for Office Sustainability
http://www.p2pays.org/ref%5C05/04040.pdf
Washington State Department of Ecology: Sustainability, Waste Reduction and Recycling
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/nav/sust.html
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