Thursday, April 27, 2006

Summer Reading List

Here are some great new books on a range of environmental topics to check out:
Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert
Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen by Anna Lappe and Bryant Terry
Fields of Plenty: A Farmer's Journey in Search of Real Food and the People Who Grow It by Michael Ableman

Eco-fiction:
Hotter Than Hell by Mark Tushingham
Friend of the Earth by T.C. Boyle
Zodiac by Neal Stephenson

Not so new but still great:
Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices by Michael Brower

Believing Cassandra: An Optimists Look at a Pessimists World by Alan Atkisson
John E. Robbins Library, Brandon University - GE 170. A85

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

Or (re)read some of the classics:
Small is Beautiful by E.F. Schumaker
John E. Robbins Library, Brandon University - HB 171. S384 1999
Brandon Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction 330 Sch

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
John E. Robbins Library, Brandon University - SB 959.C3
Brandon Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction 632.9 Car

Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappe

Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
John E. Robbins Library, Brandon University - NA 9108 .J3
Brandon Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction 711.409 Jac

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