Sustainability, Related Websites
CHAPTER 1
Henry David Thoreau, Walden, “Where I Lived and What I Lived For”
The Walden Woods Project: http://www.walden.org
The Thoreau Society: http://www.thoreausociety.org
Walden Pond State Reservation: http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/regionnorth/walden-pond-state-reservation.html
Henry David Thoreau—American Transcendentalism Web: http://transcendentalismlegacy.tamu.edu/authors/thoreau
The Thoreau Reader: http://thoreau.eserver.org
The Thoreau Edition: http://thoreau.library.ucsb.edu
The Thoreau Farm Trust: http://thoreaufarm.org
John Muir, “The American Forests”
American Forests: http://www.americanforests.org
John Muir: A Brief Biography:
http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/life/muir_biography.aspx
John Muir: National Historic Site: http://www.nps.gov/jomu/index.htm
John Muir: Yosemite: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/yosemite.html
John Muir: The John Muir Global Network: http://www.johnmuir.org
John Muir Wilderness: http://sierrawild.gov/wilderness/john-muir
Rachel Carson, “The Obligation to Endure”
Rachael Carson Biography: http://www.rachelcarson.org/Biography.aspx#.UpeAZGRDuoM
Rachael Carson: National Wildlife Refuge: http://www.fws.gov/refuge/rachel_carson
Rachael Carson Council Inc: http://www.rachelcarsoncouncil.org
Rachael Carson: Silent Spring, A book that Changed the World:
http://www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/silent-spring/overview
Silent Spring Institute: http://www.silentspring.org
Aldo Leopold, “Thinking Like a Mountain”
Aldo Leopold Foundation: http://www.aldoleopold.org/home.shtml
Aldo Leopold Biography: http://www.wilderness.net/NWPS/leopold
Aldo Leopold Nature Center: http://aldoleopoldnaturecenter.org
Aldo Leopold: Green Fire: http://www.aldoleopold.org/greenfire/about.shtml
David Suzuki, “The Sacred Balance”
David Suzuki Foundation: http://www.davidsuzuki.org
David Suzuki Biography: http://www.ascensiongateway.com/quotes/david-suzuki/biography.htm
David Suzuki: Rediscovering the Sacred Balance: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/blogs/sciencematters/2011/01/rediscovering-the-sacred-balance
David Suzuki: Projects: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/issues/wildlife-habitat/projects
Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis L. Meadows, “Limits to Growth: Tools for
the Transition to Sustainability”
Donella Meadows Biography: http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/154535
Jorgen Randers Biography: http://www.innovationskongress.at/_lccms_/_00354/JorgenRanders.htm?VER=130508133421&LANG=eng&MID=347
Dennis Meadows Biography: http://www.iisd.org/generata/?page_id=4214
Limits to Growth: A Book that Launched a Movement:
http://www.thenation.com/article/171610/limits-growth-book-launched-movement#
Limits to Growth: 1972 'Collapse' Prediction Still on Track:
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/06-2
CHAPTER 2
World Commission on Environment and Development, “The Brundtland Report”
Dr. Gro Harlem Bruntland Biography: http://www.un.org/News/dh/hlpanel/brundtland-bio.htm
The Bruntland Report Action: http://www.sustainableenvironment.org.uk/Action/Brundtland_Report.php
What is Sustainable Development: http://www.iisd.org/sd
Our Common Future: http://www.ourcommonfuture.de/en
Al Gore, “Climate of Denial”
Al Gore Biography: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/gore-bio.html
Al Gore’s Website: http://www.algore.com
EPA: Climate Change: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange
An Inconvenient Truth Website: http://www.takepart.com/an-inconvenient-truth/film
David W Orr, “Framing Sustainability”
David Orr Biography: http://www.oberlin.edu/news-info/98sep/orr_profile.html
The Oberlin Project: http://www.oberlinproject.org
What Would Lincoln Say: http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/david-orr-onframing-sustainability-what-would-lincoln-say.html?campaign=th_rss
Carolyn Merchant, “Earthcare: Women and the Environment”
Carolyn Merchant Biography: http://ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/people_profiles/carolynmerchant
Science and Worldviews: http://www.history.vt.edu/Barrow/Hist3706/merchant.html
Ecofeminism: http://www.thegreenfuse.org/ecofem.htm
Tim McDonnell, “Why do Conservatives like to Waste Energy”
Conservatives prefer to waste energy: http://www.treehugger.com/culture/conservatives-wasteenergy-study.html
Tim McDonnell Articles: http://www.motherjones.com/authors/tim-mcdonnell
Conservatives vs Liberals: http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/conservative-vs-liberal-beliefs
Bjorn Lomborg, “Yes, it Looks Bad But…”
Bjorn Lomborg Website: http://www.lomborg.com
Bjorn Lomborg Biography: http://www.lomborg.com/about
UCS Examines The Skeptical Environmentalist:
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/fight-misinformation/ucs-examines-theskeptical.html
Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324432404579051123500813210
Larry Miller, “Sustainability, the New Holy Grail”
Political Christian Website: http://www.politicalchristian.org/index.html
Political Christian Blog: http://www.politicalchristian.org/wordpress
Ron Ross, “Now Playing: The Sustainability Con”
The American Spectator: http://spectator.org
Alex Zorach, “Sustainability: Building a Consensus between Liberals and Conservatives”
Alex Zorach Website: http://cazort.net/
Liberals and Conservatives are more alike than you think: http://www.livescience.com/25491liberals-conservatives-not-that-different.html
CHAPTER 3
Kaid Benfield, “Sustainable New Orleans: How Katrina Made a City Greener”
Natural Resources Defense Council: http://www.nrdc.org
Kaid Benfield Biography: http://www.nrdc.org/about/staff/kaid-benfield
Rebuilding Green in New Orleans: http://www.globalgreen.org/articles/global/115
Preservation Resource Center: http://www.prcno.org
Smart Growth America: http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org
Partnership for Sustainable Communities: http://www.sustainablecommunities.gov
David Biello, “How did the BP Oil Spill Affect Gulf Coast Wildlife”
David Biello Biography: http://www.energyinnovationsummit.com/program/bio.html?id=80
National Wildlife Federation BP Oil Spill: https://www.nwf.org/What-We-Do/Protect-Habitat/GulfRestoration/Oil-Spill/Effects-on-Wildlife.aspx
What Caused the BP Oil Spill: http://www.luxecoliving.com/the-bp-oil-spill-what-happened-andwho%E2%80%99s-to-blame
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association: http://www.noaa.gov
Julia Whitty, “Animal Extinction: The Greatest Threat to Mankind”
Julia Whitty Biography: http://www.julia-whitty.com/about
Wildlands Project: http://www.wildlandsprojectrevealed.org
The Extinction Crisis:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/elements_of_biodiversity/extinction_crisi
s
Jared Diamond, “The Last Americans: Environmental Collapse and the End of
Civilization”
Jared Diamond Biography: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/jared-diamond
Jared Diamond Website: http://www.jareddiamond.org/Jared_Diamond/Welcome.html
Who were the Maya: http://penn.museum/documents/publications/expedition/PDFs/54-1/whowere-the-maya.pdf
Pros and Cons of Technology: http://www.useoftechnology.com/pros-cons-technology
Russell Mittermeier, “Language Diversity is Highest in Biodiversity Hotspots”
Russell Mittermeier Biography: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/russell-mittermeier
Biodiversity and Cultural Diversity: http://www.etcgroup.org/issues/biodiversity-cultural-diversity
The Environmental Impact of Globalization: http://www.worldissues360.com/index.php/theenvironmental-impact-of-globalization-9-8093
Endangered Languages: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/endangeredlanguages/biodiversity-and-linguistic-diversity
CHAPTER 4
Jeffrey Kaplan, “The Gospel of Consumption”
More on Kellogg’s Six-Hour Day, by Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt:
http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1155_reg.html
“The Pursuit of Happiness,” Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt: http://www.context.org/iclib/ic37/hunnicut/
Keep the Consumer Dissatisfied, Charles Kettering (1929):
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/archive/resources/documents/ch27_02.htm
Amy Westervelt, “Can Recycling Be Bad For the Environment?”
Environmental Protection Agency-Plastic Waste:
http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/plastics.htm
The Great Illusion-Curbside Recycling, Amy Westervelt:
http://www.consumersdigest.com/special-reports/curbside-recycling1
No fully sustainable, bio-based plastics currently exist-study, Rory
Harrington:http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Packaging/No-fully-sustainable-bio-basedplastics-currently-exist-study
Michael Pollan, “Wendell Berry’s Wisdom”
More on Michael Pollan: http://michaelpollan.com
More on Wendell Berry: http://www.wendellberrybooks.com
Slow Food USA: http://www.slowfoodusa.org
Fritjof Capra, “Ecology and Community”
Fritjof Capra Biography: http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v22/n10/full/nbt1004-1201.html
What is Ecological Literacy?:
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/socstud/global_issues/ecological_literacy.pdf
Sustainable Communities: http://www.sustainablecommunities.gov
Douglas MacMillan, “Switching to Green Collar Jobs”
Green For All: http://greenforall.org
American Solar Energy Society: http://www.ases.org/
Bureau of Labor Statistics-Green Career Information:
http://www.bls.gov/green/greencareers.htm
Brian Handwerk, “Blue Jobs Key to Future Fisheries”
Office of Sustainable Fisheries: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership: http://www.sustainablefish.org
Blue Water Fisherman’s Association: http://www.bwfa-usa.org
Dave Newport, “Campus Sustainability: It’s About People”
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education:
http://www.aashe.org
American College and University President’s Climate Committment:
http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org
The Death of Environmentalism, by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus:
http://www.thebreakthrough.org/images/Death_of_Environmentalism.pdf
The Department of Change- A Campus Sustainability Blog by Dave Newport:
http://davenewportblog.blogspot.com/
Jaymi Heimbuch, “How Cell Phones Are Changing the Face of Green Activism”
Hope Phones: http://hopephones.org
MobileActive: http://www.mobileactive.org
Environmental Protection Agency: Electronics Donation and Recycling:
http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/ecycling/donate.htm
Daniel Goleman and Gregory Norris, “How Green is my iPad?”
More on Daniel Goleman: http://www.danielgoleman.info/biography
More on Gregory Norris’ New Earth: http://www.newearth.com
CHAPTER 5
Ker Than, “Americans Least Green – And Feel Least Guilt, Survey Suggests”
More on the Greendex Report:
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/greendex/
More on Ker Than: http://www.kerthan.com
Sustainable America: http://www.sustainableamerica.org/
UN Panel on Global Sustainability, “The Panel’s Vision”
More on the UN Panel on Global Sustainability, including the full report: http://www.un.org/gsp
Brendan Smith, “The Coming Green Wave”
Voices For a Sustainable Future: http://www.voicesforasustainablefuture.org
Ocean Approved: http://www.oceanapproved.com
Office of Aquaculture: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/aquaculture
More on Brendan Smith: http://www.bsmith.org
Stuart Biggs, “Tsunami Cities Fight Nuclear Elites to Create Green Jobs”
UN Habitat for a Better Urban Future: http://www.unhabitat.org
EcoCity World Summit: http://www.ecocity-2013.com/en
Nathan Myhrvold, “After Fukushima: Now, More than Ever”
Nuclear Energy Institute: http://www.nei.org
More on Nathan Myhrvold: http://www.nathanmyhrvold.com
Office of Nuclear Energy: http://energy.gov/ne/office-nuclear-energy
Jeneen Interlandi, “A Tree Grows in Haiti”
Tigeorges Foundation: http://www.tigeorgesfoundation.org
Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti: http://www.ijdh.org
Jeremy Rifkin, “The Third Industrial Revolution”
More on The Third Industrial Revolution: http://thethirdindustrialrevolution.com
The Foundation of Economic Trends: http://www.foet.org
Jeremy Rifkin Biography: http://empathiccivilization.com/author
Michael Moyer and Carina Storrs, “How Much Is Left?”
REconomy: http://www.reconomy.org
Natural Resources Defense Council: http://www.nrdc.org
House Committee on Natural Resources: http://naturalresources.house.gov
CHAPTER 6
Heather E. Lindsay, “Ecotourism: The Promise and Perils of Environmentally Oriented
Travel”
Ecotourism.Org: http://www.ecotourism.org/
What is Ecotourism: http://www.nature.org/greenliving/what-is-ecotourism.xml
Galapagos Islands Ecosystem and Conservation:
http://www.galapagosexpeditions.com/cruises/eco-tourism-conservation.php
Binna Burra Lodge: http://www.binnaburralodge.com.au/Binna-Burra/Exploring-BinnaBurra/Lamington-National-Park
Bob O’Brien, “Our National Parks and the Search for Sustainability”
National Park Service and Sustainability: http://www.nps.gov/tps/sustainability.htm
Yellowstone National Park: http://www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm
Rick Bass, “Why I Hunt”
Rick Bass Biography: http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/writers/rick-bass.html
Hunting in Montana: http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting
Yvon Chouinard, “Let my People go Surfing”
Yvon Chouinard Biography: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20085644,00.html
Patagonia Environmentalism: http://www.patagonia.com/us/environmentalism
Auden Schendler, “Climate Revelations”
Auden Schendler Biography: http://www.gettinggreendone.com/location.html
Aspen Snowmass: http://www.aspensnowmass.com