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Below are resources (books, articles, etc.) in the Connexions Library related to this topic. Clicking on an item's title takes you to its bibliographic page, which typically contains author, publisher, and cataloguing details, an abstract where available, and a link to the full text if available online, as well as links to related topics in the subject index. You can also search for materials through the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, Library of Congress, and Format indexes.
Particularly recommended items are flagged with a red Connexions logo:

  1. Bingo The big charity bonanza
    New Internationalist October 2005 - #383

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 2005
    A look at issues surrounding big international non-governmental organizations.
  2. Blueprint for a Green Economy
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1989
  3. Cohousing and Sustainabliity
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    How co-housing promotes social, economic and ecological sustainability.
  4. Coming Back to Life
    Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1998
    A guidebook for dealing with the despair that stands in the way our our changing the world.
  5. Deep Ecology
    Living as if Nature Mattered

    Resource Type: Book
  6. The Earthscan Action Handbook
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1990
    A compendium of the world's major ills with suggestions for remedial action.
  7. The Enemy of Nature 
    The End of Capitalism or the End of the World?

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2002   Published: 2007
    We live in and from nature, but the way we have evolved of doing this is about to destroy u. Capitalism and its by-rpoducts -- imperialism, war, neoliberal globalization, racism, poverty, and the destruction of community -- are all playing apart in the destruction of our ecosystem.
  8. For Our Common Future
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1989
    Most Canadians seem brainwashed by two myths: (1) Work is scarce; not enough work for everyone; and (2) Money is scarce; Canada cannot afford full employment.
  9. From the Editor: Green Living
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1991
    To satiate North America's addiction to high energy consumption, the popular solution is war.
  10. Global Imperative
    Harmonizing Culture and Nature

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1992
  11. The Great Turning
    From Empire to Earth Community

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2006
  12. A Green City Program
    For San Francisco Bay Area Cities & Towns

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1989
  13. The Growth Illusion
    How economic growth has enriched the few, impoverished the many and endangered the planet

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1992   Published: 1999
  14. Investing in a Sustainable Future
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1991
    The Cerro Gordo community.
  15. Let's Stop Kidding Ourselves About the NDP
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1989
    Canadian socialists are terribly reluctant to give up their illusions about the NDP.
  16. Life, Money & Illusion
    Living on Earth as if We Want to Stay

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2006
    The failure to reduce green house gas emissions, the success of efforts to curb ozone depletion, causes related to prosperity and social justice are just some the topics covered. By using the example of Kerela, India, Nickerson shows how a society by working together can become car-free, religious and bigotry free, have a high level of health care and literacy and be able to sustain itself on a fraction of the money on which we depend.
  17. Living with the Land
    Communities Restoring the Earth

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1992
    A collection of stories from grassroots communities about the benefits of ecological living.
  18. Local Places In the Age of the Global City 
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1996
  19. The No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2001
    Ransom suggests that fair, environmentally-conscious trade is not only a viable alternative to unfair free trade, but that it is the way of the future.
  20. Sex, lies and global survival
    New Internationalist September 1992

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1992
    Is overpopulation the cause of the global ecological crisis? Rather than the overpopulation of the South, it's the overconsumption the North's much smaller population that's having the greatest impact. Need to look closer to home for solutions to environmental damage.
  21. Regeneration
    Toronto's Waterfront and the Sustainable City

    Resource Type: Book
  22. Spirit of the Wolf
    The Environment and Canada's Future: Volume 1

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1991
  23. The Suburban Nation
    The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2000
    The choice is ours: either a society of homogeneous pieces, isolated from one another in often fortified enclaves, or a society of diverse and memorable neighbourhoods, organized into mutually supportive towns, cities and regions.
  24. Sustainability Searching for solutions
    New Internationalist November 2000

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 2000
    A look at the issues and facts regarding sustainability around the world.
  25. Toward Sustainable Communities
    Resources for Citizens and their Governments

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1992   Published: 1998
    The way our urban communities develop will largely determine our success or failure in overcoming environmental challenges and achieving sustainable development. Toward Sustainable Communities offer practical suggestions and innovative solutions to a wide range of municipal and community problems.
  26. What Do We Do Now? Building a Social Movement in the Aftermath of Free Trade 
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1989
    We have the potential to create a social movement in this country that goes beyond single-issue organizing to work toward an integrated vision of a more just and caring society.

Experts on Sustainability in the Sources Directory

  1. American Museum of Natural History
  2. Bees for Development
  3. Chris Chopik, Professional Speaker, Writer, and Founder of www.EvolutionGreen.com
  4. International Forum on Globalization
  5. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
  6. Pacific Islands Forum
  7. Partners in Population and Development
  8. United Nations
  9. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)



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