Recommended Readings

Novels

Annin, Peter. The Great Lakes Water Wars. Island Press, 2009. Print.  

Biggs, Matthew, Bob Flowerdew, and Jekka McVicar. Vegetables, herbs & fruit: an illustrated encyclopedia. Firefly Books Ltd, 2006. Print. 

Bird, Richard. 200 Vegetable-Growing Basics: Hamlyn All Color. Hamlyn (UK), 2010. Print.

Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. Mariner Books, 2002. Print.

(COR), Inc. Learn to Garden: a practical introduction to gardening. DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), 2008. Print.

Cox, Jeff, and Rodale Press. Your organic garden with Jeff Cox. Rodale Pr, 1994. Print.

E-The Environmental Magazine. EarthTalk: Expert Answers to Everyday Questions About the Environment. Plume Books, 2009. Print. 

Foreman, Patricia. City Chicks: Keeping Micro-Flocks of Laying Hens as Garden Helpers, Compost Makers, Bio-Recyclers and Local Food Suppliers. Good Earth Pub, 2009. Print.

Grant, Nancy S. The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Your Carbon Footprint. Penguin, 2009. Print. 

Humes, Edward. Eco barons: the dreamers, schemers, and millionaires who are saving our planet. Ecco Pr, 2009. Print.

Jeavons, John, and Carol Cox. The sustainable vegetable garden: a backyard guide to healthy soil and higher yields. Random House of Canada, 1999. Print. 

Kostigen, Thomas M. You Are Here: Exposing the Vital Link Between What We Do and What That Does to Our Planet. HarperOne, 2009. Print.

Larkcom, Joy. Creative Vegetable Gardening. MITCH, 2008. Print. 

McKibben, Bill. Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet. New York: Henry Holt & Company Books For Young Readers, 2010. Print

McLaughlin, Chris. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Composting. Hubsta Ltd, 2010. Print.

McPhee, John. Encounters with the Archdruid. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1980. Print.  

Hoektra, Johnathan, Jennifer L. Molnar, Michael Jennings, Carmen Revenga, Mark D. Spalding, and Katherine Ellison. The atlas of global conservation: changes, challenges and opportunities to make a difference. Univ of California Pr, 2010. Print. 

Riley, Trish. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Living. Alpha Books, 2007. Print.

Rogers, Elizabeth, Thomas Kostigen, and Thomas M. The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time. New York: Three Rivers Pr, 2007. Print.

Smith, Edward C. The Vegetable Gardener's Bible. Storey Books, 2009. Print. 

Strawbridge, Dick, and James Strawbridge. Self Sufficiency for the 21st Century. DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), 2010. Print. 

Vasil, Adria. Ecoholic: Your Guide to the Most Environmentally Friendly Information, Products, and Services. W W Norton & Co Inc, 2009. Print.

Willis, Kimberly, and Rob Ludlow. Raising Chickens for Dummies. For Dummies, 2009. Print. 

Wohlforth, Charles. The Fate of Nature: Rediscovering Our Ability to Rescue the Earth. Thomas Dunne Books, 2010. Print.

Zissu, Alexandra. The Conscious Kitchen: The New Way to Buy and Cook Food - to Protect the Earth, Improve Your Health, and Eat Deliciously. Clarkson Potter, 2010. Print. 

Reports and Data

IPCC, 2007: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M.Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.

IPCC, 2007: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J. van der Linden and C.E. Hanson, Eds., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 7-22.

IPCC, 2007: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2007: Mitigation. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [B. Metz, O.R. Davidson, P.R. Bosch, R. Dave, L.A. Meyer (eds)], Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.