Resources for Circles
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Global Warming: Changing CO2urse Further Resources
Choices for Sustainable Living Further Resources
- General - Vermont Earth Institute's Resource Guide intended to accompany NWEI's entire discussion guide
- General - CSL Reading List, compiled by SMEI folks
- General
- Sustainable Student was a website Rodrigo Soares <rodrigo@gwu.edu>,
Kenneth Warn <kwarn@gwu.edu>, and
Kathlyn Graham developed in 2004 for a graduate course they attended at George
Washington University. "The goal of the Sustainable Student website is
to provide [GWU] students with a gateway of resources to achieve a sustainable
consciousness." Chapters include: Energy Use, Water Use, Transportation,
Food Choices, Recycling, Get Involved!, Responsible Consumption, Sustainability
Resources, Food Choice Resources for DC, Other Sustainable Food Resources,
Ocean Exploitation Surfaces as a Crisis, Other Community Activities, Spirituality,
Simplicity Matters Groups, and Sustainability Circles in DC. The 26-page website
is only available as a PDF
(577 KB).
- Notes on population growth, compiled by Michelle Collins
Discovering a Sense of Place Further Resources
- General - Other Organizations' Local Habitat Restoration Projects (URL), www.mdflora.org. Page of resources compiled by the Maryland Native Plant Society. You can click on your local area and find out about Weed Warriors, Invasive Plant Removal days, etc. Great for homeschooling parents, community service projects, spending quality time with kids, etc.
Exploring Deep Ecology Further Resources
- General
- Forum
on Religion and Ecology Syllabi (URL), www.environment.harvard.edu.
The members of this Forum share dozens of course syllabi from
diverse perspectives, at this Harvard University website.
- Chapter 1 - Foundation for Deep Ecology (URL), www.deepecology.org. Links to many good articles are on the left.
- Chapter 2 - The Gaia Hypothesis (URL), mountainman.com.au. Summaries of a few chapters of the book by Lovelock and Margulis.
Globalization and its Critics Further Resources
Healthy Children, Healthy Planet Further Resources
- General - Children's
Book List (PDF) compiled by the Vermont Earth Institute. Updated 2005,
contains descriptions of each book and recommended age level.
- General - "Growing Good Kids Excellence in Children's Literature Book Awards Program" (URL). A recommended book list kept by the Junior Master Gardener Program and the American Horticultural Society. At the bottom of the page, there's a link to this year's winners.
- General - Eco-Friendly
Books for Toddlers, Teens, and Families (PDF). Compiled by an affiliate
of the Northwest Earth Institute in 2005, intended to function as a supplement
to their Healthy Children--Healthy Planet Discussion Guide.
- Chapter 3 - Commercial
Alert (URL). A nonprofit organization whose mission is to "prevent the
commercial culture from exploiting children." You can sign up for periodic
email updates.
- Chapter 4 - Children's Health Environmental Coalition (URL). Information about preventable health and development problems caused by exposure to toxic substances, and alternatives.
- Chapter 6 -
The Stranger in Your Child's Life (URL), article by
Chick Moorman and Thomas Haller
. "
Children in America now spend, on average, 6 ½ hours a day exposed to electronic media."
- Chapter 7
- "Rx
for the Denatured Generation" (URL). The battle over the hearts and
minds of our plugged-in youth -- and how to win it. By Julie Dunlap. Audubon
Naturalist News, Oct/Nov 2005, p. 4-5. Recommends the book Last Child
in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, by Richard
Louv. Algonquin, 2005.
- Chapter 7
- Hooked on Nature (URL). "We
envision a world where ALL children and young people have the opportunity
to explore and experience the wonders of the Earth."
Menu for the Future Further Resources
Voluntary Simplicity Further Resources
- General - Simplicity Forum - www.simplicityforum.org. Resource list including websites, research and articles written by members of The Simplicity Forum, an alliance of "simplicity leaders" who are committed to "achieving and honoring simple, just and sustainable ways of life."
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Self-Selected Topics Further Resources
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LCD Further Resources
Last updated by Lena,
28-Jun-2008