Here is a list of professional reading to consider. If you have suggestions for additions to this list, please e-mail the EcoTeam. Beyond EcoPhobia – Reclaiming the Heart in Nature Education, David Sobel, The Orion Society and the Myrin Institute (pub), 1996. The Biodiversity of Life, Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University Press. 1999. Childrens’ Participation: The Theory and Practice of Involving Young Citizens in Community Development and Environmental Care, Roger Hart , Earthsan, (pub) 1997. Collapse, Jared Diamond, Viking Adult (pub) 2004. The Consumers Guide to Effective Environmental Choices, Michael Brower and Warren Leon, Three Rivers Press (pub) 1999. The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World, Ray Paul and Sherry Ruth Anderson, Three Rivers Press, 2001. The Culture of Denial: Why the Environmental Movement Needs a Strategy for Reforming Universities and Public Schools, Bower, C.A., Suny Series in Environmental Public Policy, State University of New York Press (pub) 1997. Dream of the Earth, Thomas Berry, Sierra Club books (pub) 1990. The Ecology of Commerce. Paul Hawken, Harper Collins, (pub) 1993. Ecological Literacy – Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World, David W. Orr, State University of New York (pub), 1992. Ecological Literacy – Education Our Children for a Sustainable World, Pioneers Series, Stone & Barlow, Sierra Club Books (pub) 2005. Education for a Sustainable Future: A Paradigm of Hope for the 21st Century, Keith Wheller and Anne Perraca Bijur, New York, Kluwer Academic/Plenum (pub), 2000. Education for Sustainability, John Huckle and Stephen Sterling, London, Earthscan (pub), 1996. Educating for a Culture of Social and Ecological Peace, Anita Wenden, Albany, NW, State University of New York Press, 2004. Educating for an Ecologically Sustainable Culture, Rethinking Moral Education, Creativity, Intelligence and other Modern Orthodoxies, C. A Bowers, State University of New York Press (pub), 1995. Environmental Adult Education: Ecological Learning, Theory and Practice for Socioenvironmental Change, Darlene Clover and Lilian Hill, Jossey-Bass (pub), 2003. Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace, Vandana Shiva, South End Press (pub) 2003. Fostering Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing, Doug McKenzie-Mohr and William Smith, New Society (pub), 1999. Growing up Green: Education for Ecological Renewal, David Hutchison, Teachers College Press. (pub) 1998. Last Child In The Woods – Saving Our Children From Nature Deficit Disorder, Richard Louv, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, (pub) 2003. Learning Toward an Ecological Consciousness: Selected Transformative Practices, Edmund O'Sullivan (ed), Palgrave Macmillan (pub) 2004. Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth, Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees, New Society Publishers, 1995. Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms to Communities, David Sobel. The Sacred Balance, Rediscovering Our Place in Nature, David Suzuki, Greystone Books, 1997. A Short History of Progress, Ronald Wright, Carroll and Graff (pub) 2004. Stuff, the Secret Life of Everyday Things. Ryan and Durning, Northwest Environment (pub) 2006. The Natural Step for Communities: How Cities and Towns can Change to Sustainable Practices, Sarah James and Torbjörn Lahti, New Society Publishers, 2004. Teaching Green - The Elementary Years: Hands-on Learning in Grades K-5, Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn, (ed), New Society Publishers 2004. Tomorrow's Children: A Blueprint for Partnership Education for the 21st Century, Riane Eisler, Westview Press (pub), 2000. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company [Time Warner Group] (pub) 2002. The Unconscious Civilization. John Ralston Saul, Simon and Schuster (pub) 1997. Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource, Allan Villiers, McClelland & Stewart; (pub) Revised edition 2003.
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