Looking for Information on Sustainability? D-I-Y books?

This is an ongoing list of environment books that our members have available for loan. Contact tuscsustainability (at) gmail.com to arrange a swap time; OR bring your books to our events, and we can trade then!

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Here is a complete list of available media. Contact tuscsustainability (at) gmail.com to arrange pick-up/delivery.

Native American Books

McLuhan, TC, ed. Touch the Earth: A self-portrait of Indian Existence. New York: Promontory Press. 1971. 

Weatherford, Jack. Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World. New York: Crown Publishers. 1988

Plants (Medicinal), Gardening, and Farming

Balch, James F, MD, 10 Natural Remedies That Can Save Your Life. New York: Doubleday. 1999. 

Creasy, Rosalind. The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. 1982.

Grieve, Mrs. M. A Modern Herbal: The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folklore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs and Trees With All Their Mondern and Scientific Uses. Great Britain: cresset Press. 1931

McClure, Susan, MS. 365 Down-to-Earth Gardening Hints and Tips. Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International, LTD. 1997.

Pile, Richard E, Publisher. All About Trees. California: Ortho Books. 1992.

Rosenfeld, Isadore, MD. Dr. Rosenfeld’s Guide to Alternative Medicine. New York: Random House. 1996

Schwenke, Karl. Successful Small-Scale Farming: An Organic Approach. Pownal, Vemont: Storey Communications Inc. 1991.

Community Building/Sustainable Communities

Edwards, Andres R. The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift. British Columbia, Canada: New Society Publishers. 2005.

Medoff, Peter and Holly Sklar. Neighborhoods of Hope. Boston, MA: South End Press. 1994.

Merkel, Jim. Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth. British Columbia, Canada: New Society Publishers. 2003.

Putnam, Robert D. Better Together: Restoring the American Community. New York: Simon &Schuster. 2003

Do-it-Yourself Projects

Beckman, William, Sanford A. Klein and John A. Duffie.  Solar Heating Design by the f-chart method New York: John Wiley and Sons. 1977.

Hopkins, Rob. The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing. 2008.

Rollwagon, Mary. The Consumer’s Guide to Earth-Sheltered Housing: A Step-by-step Workbook for Prospective Owners. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, Inc. 1984.

Saddington, Marianne. Making Your Own Paper: An Introduction to Creative Paper-making. Pownal, VT: Storey Books. 1990.

Food Politics

Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin Books. 2006.

Tuckwell, Mary Jo, R.D, MPH. Food Choices: Eating for Health. Cincinnati: South-Western Publishing Company. 1988.

Economics

Hawken, Paul, Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins. Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1999. 

Sennett, Richard. The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. 1998. 

Working with Kids/Educational Resources/Communication

Greenspan, Stanley I, MD. Playground Politics: Understanding the Emotional Life of Your School-Age Child. Reading, Massachusetts: Perseys Books. 1993.

Lee, Enid, Deborah Menkart and Margo Okazawa-Rey, eds. Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-12 Anti-Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff Development. Washington, DC: Teaching for Change. 2008.

Males, Mike A. Framing Youth: 10 Myths about the Next Generation. Monroe, Maine:Common Courage Press. 1999. 

Martin, Laura. Nature’s Art Box. Massachusetts: Storey Publishing. 2003.

Satir, Virginia. Peoplemaking. Palo Alto, CA: Science and Behavior Books, 1972

Pelo, Ann, ed. Rethinking Early Childhood Education. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Rethinking Schools. 2008.

Zavatsky, George and Michele. Kids Love Ohio: A Parent’s Guide to Exploring Fun Places in Ohio with Children…Year Round!. Columbus, OH: Kids Love Publications. 2000. 

Non-Violent Communication (plus companion workbook)

Leadership

Goleman, Daniel, and Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee . Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence. Boston, MA. Harvard Business School Press. 2002.

Wheatley, Margaret J. Leadership and the New Science: Learning about Organization from an Orderly Universe. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers. 1992. 

Health and Beauty Care (includes mental health)

Alpert, Dr. Richard, PhD. Be Here Now. New York: Crown Publishing Group. 1978.

Cameron, Myra. Mother Nature’s Guide to Vibrant Beauty and Health. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 1990. 

Freeman, Jill & Larry J. Your Inner Beauty. Los Angeles: Affinity Communication Corp. 1996. 

Katie, Byron. Loving What Is: Four Questions that can Change Your Life. New York: Three Rivers Press. 2002.

Moran, Victoria. Lit from Within: Tending your Soul for Life-long Beauty San Francisco: Harper. 2001.

Natural Resources

Barss, Karen. Clean Water. New York: Chelsea House Publishers. 1992 (Juvenile)

Villiers, Marq De. Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 2000. 

Earth Books

Blincoe, Edith. Nature Walks with Edith Blincoe. Dayton, OH: The Journal Herald. 1981.

Capra, Fritjof. The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems. New York: Anchor Books. 1996.

Cohen, Michael. Reconnecting with Nature, 3rd Edition. Lakeville, Minnesota: Ecopress. 2007. 

Gottlieb, Roger S. This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature and Environment. New York: Routledge. 1996.

Lewis, J. Patrick. Earth and You: A Closer View. Nevada City, CA: Dawn Publications. 2000. (Children’s Book)

‘Zines on Loan

Warmke, Annie and Jay. Blue Rock Station Publications

–Natural Gardening

–Building a Plastic Bottle Greenhouse

–Solar Cooking

Fiction

Hoff, Benjamin. The Tao of Pooh. New York: Penguin Books. 1982