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Rising Tide: The Arts and Ecological Ethics Bilbliography

Allen, Edward (Author, Illustrator) and David Swoboda (Illustrator). How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2005.

Ashworth, Suzanne and Kent Whealy. Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners. 2nd ed. Seed Savers Exchange, 2002.

Benyus, Janine M. Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. Harper Perennial, 2002.

Brown, Lester R. Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization. W. W. Norton, 2008.

Carlson, Allen and Sheila Lintott. Nature, Aesthetics, and Environmentalism From Beauty to Duty. Columbia University Press, 2008.

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

Collins, James C. and Jerry I. Porras. Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. Collins Business, 2004.

Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. W.W. Norton & Co., 2005.

Diamond, Jared. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. Viking Books, 2005.

Flannery, Tim. The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What It Means For Life On Earth. Grove Press, 2005.

Frenay, Robert. Pulse: The Coming Age of Systems and Machines Inspired by Living Things. Bison Books, 2008.

Friedman, Thomas L. Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution And How It Can Renew America. Farrar, Strauss, and Girox, 2008.

Graeber, David. Possibilities: Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion, and Desire. AK Press, 2007.

Hawken, Paul and Amory Lovins. Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution. Back Bay Books, 2000.

Homer-Dixon, Thomas. The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization. Island Press, 2008.

Heinberg, Richard. The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse. New Society Publishers, 2006.

Heinberg, Richard. The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies. New Society Publishers, 2003.

Heinberg, Richard. Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines. New Society Publishers, 2007.

Heinberg, Richard. Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World. New Society Publishers, 2004.

Hopkins, Rob and Richard Heinberg. The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience. Transition Guides, 2008.

Kelly, Kevin. Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and Economics. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1995.

Kolbert, Elizabeth. Field Notes to a Catastrophe. Bloomsbury, 2006.

Lopez, Barry. The Future of Nature. Milkweed Editions, 2007.

McKibben, Bill. Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. Holt Paperbacks, 2008.

Murphy, Pat. Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change. New Society Publishers, 2008.

Narby, Jeremy. Intelligence in Nature: An Inquiry Into Knowledge. Penguin, 2006.

Orlov, Dmitry. Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects. New Society Publishers, 2008.

Ostrom, Elinor. Governing the Commons. Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Senge, Peter. The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations Are Working Together To Create a Sustainable World. Doubleday, 2008.

Seymour, John. Forgotten Arts and Crafts. DK ADULT, 2001.

Spaid, Sue, author; Amy Lipton and Sue Spaid curators. Ecovention: Current Art to Transform Ecologies. Cincinnati: The Contemporary Arts Center, greenmuseum.org, ecoartspace, 2002.

Stein, Matthew. When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008.

Storey, John and Martha Storey. Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance. Storey Publishing, LLC, 1999.

Stutchbury, Bridget. Silence of the Songbirds. Walker & Co., 2007.

   

Related Links

Ecoartspace: creating opportunities for addressing environmental issues through the visual arts.

Greenmuseum.org helps people create, present and appreciate art that heals our relationship with the natural world.

Natural Balance: Art & Ecology: A temporary outdoor site-specific installation in Girona, Barcelona, Spain. May 9 -17, 2009

The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.

San Francisco Baykeeper is the pollution watchdog of the Bay.

Ocean Revolution was created so youth can evolve. It links young people from all over the world in a network of information sharing and mentoring and links environmental action to their computers.

Literacy for Environmental Justice addresses the ecological and health concerns of Bayview Hunters Point and the surrounding communities of southeast San Francisco.

Patricia Sweetow Gallery represents established and emerging artists in areas of painting, photography and sculpture.

Smart Art 'Trash into Treasure' Competition: Show the world how discarded items can be redesigned, reused and re thought by turning every day waste into works of art and everyday functional items.

Eat the View is a campaign to plant high-impact food gardens in high-profile places.
 
Worldchanging is a 501(c)3 media organization that comprises a global network of independent journalists, designers and thinkers covering the world's most intelligent solutions to today's problems.
 
Leonardo/the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (Leonardo/ISAST) serves the international arts community by promoting and documenting work at the intersection of the arts, sciences, and technology, and by encouraging and stimulating collaboration between artists, scientists, and technologists.
 
Inhabitat: design will save the world
Weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future.
 
Grist: environmental news and commentary with a wry twist.
 
Guardian Environment Network brings together the world's best websites focusing on green topics. The network connects sites from across the globe that provide high-quality news, opinion, advice, blogs, data and tools.

Design Green Now was created to facilitate conversation, education and action amongst those interested in creating a healthy planet with clean air, pure water, and fertile earth, where humanity is happy and ecosystems thrive.

Sustainability at CCA: news, events, projects, courses and resources.

     

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