Resources
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| PLAN B 4.0 Mobilizing to Save Civilization, Substantially Revised | Lester R. Brown Published by W.W. Norton (2009) |
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Consider a Spherical Cow: A Course in Environmental Problem Solving, |
John Harte University Science Books (1998), ISBN 093570258X |
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Energy, Environment and Climate |
Richard Wolfson W.W. Norton (2008), ISBN 0393927636 |
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Energy and Problems of a Technical Society |
Jack Kraushaar and Robert Ristinen John Wiley and Sons, (1988) ISBN 0-471-61409-2 |
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Energy |
Roger Hinrichs |
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The Myth of Progress |
Tom Wessels University of Vermont Press, 2006 |
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Renewable Energy Handbook, a guide to rural energy independence, off-grid and sustainable living, |
William H. Kemp Aztext Press (2005), ISBN 978-0-9733233-2-0 |
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Germs Guns and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies |
Jared Diamond W. W. Norton & Company (1999) ISBN 0393317552 |
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed |
Jared Diamond |
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Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect |
David W. Orr |
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Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change |
Victor Papanek |
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Ecological Design |
Sim van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan | |
Natural Capitalism: The Next Industrial Revolution |
Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, Hunter Lovins | |
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction |
Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein | |
The Nature of Design: Ecology, Culture, and Human Intention |
David W. Orr | |
The Turning Point |
Dr. Fritjof Capra | |
| Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture | Marvin Harris Vintage Books (1974), ISBN 0679724680 |
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| Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures | Marvin Harris Vintage Books (1977), ISBN 067972849X |
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| Movies | Synopsis |
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| Germs, Guns and Steel | ||
An inconvenient truth |
Al Gore’s view on global climate crisis |
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The Forgotten Fundamentals of the Energy Crisis |
Taped Lecture of Al Bartlett
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Fueling the Future: Running on Empty |
Asks whether America's reliance on the automobile can be sustained and traces how the automobile became the mainstay of our transportation system |
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| Nuclear Energy: The Question Before Us | Discover how a nuclear reactor works, venture inside a nuclear-generating plant, and consider the problems of cost and waste disposal. |
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| Global meltdown NOW/PBS | NOW goes inside the battle over global warming. What has scientists alarmed and why isn't Washington listening? Find out in HOT WORLD, COLD COMFORT. |
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| Who killed the Electric Car? NOW/PBS | Charts the promising life and untimely death of the electric car, and lays blame at the door of some powerful suspects. |
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| Oilk and Water | Examined are the different approaches between British and Norwegian governments in oil exploration in the North Sea. reserve this book | |
| The Global Gamble | Despite the present day oil glut, exploration continues throughout Norway, Africa, China and Kenya and the question arises - Are we doing enough to conserve our oil resources? |
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Renewable Power: Earth's Clean Energy Destiny |
Offers a vision of a world transformed by clean energy. See how solar and wind generated energy can be stored for later use by splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen. Cutting edge computer animation shows how fuel cells reverse the process, combining hydrogen and oxygen into electricity and water. The program also profiles a new generation of zero pollution cars and trucks run by the fuel cell. This offers an inspiring and reassuring window on the dawning age of solar and hydrogen energy | |
| Living Under the Cloud: Chernobyl Today | A sobering look at the Chernobyl disaster. |
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