Introduction to Sustainability

Physics 140

Resources

Books    [Title - Author, Publisher and ISBN]

 

PLAN B 4.0 Mobilizing to Save Civilization, Substantially Revised Lester R. Brown
Published by W.W. Norton (2009)
Matter and Interactions Text

Consider a Spherical Cow: A Course in Environmental Problem Solving,

John Harte
University Science Books (1998), ISBN 093570258X

Energy, Environment and Climate

Richard Wolfson
W.W. Norton (2008), ISBN 0393927636

Energy and Problems of a Technical Society

Jack Kraushaar and Robert Ristinen
John Wiley and Sons, (1988) ISBN 0-471-61409-2
 

Energy

Roger Hinrichs
Saunders College Publishing. 1992, ISBN 4 071 987654

 

The Myth of Progress

Tom Wessels
University of Vermont Press, 2006
 

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
 

Germs Guns and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Jared Diamond
W. W. Norton & Company (1999) ISBN 0393317552


Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Jared Diamond
Penguin Books; Revised edition (2011) ISBN 0143117009

 

Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect

David W. Orr


Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change

Victor Papanek


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
 
Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures Marvin Harris
Vintage Books (1977), ISBN 067972849X
 

 

Movies   

Synopsis

  Germs, Guns and Steel


 

An inconvenient truth

Al Gore’s view on global climate crisis

 

The Forgotten Fundamentals of the Energy Crisis    

Taped Lecture of  Al Bartlett


 

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


  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.

  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.

  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.

  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?

 

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.