On Our Bookshelf

The following books have been helpful to us in developing a broader view of the issues related to local economic and environmental sustainability.  Please help your local bookseller by contacting them directly to order these books for purchase.  You can also find them at your community library.

• A Year without “Made in China”: One family’s true life adventure in the global economy.  Bongiorni, Sarah. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley and Sons, 2007.
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A year of food life.
  Kingsolver, Barbara. New York: Harper Collins, , 2007.
• Simple Prosperity: Finding real wealth in a sustainable lifestyle.
  Wann, David. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2007.
• The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a paradigm shift.
  Edwards, Andres R. Gabriola Island, BC, Canada: New Society Publishers, 2005.
• The Rough Guide to Shopping with a Conscience.
  Clark, Duncan & Unterberger, Richie. New York: Rough Guides, Inc. 2007.
• Deep Economy: The wealth of communities and the durable future.
  McKibben, Bill. New York: Holt Paperbacks, Henry Holt and Co. 2007
• Ecological Intelligence: How knowing the hidden impacts of what we buy can change everything.
  Goleman, Daniel. New York: Broadway Books, Random House. 2009.
• Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture.
  Shell, Ellen. New York: Penguin Press. 2009
• Inquiries in the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if food, farms, and fertility mattered.
  Tasch, Woody. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing. 2008
• The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A natural history of four meals.
  Pollan, Michael. London: Penguin Books. 2007
• Common Wealth: Economics for a crowded planet.
  Sachs, Jeffrey. London: Penguin Books. 2008