Recommended Resources

The following is a compilation of recommended reading and viewing resources that address sustainability from various perspectives (ecological, design-based, business practice, informational, etc.).

Note: If you'd like to make a recommendation to add a resource, contact the web editor.

Books*
Films
News articles
Video blogs & podcasts
Websites

* Note: Many of these titles are available to CCA students, staff, and faculty at the CCA Libraries. Take advantage of the online catalog that allows searching by category such as sustainability-related resources.

Also, although these resources are derived from faculty recommendations, none represents an official endorsement by the college.

Books

(Select a title to view additional information: subtitle, description, ordering information.)

• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
• Beyond Growth by Herman Daly
• Beyond the Bottom Line by Joel Makower
• Beyond the Limits by Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, and Jorgen Randers
• Biomimicry by Janine Benyus
• Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken
• Cannibals with Forks by John Elkington
• Common Wealth by Jeffrey Sachs
• Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
• Design + Environment by Helen Lewis, John Gertakis, Tim Grant, Nicola Morelli, and Andrew Sweatman
• Design for the Real World by Victor Papanek
• Design Is the Problem by Nathan Shedroff
• Designer’s Atlas of Sustainability by Ann Thorpe
• Earth In Mind by David Orr
• Eco-Economy by Lester Brown
• Ecological Literacy by David Orr, et al
• Ecology Of Commerce by Paul Hawken
• Ecology: A Pocket Guide by Ernest Callenbach
• Emotionally Durable Design by Jonathan Chapman
• The End of Nature by Bill Mckibben
• Farming with the Wild by Daniel Imhoff
• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• The Green Imperative by Victor Papanek
• Growth Fetish by Clive Hamilton
• Handmade Money by Walter Morris
• In Her Hands by Paola Gianturco, Toby Tuttle
• In the Bubble by John Thackara
• Interest and Inflation Free Money by Margrit Kennedy
• The Joyless Economy by Tibor Scitovsky
• Leading Change Toward Sustainability by Bob Doppelt
• The Meaning of Things by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• Mid-Course Correction by Ray Anderson
• Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, Hunter L. Lovins
• The Nature of Design by David Orr
• The Next Sustainability Wave by Bob Willard
• No Logo by Naomi Klein
• The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
• Organizational Change for Corporate Sustainability by Dunphy & Griffith
• Outgrowing the Earth by Lester Brown
• Plan B 4.0 by Lester Brown
• Real Life Economics by Manfred Max-Neef
• The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson et al
• Squeaky Green by Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry
• Strategy for Sustainability by Adam Werbach
• Sustainable Fashion and Textiles by Kate Fletcher
• Sustainable Solutions by Ursula Tischner and Martin Charter
• Sustainable Strategic Management: Strategic Management by W. Edward Stead, Jean Garner Stead, and Mark Starik
• The Total Beauty of Sustainable Products by Edwin Datschefski
• The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry
• Valuing the Earth by Herman E. Daly and Kenneth N. Townsend
• The Way of Ignorance by Wendell Berry
• World Agriculture and the Environment by Jason Clay
• Worldchanging by Alex Steffan

Films

• An Inconvenient Truth (directed by Davis Guggenheim, 2008)
• Blue Vinyl (directed by Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand, 2002)
• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (directed by Alex Gibney, 2005)
• Food, Inc. (directed by Robert Kenner, 2008)
• The Future of Food (directed by Deborah Koons, 2004)
• The Next Industrial Revolution (directed by Christopher Bedford and Shelley Morhaim, 2002)
• The Story of Stuff (with by Annie Leonard, 2008)
• Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (directed by Robert Greenwald, 2005)
• Who Killed the Electric Car? (directed by Chris Paine, 2006)

News Articles

• "Mission-Driven", Metropolis (March 15, 2011, by Karen E. Steen)
• "Foodsprout Helps Trace Sustainability", TriplePundit (March 3, 2011, by Linda Chang)
• "Oscar Winner Began as Olympia Rocker", The News Tribune, (March 2, 2011, by Craig Sailor)
• "Trendy Threads from Waste", Christian Science Monitor (February 17, 2011, by contributing writer Micheal Benanav)
• "Is Fake Leather Really More Eco-Friendly?", Mother Jones magazine (January 24, 2011, by Kate Sheppard)
• "Driving Sustainable Design", BusinessWeek, Special report, July 2, 2007)

Video Blogs & Podcasts

• Bill Moyers (podcasts with respected journalist Bill Moyers)
• Bioneers
• FORA.tv (Unmediated video drawn from live events, lectures, and debates going on all the time at the world's top universities, think tanks, and conferences.)
• The Long Now Foundation

Websites

• AIGA Center for Sustainable Design
• AlterNet Books
• Center for Ecoliteracy
• Centre for Sustainable Design
• Environmental Justice Foundation
• Fashioning an Ethical Industry
• Green Biz (Green World Media)
• IDSA Business Ecodesign Tools
• International Network of Sustainable Design
• LASER Guide to Community Development
• The Natural Step
• Okala Ecodesign Design Guide
• Organic Exchange
• Patagonia's The Footprint Chronicles
• Permacouture Institute
• Pesticide Action Network (PAN) North America (PANNA)
• THE REMATERIALIZE PROJECT (featuring a searchable library of sustainable materials)
• slowLab
• Sustainable Cotton Project
• Sustainable Everyday Project
• Sustainability Helix (Natural Capitalism Solutions)
• TreeHugger
• Triple Pundit
• Watershed Media
• Worldchanging
• World Resources Institute