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Green Resource Library

Located in the Children’s Chapel bookcase on the top shelf, far right.
(Look for our green spine labels!)

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY BELOW
(New titles have been added since this list was created—a revised listing will be available soon.)
Please note there is a good deal of overlap between categories.

Changing the Way We Live

The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life
Andrews, Cecile.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997.
            Working with others, in a small group of your creation, to “build lives of high satisfaction and low environmental impact and rediscovering a way of living that brings joy and fulfillment.”

Creating Harmony: Conflict Resolution in Community.
Jackson, Hildur, ed.
Holte, Denmark: Gaia Trust; East Meon, Hampshire, England: Permanent Publications, 1999.
            Conflict Resolution, especially for environmentally-conscious communities.

Green Sanctuary: Eco-Spirituality for Liberal Religious Congregations.
Jesch, Rev. Katherine, and Schomaker, Kathleen, eds.
Arlington, Virginia: The Seventh Principle Project, 2003.
            The Green Sanctuary guidebook from The Unitarian Universalist Association Seventh Principle Project.

Changing the Way We Buy

Investing with Your Values: Making Money and Making a Difference.
Brill, Hal: Brill, Jack, A.; and Feigenbaum, Cliff.
Gabriola Island, B.C., Canada: New Society Publisher, 1999.
            Socially responsible investing: Why you should and how to do it.

Is Our Food Safe? A Consumer’s Guide to Protecting Your Health and the Environment.
Brill, Hal: Brill, Jack, A.; and Feigenbaum, Cliff.
New York: Three Rivers Press, 2002.
            “Straightforward, reliable advice on how to protect your health and the environment without going to extremes.”

Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings: All New Listings of the Most Efficient Products You Can Buy…and Much More.
Wilson, Alex, and Morrill, John.
Washington, D.C. and Berkeley: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, in cooperation with Home Energy Magazine, 1996.
            How to reduce energy consumption through the careful purchase and use of everything from light bulbs to heating and cooling systems.

Changing How We Do Things

Clean & Green: The Complete Guide to Nontoxic and Environmentally Safe Housekeeping.
Berthold-Bond, Annie.
Woodstock, New York: Ceres Press, 1994.
            “485 Ways to Clean, Polish, Disinfect, Deodorize, Launder, Remove Stains – Even Wax Your Car without Harming Yourself or the Environment.” Includes recipes and brand names to try.

Home Safe Home: Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Everyday Toxic and Harmful Household Products.
Dadd, Debra Lynn.
New York: Jeremy Tarcher/Putnam, 1997.
            An introduction to toxics in our everyday environment, along with nontoxic alternatives, including do-it-yourself formulas and some mail-order sources.

The Home Environmental Sourcebook: 50 Environmental Hazards to Avoid When Buying, Selling, or Maintaining a Home.
Davis, Andrew N., Ph.D., and Schaffman, Paul E., P.E.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996.
            Assessing risk from onsite and offsite environmental hazards – from radon to lead in to electromagnetic fields – and how to avoid or ameliorate the problem.

The Newman’s Own Organics Guide to a Good Life: Simple Measures that Benefit You and the Place You Live.
Nell Newman with Joseph D’Agnese.
New York: Villard Books, 2003.
            “How to do what is within easy reach,” “for those of us who can’t live in an organic hemp teepee but do care about our quality of life, global warming, clean water, and disappearing resources.” Lots of practical advice.

Standards for Organic Land Care: Practices for Design and Maintenance of Ecological Landscapes.
Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) Land Care Committee.
Stevenson, Connecticut: Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut, 2001-04.
            Site analysis, soil health, fertilizers and soil amendments, plant choices, planting and plant care, lawn and lawn alternatives, mulches, pest management, wildlife management, and disease control.

Easy Composters You Can Build
Noyes, Nick.
North Adams, Massachusetts: Storey Publishing, LLC, 1995.
            32-page, illustrated pamphlet with general information on composting systems and directions for creating eight different kinds. Also includes composting accessories, ingredients, and placement.

Risks from Lawn-Care Pesticides.
Wargo, John, Ph.D., Alderman, Nancy, MES, and Wargo, Linda, MES.
North Haven, CT: Environment and Human Health, Inc., 2003.
            Full-color, 96-page booklet full of facts, figures, and charts outlining on the dangers of lawn-care pesticides. Not too technical for laypeople.

Appreciating, Understanding, and Celebrating the Earth

Our Natural World.
Borland, Hal, ed.
Philadelphia and New York: J. P. Lippincott  Company, 1965.
            “The land and wildlife of America as seen and described by writers since the country’s discovery.”

Earth and Spirit Songbook: An Anthology of Songs Celebrating Earth and Peace (Book One)
Scott, Jim, ed.
Shrewsbury, MA: Jim Scott Music, sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Seventh Principle Project, 2003.
            Songs honoring activism, the sky, animals, community, the earth, ecology, the sun, the seasons, healing, peace, rites of passage and more, by Jim Scott and others.

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