Suggested Reading

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The journey toward sustainability begins in many ways with education and reflection.
The following is a select reading list that may prove helpful:

Business
Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline and The Necessary Revolution
Paul Hawken, Growing a Business, The Ecology of Commerce, Natural Capitalism
John Abrams, The Company We Keep
Arie De Geus, The Learning Company
Warren Bennis, On Becoming a Leader
Max De Pree, Leadership is an Art
Pietra Rivoli, The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy
David Suzuki, Good News For a Change
Daniel Esty and Andrew Winston, Green to Gold
Peter Schwartz, The Art of the Long View
Marc Gunther, Faith and Fortune

 

Governance
William Greider, The Soul of Capitalism
Robert Reich, Supercapitalism
Sheldon Wolin, Democracy Incorporated
David Korten, When Corporations Rule the World
Jeffrey Sachs, The End of Poverty
Jeffrey Sachs, Common Wealth
Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine
Jeremy Rifkin, The European Dream

Nature
David Suzuki, The Sacred Balance
Alice Outwater, Water
Janine Benyus, Biomimicry
Edward Wilson, The Future of Life

Environmentalism
Mark Dowie, Losing Ground
James Speth, The Bridge at the End of the World
Alan Weisman, The World Without Us
Eric Freyfogle, Why Conservation is Failing and How It Can Regain Control
Ted Nordhaus & Michael Shellenberger, Breakthrough
John McPhee, Encounters With the Archdruid

Environmental History
Jared Diamond, Collapse
Donald Worster, The Wealth of Nature
Ted Steinberg, Down to Earth
William Cronon, Changes in the Land
Marc Reisner, Cadillac Desert

Energy
Joseph Romm, Hell and High Water
George Monbiot, Heat

Food
Michael Pollen, The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Health
Howard Frumkin, Urban Sprawl and Public Health

Education
Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods

Sociology
Richard Sennett, The Corrosion of Character

Marketing
John Grant, The Green Marketing Manifesto

General, Hard to Classify
David Orr, Earth in Mind
Stewart Brand, The Clock of the Long Now
Donella Meadows, The Global Citizen
Daniel Quinn, Ishmael
Bill McKibben, Deep Economy
Bill McDonough & Michael Braungart, Cradle to Cradle
James Howard Kunstler, The Geography of Nowhere
David Ehrenfeld, The Arrogance of Humanism
Diane Caruso, Intervention