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by Betsy Burton, Librarian
Sustainability addresses the issues of Social Equity, Environmental
Stewardship, and Economic Vitality on local, regional, state, national, and
international levels. F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse has named Sustainability
as a goal for our region.
Those who work for sustainability on whatever level do so in the hope that
our children and the generations that follow them will live on an Earth that is
healthy and healthful for all.
The books and DVDs listed here have much to offer, from theory to practice, for all of the roles we play daily— citizens, parents, educators, activists, businesspeople, policymakers—as we work toward making our communities and our world sustainable. All are available for free loan through the Onondaga County Public Library system.
Reserve materials online with your OCPL library card and PIN, or call the Central Library at 435-1900, or your local library, for assistance with placing hold requests for any of these titles.
The Sustainability Shift
The Sustainable Design
The Sustainable Society
The Sustainable City
The Sustainable Neighborhood
The Sustainable Environment
The Sustainable Enterprise
The Sustainable Individual - In Action
Sustainable Living
Sustainable Building
Sustainable Syracuse
Books and DVDs
Here are some useful Subject Headings to search for materials:
Sustainability
Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainable Development
Alternative Agriculture
Ecology
The Sustainability Shift—Where We’ve Been,
Where We Can Go
State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy (25th anniversary edition), 2008.
330.973 STA
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet. Jeffrey Sachs, 2008.
338.9 SAC
Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. Bill McKibben, 2007.
306.3 McK
Energy: Supplies, Sustainability and Costs. Sandra M. Alters, 2007.
333.7 ALT
The Middle Path: Avoiding Environmental Catastrophes. Eric F. Lambin, 2007.
304.28 LAM
The Little Green Handbook: Seven Trends Shaping the Future of Our Planet. Ron Nielsen, 2006.
363.7 NIE
The Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update. Donella H. Meadows, 2004.
330.9 MEA
Global Survival: The Challenge and Its Implications for Thinking and Acting, 2006.
338.927 GLO
Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century, 2006.
333.7 WOR
Stability with Growth: Macroeconomics, Liberalization and Development, 2006.
339.5 STA
Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad. Frances Moore Lappe, 2007.
361.2 LAP
Capitalism as if the World Matters (revised and updated edition). Jonathon Porritt, 2007.
330.122 POR
The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift. Andres R. Edwards, 2005.
338.927 EDW
Upsizing: The Road to Zero Emissions—More Jobs, More Income and No Pollution. Gunter A. Pauli, 1998.
363.7 PAU
The Sustainable Design
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. William McDonough, 2002.
745.2 McD
The Designer's Atlas of Sustainability. Ann Thorpe, 2007.
745.2098 THO
Design and Landscape for People: New Approaches to Renewal. Clare Cumberlidge, 2007.
711.4 CUM
Design ep2s: The Economies of Being Environmentally Conscious. PBS, 2006.
DVD 363.7 DES
A Safe and Sustainable World: The Promise of Ecological Design. Nancy Jack Todd, 2006.
628 TOD
Nature's Operating Instructions: The True Biotechnologies, 2004.
333.95 NAT
The Nature of Design: Ecology, Culture, and Human Intention. David W. Orr, 2002.
304.2 ORR
In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World. John Thackara, 2005.
620.004 THA
Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset. Adrienne Schmitz et al, 2005.
363.55 AFF
Making Smart Growth Work. Douglas R. Porter, 2002.
307.14 POR
Building Inside Nature's Envelope: How New Construction and Land Preservation Can Work Together.
Andy Wasowski with Sally Wasowski, 2002.
720.47 WAS
Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection. Stephen R. Kellert, 2005.
155.91 KEL
Ten Principles for Smart Growth on the Suburban Fringe. Mary Beth Corrigan et al, 2004.
711.58 TEN
The Sustainable Society
Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came Into Being, and Why No One Saw It Coming.
Paul Hawken, 2007.
333.72 HAW
Fostering Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing. Doug McKenzie-Mohr, 1999.
304.2 McK
Global Profit and Global Justice: Using Your Money to Change the World. Deb Abbey, 2004.
332.6 ABB
One with Nineveh: Politics, Consumption, and the Human Future. Paul R. Ehrlich, 2004.
338.927 EHR
Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean, and Fair. Carlo Petrini, 2007.
641.013 PET
Manifestos on the Future of Food & Seed, 2007.
338.19 MAN
Feeding People is Easy. Colin Tudge, 2007.
338.1 TUD
The Future of Food, 2004.
DVD 363.192 FUT
Alice Waters & Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a Food Revolution. Thomas McNamee, 2007.
BIO WATERS
Native to Nowhere: Sustaining Home and Community in a Global Age. Timothy Beatley, 2004.
307 BEA
The Challenge to Power: Money, Investing, and Democracy. John C. Harrington, 2005.
332.632 HAR
Ending Global Poverty: A Guide to What Works. Stephen C. Smith, 2005.
339.46 SMI
Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development. Joseph E. Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton, 2005.
382.3 STI
Power to the People: How the Coming Energy Revolution Will Transform an Industry, Change Our Lives, and Maybe Even Save the Planet. Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, 2003.
333.79 VAI
You Call This a Democracy? Who Benefits, Who Pays and Who Really Decides? Paul Kivel, 2004.
305.52 KIV
Greed and Good: Understanding and Overcoming the Inequality That Limits Our Lives. Sam Pizzigati, 2005.
339.22 PIZ
Why the Poor Pay More: How to Stop Predatory Lending. edited by Gregory D. Squires, 2004.
332.743 WHY
The Sustainable City
Planetizen Contemporary Debates in Urban Planning, 2007.
307.121 PLA
Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing America's Older Industrial Cities. Jennifer S. Vey, 2007.
307.341 VEY
The Working Landscape: Founding, Preservation and the Politics of Place, 2007.
333.73 CAN
The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Jane Jacobs, 1961.
711 JAC
Building Suburbia—Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000. Dolores Hayden, 2003.
307.76 HAY
This is Smart Growth. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2006.
[PDF format]
A Field Guide to Sprawl. Dolores Hayden, 2004.
307.76 HAY
Sprawl Costs: Economic Impacts of Unchecked Development. Robert W. Burchell et al, 2005.
307.76 SPR
Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy Communities.
Howard Frumkin, 2004.
307.76 FRU
The Fractured Metropolis: Improving the New City, Restoring the Old City, Reshaping the Region.
Jonathan Barnett, 1995.
307.76 BAR
Comeback Cities: A Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival. Paul S. Grogan and Tony Proscio, 2000.
307.341 GRO
Green Urbanism: Learning from European Cities. Timothy Beatley, 2000.
307.121 BEA
Key to Sustainable Cities: Meeting Human Needs, Transforming Community Systems. Gwendolyn Hallsmith, 2003.
307.121 HAL
Charter of the New Urbanism. Congress for the New Urbanism, 2000.
307.76 CHA
Cities and the Creative Class. Richard L. Florida, 2005.
307.76 FLO
Who's
Your City? How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important
Decision of Your Life. Richard L. Florida, 2008.
304.2 FLO
City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World. Witold Rybczynski, 1995.
711.409 RYB
Downtown America: A History of the Place and the People Who Made It. Alison Isenberg, 2003.
307.76 ISE
The New Civic Art: Elements of Town Planning. Andres Duany et al, 2003.
711.442 DUA
Developing Successful Infill Housing. Diane R. Suchman, 2002.
711.58 SUC
Business Improvement Districts (2nd edition). Lawrence O. Houstoun, Jr. and contributors from the Urban Land Institute, 2003.
307.342 HOU
Creating a Vibrant City Center: Urban Design and Regeneration Principles. Cyril B. Paumier, 2004.
307.76 PAU
Mixed-Use Development Handbook (2nd edition). Dean Schwanke et al, 2003.
307.76 SCH
Remaking the Urban Waterfront. Bonnie Fisher et al, 2004.
711.76 REM
Guidebook: Opportunities Waiting to Happen: Redeveloping Abandoned Buildings and Sites to Revitalize Communities. NYS Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources, 2004.
307.12 GUI
Guidebook: Making the Most of Your Waterfront: Enhancing Waterfronts to Revitalize Communities.
NYS Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources, 2004.
307.12 GUI
Higher-Density Development: Myth and Fact. Richard M. Haughey, 2005.
307.12 HAU
Intown Living: A Different American Dream. Ann Breen, 2004.
307.76 BRE
Halfway to Everywhere: A Portrait of America's First-Tier Suburbs. William H. Hudnut III, 2003.
307.121 HUD
Creating Livable Cities in the Oil Age. Bill McKibben, 1999.
CASS 307 McK
The Sustainable Neighborhood
Developing
Sustainable Planned Communities. Urban Land Institute, 2007.
307.768 DEV
Sustainable
Residential Development: Planning and Design for Green Neighborhoods. Avi Friedman, 2007.
307 FRI
Toward
Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and Their Governments.
Mark Roseland, 2005.
307.121 ROS
Root
Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do
About It. Mindy Thompson Fullilove, M.D., 2004.
307.76 FUL
HOME and Neighborhoods: A Guide to Comprehensive Revitalization Techniques. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2004.
363.58 HOM
Ten
Principles for Smart Growth on the Suburban Fringe. Urban Land Institute, 2004.
711.58 TEN
Building
Sustainable Communities: Tools and Concepts for Self-Reliant Economic Change (revised 2nd edition).
C. George Benello, Robert Swann, Shann Turnbull, contributors. (TOES - The Other Economic Summit), 1997.
338.9 BER
Residential
Streets (3rd edition). Walter M. Kulash, with National Association of Home Builders, American Society of Civil Engineers, Institute of Transportation Engineers and the Urban Land Institute, 2001.
625.7 KUL
The
Architecture of Parking. Simon Henley, 2007.
725.38 HEN
Groundswell:
Stories of Saving Places, Finding Community. Alix W. Hopkins, 2005.
307.1 HOP
Creating
Walkable Places: Compact Mixed-Use Solutions. Adrienne Schmitz and
Jason Scully, 2006.
307.121 SCH
Street
Reclaiming: Creating Livable Streets and Vibrant Communties.
David Engwicht, 1999.
307.75 ENG
The
Cohousing Handbook: Building a Place for Community (revised edition).
Chris Scotthanson and Kelly Scotthanson, 2005.
334.1 SCO
EcoVillage
at Ithaca: Pioneering a Sustainable Culture. Liz Walker, 2005.
307.77 WAL
Superbia:
31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighborhoods. Dan Chiras and Dave
Wann, 2003.
307.76 CHI
The
End of the Street: Sustainable Growth Within Natural Limits. David Dobereiner,
2006.
307.121 DOB
The Sustainable Environment
Sustainable
Environments. Yenna Chan, 2007.
720.47 CHA
This
Moment on Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future.
John Kerry, 2007.
332.72 KER
The
Trust for Public Land's Conservation Finance Handbook: How Communities are
Paying for Parks and Land Conservation.
Kim Hopper and Ernest Cook, 2004.
333.731 HOP
The
New Economy of Nature: The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable. Gretchen
C. Daily and Katherine Ellison, 2002.
333.72 DAI
Markets
and the Environment. Nathaniel O. Keohane, 2007.
333 KEO
Re-Thinking
Green: Alternatives to Environmental Bureaucracy. edited by Robert
Higgs and Carl P. Close, 2005. 333.72 RET
Hands-On
Environmentalism. Brent M. Haglund and Thomas W. Still, 2005.
333.72
HAG
Power Down: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World. Richard
Heinberg, 2004.
333.79 HEI
Design
for Human Ecosystems: Landscape, Land Use, and Natural Resources. John
Tillman Lyle, 1999.
333.731 LYL
Going
Solar: Understanding and Using the Warmth in Sunlight. Tomm
Stanley, 2004.
693.1 STA
The Quest
for Environmental Justice: Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution.
edited by Robert D. Bullard, 2004.
363.7 QUE
The New
Atlas of Planet Management. edited by Norman Myers and Jennifer Kent,
2005.
333.7 NEW
Over
a Barrel: A Simple Guide to the Oil Shortage. Tom Mast, 2004.
333.823 MAS
Climate Change
2001: Mitigation (Contribution of Working Group III to the Third Assessment
Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). edited by Bert Metz, et al, 2001.
363.738 CHI
When
the Rivers Run Dry: Water, the Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century.
Fred Pearce, 2006.
333.91 PEA
Conserving
Our Fresh Water. Carol Inskipp, 2007.
333.9116 INS
The Sustainable Enterprise
The
NEXT Sustainability Wave: Building Boardroom Buy-in. Bob Willard, 2005.
658.408 WIL
The
Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community and Place. John Abrams, 2005.
338.769 ABR
Dancing
with the Tiger: Learning Sustainability Step by Natural Step. Brian
F. Nattrass, 2002.
658.408 NAT
The
Sustainable Company: How to Create Lasting Value Through Social and Environmental
Performance.
Chris Laszlo, 2005.
658.408 LAS
What
Matters Most: How a Small Group of Pioneers is Teaching Social Responsibility
to Big Business, and Why Big Business is Listening. Jeffrey Hollender, 2004.
658.408 HOL
Ethical
Markets: Growing the Green Economy. Hazel Henderson, 2006.
338.927 HEN
True
Green @ Work: 100 Ways You Can Make the Environment Your Business.
Kim McKay, 2008.
333.72 McK
Green
to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create
Value and Build Competitive Advantage. Daniel C. Esty, 2006.
658.4083
ESTY
The
Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity.
Ron Pernick, 2007.
332.6 PER
The
Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom
Line. Bob Willard, 2002.
658.408 WIL
Greed
to Green: The Transformation of an Industry and a Life. David
Gottfried, 2004.
720.47 GOT
Cannibals
with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business.
John Elkington, 1998.
658.4 ELK
The
Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability. Paul Hawken,
1993.
658.408 HAW
The Sustainable Individual - In Action
Teaching
Green: The Elementary Years (Hands-on Learning in Grades K-5). edited
by Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn, 2005.
372.357 TEA
Grassroots Journalism: A Practical Manual for Doing the Kind of Newswriting That Doesn’t Just Get People Angry, But Active—That Doesn’t Just Inform But Inspires. Eesha Williams, 2000.
808.066 WIL
How To Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas. David Bornstein, 2004.
361.2 BOR
Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World. edited
by Michael K. Stone and Zenobia Barlow, 2005.
333.72 ECO
The New
Citizenship: Unconventional Politics, Activism, and Service (3rd edition).
Craig A. Rimmerman, 2005. 332.042 RIM
Roots to Power: A Manual for Grassroots Organizing (2nd edition).
Lee Staples, 2004.
361.809 STA
The Better World Handbook: From Good Intentions to Everyday Actions. Ellis Jones et al., 2001.
361.7 JON
Green Volunteers: The World Guide to Voluntary Work in Nature Conservation
(5th edition). edited by Fabio Ausenda and Erin McCloskey, 2005.
333.72 GRE
Saving
Planet Earth: What is Destroying the Earth and What You Can Do To Help.
Tony Juniper, 2007.
333.72 JUN
Sustainable
Living
Simply in Season: A World Community Cookbook. Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen
Hockman-Wert, 2005.
641.5 LIN
Green
Housecleaning: In Which the Nontoxic Avenger Shows You How to Improve Your
Health and That of Your Family While You Save Time, Money, and, Perhaps, Your
Sanity. Ellen
Sandbeck, 2008.
648.5 SAN
Seven
Wonders: Everyday Things for a Healthier Planet. John C. Ryan, 1999.
628 RYA
Green Clean: The Environmentally Sound Guide to Cleaning Your Home. Linda
Mason Hunter and Mikki Halpin, 2005.
648.5 HUN
The Home Energy Diet: How to Save Money by Making Your Home Energy Smart.
Paul Scheckel, 2005.
644 SCH
Natural Home Heating: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Options. Greg
Pahl, 2003.
697 PAH
Grub:
Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen. Anna Lappe, 2006.
641.302 LAP
Easy
Green Living: The Ultimate Guide to Simple, Eco-Friendly Choices for You and
Your Home. Renee Loux, 2008.
640 LOU
True
Green: 100 Everyday Ways You Can Contribute to a Healthier Planet. Kim
McKay, 2006.
333.72 McK
Living
Like Ed. Ed Begley, 2008.
333.72 BEG
The
Everything Green Living Book: Easy Ways to Conserve Energy, Protect Your Family's
Health, and Help Save the Environment. Diane Gow McDilda, 2007.
640 McD
Living
Green: A Practical Guide to Simple Sustainability. Greg Horn, 2006.
640.22 HOR
It's
Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly Living. Crissy Trask,
2006.
333.72 TRA
Animal,
Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Barbara Kingsolver, 2007.
641.097 KIN
Farewell,
My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living. Doug Fine, 2008.
333.720 FIN
Cool
Green Stuff: A Guide to Finding Great Recycled, Sustainable, Renewable Objects
You Will Love. Dave Evans, 2007.
745.5 EVA
Good
Green Kitchens: The Ultimate Resource for Creating a Beautiful, Healthy, Eco-Friendly
Kitchen. Jennifer Roberts, 2007.
643.3 ROB
The
Sustainable Kitchen: Passionate Cooking Inspired by Farms, Forests, and Oceans. Stu Stein, 2004.
641.563 STE
Sustainable Cuisine White Papers, 1999.
641.302 SUS
Simple Steps to a Greener Home, 2006.
DVD 640 SIM
Sustainable
Building
Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection. Stephen R. Kellert, 2005.
155.91 KEL
Sustainability at the Cutting Edge: Emerging Technologies for Low Energy Buildings. Peter F. Smith, 2003.
720.47 SMI
Green Roof: A Case Study. Christian Werthmann, 2007.
635.967 WER
Green Roof Plants: A Resource and Planting Guide. Edmund C. Snodgrass, 2006.
635.967 SNO
Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls. Nigel Dunnett, 2004.
635.967 DUN
Sustainable Architecture White Papers (3rd ed.), 2004.
720.47 SUS
Zero Energy Buildings:
A Critical Look at the Definition (preprint). National Renewable Energy
Laboratory, 2006.
[PDF format]
Green Office Buildings : A Practical Guide to Development. edited by Anne B. Frej, 2005.
690.837 GRE
Green Building Products: The GreenSpec Guide to Residential Building Materials. edited by Alex Wilson and Mark Piepkorn, 2005.
691.029 GRE
GreenSpec Directory: Product Listings and Guideline Specifications from Building Green (5th ed.). edited by Alex Wilson, Nadav Marlin, Mark Piepkorn, 2005.
691 GRE
Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods. Clarke Snell & Tim Callahan, 2004.
690.837 SNE
Gaiam Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook: Your Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies and Sustainable Living. John Schaeffer, 2008.
697.78 GAI
The Sun-Inspired House: House Designs Warmed and Brightened by the Sun. Debra Rucker Coleman, 2005.
690.837 COL
The Passive Solar House: The Complete Guide to Heating and Cooling Your House. James Kachadorian, 2006.
697.78 KAC
Green Homes. Sergi Costa Duran, 2007.
728.047 DUR
Little House on a Small Planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient Possibilities. Shay Solomon, 2006.
728.37 SAL
Your Green Home: A Guide to Planning a Healthy, Environmentally Friendly New Home. Alex Wilson, 2006.
690.804 WIL
Designing Your Natural Home: A Practical Guide. David Pearson, 2005.
690.804 PEA
Building Green Without Going in the Red: A Household Guide to Healthy, Affordable Building Materials. Kathleen Curtis, 2004.
690.837 CUR
Green Remodeling- Changing the World One Room at a Time. David Johnston and Kim Master, 2004.
643.7 JOH
The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage. Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith and Linda Smiley, 2002.
693.22 EVA
(Building Type Basics for) Housing. Stephen A. Kliment, Series Founder and Editor, 2005.
728.097 BUI
Building a Straw Bale House: The Red Feather Construction Handbook. Nathaniel Corum, 2005.
693.997 COR
The Rammed Earth House (revised ed.). David Easton, 2007.
693.2 EAS
The New Ecological Home: The Complete Guide to Green Building Options. Daniel Chiras, 2004.
690.8 CHI
HOME
Program Rehabilitation Tune-up Kit, 2004.
307.341 HOM
Sustainable Syracuse
Students in the Urban Design Studio of the Department of Landscape
Architecture, SUNY-ESF, have produced a series of reports, each a component
of the City of Syracuse Comprehensive Plan. These reports present an analysis
of neighborhoods or city functions and suggestions for improvements that,
if effected, would contribute to the overall sustainability of Syracuse.
The plans reflect both the assets and the deficits of each area and the presentations
are not only interesting but inspiring. The reports issued
so far are:
The Hawley-Green Neighborhood Component, 2007.
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The Commercial Areas Component, 2006.
LN48 Sy8 C7cac
The Housing Component, 2005.
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The Downtown Master Plan, 2004.
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The Preservation Component, 2003.
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Eastwood Neighborhood Study, 2000.
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Far Westside Neighborhoods, 2002.
LN48 Sy8sypc
Northside Neighborhoods, 2001. LN48 Sy8nn
All of the above are available in
the Local History/Genealogy
Department of Central
Library. The Eastwood Study is available also at Paine
Branch Library.