"We accept that true ecological sustainability may require a rethinking of our values as a society. Present assumptions about economics, development, and the place of human beings in the natural order must be reevaluated. If we are to achieve ecological sustainability, Nature can no longer be viewed only for its commodity value; it must be seen as a partner and model in all human enterprise." -From The Foundation for Deep Ecology Mission Statement
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Ecological and Natural Resource Issues
The A to Z of World Development: A Unique Reference Book on Global Issues for the New Century. Oxford: New Internationalist Publications Ltd., 1998. Call No. HD 82 .A25 1998 at Lemieux Library.
Adkin, Laurie E. The Politics of Sustainable Development: Citizens, Unions and the Corporations. Montreal: Black Rose Books, 1998. Call No. HC120 .E5 A34 1998 in Lemieux Library.
Covers the effects of corporate policy on Canada's ecology and citizen participation in environmental policy.Ascher, William. Why Governments Waste Natural Resources: Policy Failures in Developing Countries. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. Call No. HC 85 .A83 1999 at Lemieux Library.
Barnett, Jon. The Meaning of Environmental Security: Ecological Politics and Policy in the New Security Era. London : Zed Books, 2001. Call No. GE170 .B375 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Browder, John O. and Brian J. Godfrey, eds. Rainforest Cities: Urbanization, Development and Globalization of the Brazilian Amazon. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997 Call No. HT 169 .A5 B76 1997 at Lemieux Library.
CQ Press. The Global Environment: Institutions, Law and Policy. Washington, D.C: CQ Press, 1999. Call No. K3585.4 .G58 1999 at Lemieux Library.
Caldwell, Lynton Keith and Robert V. Bartlett. Environmental Policy: Transnational Issues and National Trends. Westport, CN: Quorum Books, 1997. Call No. GE170 .E5769 1997 at Lemieux Library.
Includes chapters entitled "The NAFTA and the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation" and "World Trade, the GATT, and the Environment".Copeland, Grant. Acts of Balance: Profits, People and Place. Gabriola Island, B.C.: New Society Publishers, 1999. Call No. HC120 .E5 C67 1999 at Lemieux Library.
Cuesta Camacho, David E. Environmental Injustices, Political Struggles: Race, Class and the Environment. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1998. Call No. GE170 .E5763 1998 in Lemieux Library.
Contents include "Race for Water?: Native Americans, Eurocentrism, and Western Water Policy".Deudney, Daniel and Richard Anthony Matthew. Contested Grounds: Security and Conflict in the New Environmental Politics. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999. Call No. GE170 .C6429 1999 at Lemieux Library.
Includes "Transboundary Resource Disputes and Their Resolution".Dubkowski, Michael N. On the Edge of Scarcity: Environment, Resources, Population, Sustainability and Conflict. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 2002. Call No. HC85 .O63 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Elkington, John. Cannibals With Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business. Gabriola Island, B.C.: New Society Publishers, 1998. Call No. HD30 .255 .E45 1998 at Lemieux Library.
Encyclopedia of Global Change: Environmental Change and Human Society. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Call No. GE 149 .E47 2002 v.1-2 at Lemieux Library.Evans, Geoff, Goodman, James and Nina Lansbury, eds. Moving Mountains: Communities Confront Mining and Globalisation. London: Zed Books, 2002. Call No. HD 9506 .A27 M68 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Faure, Michael. Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol: The Role of Institutions and Instruments to Control Global Change. Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2003. Call No. QC981.8 .C5 C5134 2003 at Lemieux Library.
Frankel, Carl. In Earth's Company: Business, Environment, and the Challenge of Sustainability. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 1998. Call No. HD30 .255 .F73 1998 at Lemieux Library.
Hall, Anthony L. Sustaining Amazonia: Grassroots Action for Productive Conservation. New York: Manchester University Press, 1997. Call No. HC188 .A5 H35 1997 at Lemieux Library.
Hanna, Susan and Carl Folke. Rights to Nature: Ecological, Economic, Cultural and Political Principles of Institutions for the Environment. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1996. Call No. K3478 .Z9 R54 1996 at Lemieux Library.
Hertsgaard, Mark. Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future. New York : Broadway Books, 1998. Call No. GE 149 .H47 1998 at Lemieux Library.
Jamison, Andrew. The Making of Green Knowledge: Environmental Politics and Cultural Transformation. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Call No. GE 195 .J36 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Lomborg, Bjorn. The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. Call No. GE 149 .L65 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Luterbacher, Urs. International Relations and Global Climate Change. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2001. Call No. QC981.8 .C5 158 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Minteer, Ben A. Democracy and the Claims of Nature: Critical Perspectives for a New Century. Lanham, MD: Rowan & Littlefield Publishers, 2002. Call No. GE42 .D46 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Mooney, Harold A. The Globalization of Ecological Thought. Luhe, Germany: Ecology Institute, 1998 Call No. QH 541 .M66 1998 at Lemieux Library.
Mol, A. P. J. Globalization and Environmental Reform: The Ecological Modernization of the Global Economy. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2001. Call No. HC79 .E5 .M64 2001 at Lemieux Library.
OECD Environmental Outlook. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, 2001. Call No. GE 140 .O33 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Ogunbadejo, Oye. The International Politics of Africa’s Strategic Minerals. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1985. Call No. HD 9506 A382 O38 1985 at Lemieux Library.
O'Neil, Kate. Waste Trading Among Rich Nations: Building a New Theory of Environmental Regulation. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2000. Call No. TD1030 .O72 2000 at Lemieux Library.
Patterson, Matthew. Understanding Global Environmental Politics: Domination, Accumulation, Resistance. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave, 2001. Call No. GE170 .P38 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Pellow, David N. The Silicon Valley of Dreams: Environmental Injustice, Immigrant Workers, and the High-Tech Global Economy. New York: New York University Press, 2002. Call No. HC107 .C22 S376 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Perelman, Michael. The Perverse Economy: The Impact of Markets on People and the Environment. New York: Palgrave Macmilliam, 2003. Call No. HB 71 .P467 2003 at Lemieux Library.
Prescott-Allen, Robert. The Wellbeing of Nations: A Country-by-Country Index of Quality of Life and the Environment.
Washington, D.C.:Island Press, 2001. Call No. GE 140 .P74 2001 at Lemieux Library.Princen, Thomas and Michael Maniates. Confronting Consumption. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2002. Call No. HB801 .C623 2002 at Lemieux Library
Rifkin, Jeremy. The Hydrogen Economy: The Creation of the World-Wide Energy Web and the Redistribution of Power on Earth. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2002. Call No. TP 359 .H8 R54 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Rischard, J.F. High Noon: Twenty Global Problems, Twenty Years to Solve Them. New York : Basic Books, 2002. Call No. GE 140 .R57 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Strum, Andreas, et.al. The Winners and Loses in Global Competition: Why Eco-Efficiency Reinforces Competitiveness, A Study of 44 Nations. West Layfayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2004. Call No. HC 79 .E5 S7913 2004 at Lemieux Library.
Thomashow, Mitchell. Bringing the Biosphere Home: Learning to Perceive Global Environmental Change. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2002. Call No. GE 149 .T46 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Thornton, Joe. Pandora's Poison: Chlorine, Health and a New Environmental Strategy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000. Call No. RA1242 .C436 T48 2000 at Lemieux Library.
World Energy Outlook, 1998 Edition. Paris: International Energy Agency/ Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, 1998. Call No. HD 9502 .A2 W6694 1998 at Lemieux Library.
Edwards, Rob. “No Remedy in Sight for Herbal Ransack: Natural Remedies are So Popular that Many Wild Plants are Being Harvested to the Point of Extinction” New Scientist, vol. 181, n.2429, 10 January 2004 p.10-11
Ancient Forests: Vanishing Legacy of the Pacific Northwest. Washington, D.C. : The Wilderness Society, 1989.Call No. SD387 O43 A53 1989 at Lemieux Library
Environment Under Fire: Ecology and Politics in Central America. San Francisco, CA : EPOCA, 1988. Call No. QH77 C38 E58 1988 at Lemieux Library.
How export crops, pesticides and war contribute to ecological destruction in Central America.The Environment: When Politics and Industry Intersect. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2000. Call No. HC110 E4995 2000 v.1-2 at Lemieux Library.
A two-part video that examines how American industries, corporations and special interest groups attempt to influence environmental regulatory laws. Part 1: "Green Packs and Greenbacks". Part 2: "Scientific Spin Doctors".The Great Lakes Ecosystem. Madison, WI : Hawkhill Video, 1998. Call No. TF223.3 .G743 1998 at Lemieux Library.
Discusses the ecological problems facing the Great Lakes, including industrial pollution, algae blooms and contamination by PCB's.In the Light of Reverence: Protecting America's Sacred Lands. Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, 2001. Call No. E98 R3 I5 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Examines three Native American communities and their struggles to protect their sacred sites from stripmining, tourism and development.Large Dams, False Promises. Berkeley, Calif. : International Rivers Network, [1993?] Call No. QH545 D35 .L37 1993 at Lemieux Library.
Examines the environmental impact of dam projects in Brazil, India and China.The Nature of Business: Partnering With the Environment. Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2003. Call No. HD60 .N37 2003 DVD at Lemieux Library.
"As corporations continue to think globally, the rapidly deteriorating state of the environment is demanding that they act locally-- now. This program brings together the president of the World Bank and visionary corporate leaders to map out a plan for a sustainable future that everyone can live with".Race to Save the Planet (WGBH TV series). Santa Barbara, CA : Intellimation, 1990. Call Nos. HC79 E5 R33 1990 and TD420 R33 1990 at Lemieux Library.
Two segments of the WGBH TV show: The first examines environmental policy and programs in Zimbabwe, Thailand and Sweden in the late 1980's and early 1990's. The second takes a look at recycling and waste treatment experiments in Peru, Japan, Denmark and California.Taking a Second Look: Communities and Dam Removal. Arlington, VA : Trout Unlimited, 2001. Call No. TD195 D35 T35 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Case studies of dam removal projects in Wisconsin, Maine and California and the environmental and economic issues surrounding them.Toxic Wastes. Madison, WI : Hawkhill Video, 1998. Call No. TD 1030 T69 1998 at Lemieux Library.
Gives a historical account of the toxic waste problem.Waste Generation and Characterization. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2001. Call No. TD794.2 .W38 2001 at Lemieux Library.
"The U.S. produces 200 million tons of municipal solid waste per year, and the landfill area used by the nation's 10 largest cities alone is larger than the entire state of Indiana". This video examines the treatment of municipal solid waste and the impact of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Co-produced by the EPA.
Web sites:
Research Centers & Foundations, US Government
Agencies, Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs), International Nongovernmental
Organizations (INGOs), UN Programs and Agencies, Statistical Data
Environment Canada
Among its other activities, Environment Canada works to "enforce the rules made by the Canada - United States International Joint Commission relating to boundary waters; and coordinate environmental policies and programs for the federal government (Department of Environment Act). "Environmental Development Action in the Third World
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI)
The Foundation for Deep Ecology
Friends of the Earth International
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
The International Ombudsman Centre for the Environment and Development (OmCED)
National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
"Helping people by championing small-scale, local and sustainable solutions to reduce poverty, practice healthy communities, and protect natural resources."National Councils for Sustainable Development
The One World Web Site
Includes coverage of water privatization, global development and ecological issuesOrganization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Rainforest Action Network (RAN)
Society for Ecological Restoration International
Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Forum on Forests
United States Department of the Interior (DOI)
World Conservation Union (IUCN)
World Health Organization (WHO)
See especially article on good agricultural and collection practices for medicinal/herbal plants (“Guidelines to Promote Patient Safety and Conservation for a US $60 Billion Industry”)World Meteorological Organization
World Resources Institute
"25 Years of protecting the planet and improving people's lives".Worldwatch Institute
A quotation from the site: "Founded by Lester Brown in 1974, the Worldwatch Institute offers a unique blend of interdisciplinary research, global focus, and accessible writing that has made it a leading source of information on the interactions among key environmental, social, and economic trends."
Food and Sustainable Agriculture Issues
CQ Press. World at Risk: A Global Issues Sourcebook. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2002. Call No. JZ1242 .W67 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Charles, Daniel. Lords of the Harvest : Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food. Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Publ., 2001. Call No. TP248.65 .F66 C48 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Dragun, Andrew K. and Clem Tisdell, eds. Sustainable Agriculture and Environment: Globalisation and the Impact of Trade Liberalisation. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 1999. Call No. S 589 .76 .D44 S88 1999 at Lemieux Library.
Foster, Phillips and Howard D. Leathers, eds. The World Food Problem: Tackling the Causes of Undernutrition in the Third World, Second Edition. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 1999. Call No. HD 9018 .D44 F68 1999 at Lemieux Library.
Garnsey, Peter. Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World: Responses to Risk and Crisis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Call No. HD 9015 G82 G37 1988 at Lemieux Library.
Kramer, Mark. Three Farms: Making Milk, Meat, and Money from the American Soil. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987 Call No. S441 .K72 1987 at Lemieux Library.
Krebs, A.V. The Corporate Reapers: The Book of Agribusiness. Washington, D.C.: Essential Books, 1992 Call No. HD 9005 K73 1992 at Lemieux Library.
Lappe, Frances Moore World Hunger: 12 Myths, 2nd Ed. New York: Grove Press, 1998. Call No. HD 9000.5 .L53 1998 at Lemieux Library.
Lappe, Marc. Against the Grain: Biotechnology and the Corporate Takeover of Your Food. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 1998. Call No. S494.5 .B563 L37 1998 at Lemieux Library.
Includes chapters on biotechnology's impact on world agriculture and "Transgenic products and food production: the world food problem".Lambrecht, Bill. Dinner at the New Gene Café: How Genetic Engineering is Changing What We Eat, How We Live and The Global Politics of Food. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2001 Call No. TP248 .65 .F66 L35 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Madeley, John. Food For All: The Need for A New Agriculture. London: Zed Books, 2002. Call No. S 482 .M34 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Madeley, John. Hungry for Trade. London: Zed Books, 2000. Call No. HD 9018 .D44 M33 2000 at Lemieux Library.
Nottingham, Stephen. Eat Your Genes: How Genetically Modified Food is Entering Your Diet. New York : Zed Books Ltd., 2003. Call No. TP248.65 .F66 N67 2003
Potter, Clive. Against the Grain: Agri-Environmental Reform in the United States and the European Union. New York: CAB International, 1998. Call No. S 589.755 .P68 1998 at Lemieux Library.
Pretty, Jules N. Regenerating Agriculture: Policies and Practice for Sustainability and Self-Reliance. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 1995. Call No. S 494.5 .S86 P74 1995 at Lemieux Library.
Ross-Larson, Bruce Clifford. At China’s Table: Food Security Options. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 1997. Call No. HD 9016.C62 A83 1997 at Lemieux Library.
Runge, C. Ford. Ending Hunger in Our Lifetime: Food Security and Globalization. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. Call No. HD 9000.6 E53 2003 at Lemieux Library.
Smil, Vaclav. Feeding the World: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2000
Call No. S 494.5 .P75 S55 2000 at Lemieux Library.
Kellogg, Earl D. and Susan G. Schram "Investing in Global Agriculture and Food Systems Development: A United States Policy Imperative" International Agricultural Group, June 2000. Online
Wasow, Bernard. "Getting Tough on Agricultural Subsidies". The Globalist. Online
Weiskel, Timothy C. "Globalization, Agriculture and the Environment: Patterns, Trends and Research Needs". Tufts University: School of Nutrition Science and Policy Brown Bag Lunch Series, September 19, 2000. Online
Fate of Pesticides in the Environment. Las Cruces, NM : Marathon Agricultural and Environmental Consulting, 1992. Call No. QP82.2 P4 F43 1992 v.1-2 at Lemieux Library.
Video set includes companion manual.My Father's Garden. Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, 1995. Call No. HD 1476 A3 M94 1995 at Lemieux Library.
The true tale of two farmers and the impact their pesticide choices made on the environment and the health of their families. "Herbert Smith championed the new miracle sprays of the '50's in his orange grove in Florida while Fred Kirschenmann of North Dakota steered his land through the transition to sustainable organic farming".Harvest of Fear. [Boston?]: WGBH Educational Foundation; Distributed by PBS Video, 2001. Call No. TP248.65 .F66 H37 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Abstract: "In 'Harvest of Fear', Frontline and Nova explore the intensifying debate over genetically-modified (gm) food crops. Interviewing scientists, farmers, biotech and food industry representatives, government regulators, and critics of biotechnology, this two-hour report presents both sides of the debate, exploring the risks and benefits, the hopes and fears, of this new technology."Tales From the Global Economy: The Cappuccino Trail. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2002. Call No. HD9199 .T35 2002 DVD at Lemieux Library.
Abstract: "By following the trail of two coffee beans grown in the Peruvian Andes, this program looks at the stimulant, which, after oil, is the most globally traded commodity. One of the beans takes the route of the open market where its price is determined by commodities traders and analysts. The other bean finds its way into a gourmet coffee made by a company dedicated to paying fair prices to farmers for their high-quality organic crop".To the Last Fish. Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, 1991. Call No. SH328 T6 1991 at Lemieux Library.
Examines the impact of commercial fishing on marine life.
Web sites:
Research Centers & Foundations, US Government Agencies, Intergovernmental
Organizations (IGOs), International Nongovernmental Organizations (INGOs),
UN Programs and Agencies, Statistical Data
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center--National Agricultural Library (AFSIC)
American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF)--The Voice of Agriculture
American Farmland Trust (AFT)
Motto reads: "Saving the land that sustains us". Main site also includes information about the Center for Agriculture in the Environment the research affiliate of the American Farmland Trust.Catholic Institute for International Relations
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Food First: Institute for Food and Development Policy
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
International Coffee Organization (ICO)
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
Pesticide Action Network (PAN)--North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific
"Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is a network of over 600 participating nongovernmental organizations, institutions and individuals in over 60 countries working to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound alternatives. Its projects and campaigns are coordinated by five autonomous Regional Centers."Sustainable Agriculture Network
Trade Observatory: A Resource Center From the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
United Nations World Food Programme
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
Of special interest is this website's article entitled "What is Sustainable Agriculture?"The World Food Prize
"The World Food Prize is the foremost international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world...The Prize recognizes contributions in any field involved in the world food supply -- food and agriculture, science and technology, manufacturing, marketing, nutrition, economics, poverty alleviation, political leadership and the social sciences."
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