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Organizations
Industrial Ecology
Life Cycle Analysis
Green Chemistry and Chemicals
Design for Environment
Environmental Management Systems
Recycling Resources
Other Resources
Links to some Alliance Members AXIS Performance Advisors (http://www.pacifier.com/~axis) Ideas on Legs (http://home.earthlink.net/~ideas_onlegs/) Green Chemistry at the University of Oregon (http://www.uoregon.edu/~hutchlab/greenchem) Green Chemistry at the University of Scranton Livengood Environmental Consulting, LLC (http://www.livengoodonline.com) Northwest Materials Mart (http://www.NWmaterialsmart.org) Oregon Solutions (http://www.oregonsolutions.net/) Pneu-Logic (http://www.pneu-logic-corp.com/) The Oregon Natural Step Network (http://www.ortns.org) The US Natural Step Organization (http://www.naturalstep.org) Cannibals with Forks
by John Elkington, 1998 - demonstrates how all businesses can and must
pick up the three-pronged fork of sustainability to help society achieve
the interlinked goals of economic prosperity, environmental protection,
and social equity. Cool
Companies: How the Best Businesses Boost Profits and Productivity by
Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
by Joseph Romm, Island Press, 1999 - shows how energy efficiency
investments improve productivity, yield high return on investment, and
mitigate climate change. Another important book about the next industrial
revolution which is accelerating Earth toward a better tomorrow. Cradle
to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, by
William McDonough & Michael Braungart, 2002, North Point Press.
The authors propose replacing “reduce, reuse, recycle” with
“Waste equals food”. The former perpetuates the cradle to grave
mentality that still creates enormous waste.
Products can be designed to mimic nature and provide nutrients that
can be assimilated by the earth. In
Earth's Company
by Carl Frankel, 1998 - identifies the key elements of the emerging era of
corporate environmentalism and details the many concepts and technologies
for creating a sustainable future that have already been developed and are
in place. The
Green Revolution: The American Environmental Movement, 1962-1992
by Kirkpatrick Sale, 1993 - A 108-page history of the Green or
environmental movement in America from 1962-1992.
Chapters include origins, sixties seedtime, 1962-70, doomsday
decade, 1970-1980, the Reagan reaction, 1980-1988, endangered earth,
1988-1992, and prospects. Hope,
Human and Wild: True Stories of living lightly on the earth
by Bill McKibben, 1995, Little, Brown and Company. Inspiring stories about sustainable communities such as
Curitiba, Brazil and Kerala, India. The
Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
by Thom Hartmann, Harmony Books, 1999. The author proposes that the only
lasting solution to the crises we face is to relearn the lessons of our
ancient ancestors--who lived sustainably for thousands of generations.
When you touch this new yet ancient way of seeing the world and hearing
the voice of all life, you discover that you, personally, hold the power
of personal and planetary transformation. In that breathtaking moment, we
see both a possible future for the survival of humanity and the
fulfillment of our highest dreams and aspirations Earth
in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit
by Albert Gore Jr., 1992 – Former Vice President Gore demonstrates that
the quality of air, water, and soil is at grave risk, not only locally or
regionally but globally, and argues that only a radical rethinking of the
human relationship with nature can save the earth's ecology for future
generations. The
Growth Illusion
by Richard Douthwaite, 1999 Revised Edition - reveals in a compelling
argument why economic growth has enriched the few, impoverished the many,
and endangered the planet. "Growth in fact produces jobs in exactly
the way a chain letter produces money," says Douthwaite on page 87.
An enlightening and honest appraisal of the effects of pursuing economic
growth. Mapping
the Journey: Case Studies in Strategy and Action toward Sustainable
Development
by Lorinda Rowledge, Russell Barton and Kevin Brady, Greenleaf Publishing,
1999 - Case studies which provide visions of a more sustainable future,
and shed light on the path, milestones and solutions -- in particular the
management processes these organizations employed. Materials
Matter: Toward a Sustainable Materials Policy
by Kenneth Geiser <Date here> - Lucid text on the state of materials
use, design, and production. Geiser
demonstrates the unsustainability of current materials practice, the use
of toxics, and the production of waste. He argues for the need of a sustainable materials policy
while also outlining how the design of sustainable materials would remove
toxics from the environment and reduce the amount of waste entering into
the environment. Mid-Course
Correction, Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model
by Ray Anderson, The Peregrinzilla Press, 1998 - Jim Hunt, Governor of
North Carolina, says this book "combines bottomline business sense
with a passionate desire to leave tomorrow's children a healthier planet.
The result is a blueprint for corporate environmental responsibility that
should be required reading in every board room and business school." Natural
Capitalism
by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and Hunter Lovins, Little, Brown and
Company, 1999. A new business
model is outlined in the much-praised book.
Exerts and chapters can be downloaded free using Adobe Acrobat
Reader from the Natural Capitalism website at www.naturalcapitalism.com. This book is a 'must read' for leaders in government and
business. The
Natural Step for Business
by Brian Nattrass and Mary Altomare, 1999 - explains how The Natural Step
provides a simple yet elegant framework to integrate environmental issues
into the frame of business reality. Provides
detailed case studies of four leading corporations - IKEA, Scandic Hotels,
Interface, and Collins Pine - that are using The Natural Step as a central
part of their corporate strategies. Plan
B: Rescuing a Planet under
Stress and a Civilization in Trouble by
Lester R. Brown, 2003 by Earth Policy Institute – Focusing on the food
sector, Brown predicts a food crisis in which China will soon begin
competing with U.S. consumers for U.S. grain.
He proposes Plan B – a worldwide mobilization to stabilize
population and climate and to raise water productivity by half. Ripples
from the Zambeszi
by Ernesto Siroli, 1999 - empowers and inspires communities anywhere to
develop the ability to create their own prosperous future in the face of
the forces of globalization. The
Sacred Balance
by David Suzuki and Amanda McConnell (Greystone Books, 1997) is highly
recommended for an explanation of humanity's place in nature and our utter
dependence on its gifts of air, water, soil and the energy of the sun. The
Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom
Line (Conscientious Commerce) by
Bob Willard, 2002, New Society Publishers.
Former IBM Senior Manager makes the first systematic quantification
of the business case for including environmental stewardship in bottom
line thinking. The
Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcolm Gladwell, 2000, Little, Brown and Company.
A wonderful book on how an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses
a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.
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