Green Titles on The Point
This morning Sean Corcoran did a great job filling in on The Point for Mindy, as Melanie & I discussed green books. If you missed this morning’s broadcast you can hear it tonight at 7:30 on WCAI or listen to the podcast online at any time.
Melanie’s Picks
A Very Modest Cottage by Tereasa Surratt
Do One Green Thing by Mindy Pennybacker
The Boy Mechanic Saves the World (One Project at a Time): 252 Earth-Friendly Projects and Tips by C. J. Petersen & the editors of Popular Mechanics
The Earth Book by Todd Parr
The Story of Stuff: how our obsession with stuff is trashing the planet, our communities, and our health–and a vision for change by Annie Leonard
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibben
And one other which Melanie didn’t have time for, but thought worth mentioning: Pay Dirt: How to Make $10,000 a Year from Your Backyard Garden by John Tullock.
Jill’s Picks
The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge by Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen
Eco House Book by Terence Conran
Eco Audit Link mentioned in Conran’s book: www.carbonfootprint.com
Eco Books: inventive projects from the recycling bin by Terry Taylor
True Green Home: 100 inspirational ideas for creating a green environment at home by Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin
Greening Your Family: a reference guide to safe food, personal care, & cleaning products by Lindsey Carmichael
Ecological Intelligence: how knowing the hidden impacts of what we buy can change everything by Daniel Goleman
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
One Hundred Poems from the Japanese translated by Kenneth Rexroth
One Hundred Poems from the Chinese translated by Kenneth Rexroth
Staying Put: making a home in a restless world by Scott Russell Sanders
Not mentioned, but some other green titles that might interest listeners:
Green Remodeling : your start toward an eco-friendly home by John D. Wagner
Green Careers for Dummies by Carol McClelland
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Renewable Energy for Your Home by Harvey Bryan and Brita Belli
The Carbon-Free Home: 36 remodeling projects to help kick the fossil-fuel habit by Stephen & Rebekah Hren
Got Sun? Go Solar, expanded 2nd edition by Rex A. Ewing and Doug Pratt
Power Trip: from oil wells to solar cells—our ride to the renewable future by Amanda Little
Eco Barons: the new heroes of environmental activism by Edward Humes
Might Giants: an American Chestnut Anthology with a foreword by Bill McKibben, edited by Chris Bolgiano
Sean’s Pick
The Outermost House: a year of life on the great beach of Cape Cod by Henry Beston (Chapter VII “An Inland Stroll in Spring” begins “I woke last night just after two o’clock and found my larger room brimming with April moonlight and so still that I could hear the ticking of my watch.”)
Listener Picks
A Sand County Almanac, and sketches here and there by Aldo Leopold. From a review of a recent edition: “These original essays on the natural environment by renowned conservationist Leopold (1887-1948) were first published posthumously in 1949…. Following the seasons, Leopold, whose seminal work in the U.S. Forest Service and in books and magazines helped shape the conservation movement in this country, shared his perceptive and carefully observed portraits of nature month by month. In April, he watched the “sky dance” of the woodcock, who flew upward in a series of spirals. As he hunted partridges in October, his way was lit by “red lanterns,” the blackberry leaves that shone in the sun. A November rumination details how the products of tree diseases provide wooded shelters for woodpeckers, hives for wild bees and food for chickadees. Included also is an appreciative essay on wild marshland and several pieces stressing the importance of protecting the natural environment. Leopold sadly observed, “there is yet no ethic dealing with man’s relation to land and to the animals and plants which grow upon it.” His hope that society would develop an “ecological conscience” by placing what should be preserved above what is economically expedient remains relevant today. These evocative essays about the farm Leopold loved will again be enjoyed by nature lovers and preservationists alike.”
Do One Green Thing by Mindy Pennybacker