| Earth in Mind: Essays on Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect by David Orr |
The author is the chair of Oberlin College's Environmental Studies Program and was the keynote speaker at University of Maryland's Campus Greening conference, which members of the BMC Greens attended. |
| Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop Corporate Theft of the World's Water by Maud Barlow and Tony Clarke |
Recommended by our Earth Day 2003 speaker, Regina Birchem, who made a compelling case that access to water is one topic which cannot be ignored. |
| Toxic Sludge is Good for You!: Lies, Damn Lies, and the Public Relations Industry by John C. Stauber and Sheldon Rampton |
The Greens collected, cleaned, and sorted disposable products from Bryn Mawr's outdoor meal at Spring Fling, and took them to Recycling Services, Inc in Pottstown, PA. While there, we met RSI's founder, Jim Crater, who highly recommended this book. |
| When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution by Devra Lee Davis |
Davis is an epidemiologist from Donora, PA, who describes in narrative and scientific terms the fight against environmental toxins in defense of public health. Greens member Allie Petonic, who lives not far from Donora, recommended this book. |
| From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: How to Make Cheap, Clean Fuel from Free Vegetable Oil by Joshua Tickell |
At the University of Maryland conference, we met Ronald Schildge, formerly a student at Middlebury College, who told us: "Buy seven copies of this book- everyone you know will want one." He was inspired by this book to study alternatives to diesel and gas and to promote biodiesel while at Middlebury and now with his organization OBEC. |