A few years back I started reading Natural Capitalism. I wrote a post about the first chapter and vowed to come back to the book “soon.” Geologically speaking, it’s been the blink of an eye. In human terms, a wee bit longer. The book isn’t inordinately long, but after coming back to it after many months, I [...]
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Natural Capitalism: Chapter 2 – Reinventing the Wheels
May 22nd, 2012 
Eric Wilson Book Review: Cod by Mark Kurlansky
February 27th, 2012 Megan Stilley Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky (1997) tells the entire tale of cod, including the “tragic tale of environmental failure, of depleted fishing stocks where once the cod’s numbers were legendary” (back cover). This book focuses on the declining sustainability of this species and the many demanding consumers [...]
Book Review: Michael Pollan’s Food Rules
February 16th, 2012 Eric Wilson Compared to The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food (reviewed here), Michael Pollan’s Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual is less revolutionary. Instead, his latest book, published in 2009, is more of a reflection on what he’s learned through writing about food in his previous efforts. Comprised of 64 rules in three parts (What should [...]
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No Comments »Book Review: Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
February 11th, 2012 Megan Stilley I read Changes in the Land by William Cronon out of a requirement for a class but it is actually an interesting read. The book tells the history of Native Americans and European Settlers: their relationship with each other, the land, and how they altered the landscape and ecosystems. Cronon uses journals and documents from [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Behavior, Energy Efficiency, Sustainability Tags: Book Review, Forests, Megan Stilley No Comments »Book Review: Elizabeth Royte’s Bottlemania
January 16th, 2012 Eric Wilson Bottlemania marks the second book that I’ve read (and now reviewed) written by Elizabeth Royte. Much like Garbage Land, Royte’s first book I read, Bottlemania has a fluid narrative. Royte does a wonderful job of weaving the story of one town’s relationship with bottled water into a larger discussion of the resource turned commodity. In [...]
Book Review: Alice Waters’s Edible Schoolyard
October 6th, 2011 Eric Wilson Toward the end of the summer I started reading Alice Waters’s Edible Schoolyard: A Universal Idea from Chronicle Books. It’s not long, but it is powerful. Waters is the proprietor of Chez Panisse, a restaurant in Berkeley, California that focuses on local, seasonal, and organic ingredients. In addition, Waters is a former teacher at a [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Alice Waters, Book Review, Curriculum, Food, Video No Comments »Book Review: Sustainability on Campus
July 21st, 2011 Eric Wilson Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change is a series of vignettes from institutions of higher education around the US. Co-edited by Peggy Barlett, professor of anthropology at Emory University and Geoffery Chase, Dean of Undergraduate Studies (formerly) at Northern Arizona University, the compilation includes chapters from 16 schools, with one each from Barlett [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Book Review, Curriculum, David Orr, Economy, Emory, Environment, Food No Comments »Book Review: Elizabeth Royte’s Garbage Land
July 18th, 2011 Eric Wilson While writing a post on biochar, I came across a book I read a few years back. After having written a review of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle two years post-reading, I figured I’d write a review of Elizabeth Royte’s Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash as well. Despite the fact that I read it [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Recylcing Tags: Barbara Kingsolver, Book Review, Composting, Cradle to Cradle, Elizabeth Royte, EPA, New York City, Waste, Zero Waste No Comments »Book Review: David Orr’s Earth in Mind
March 24th, 2011 Eric Wilson Originally published in 1994 during what could possibly be considered the second of three environmental movements to date, David Orr’s Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect sets forth a new agenda for education vis-a-vis the environment. While I started the book last summer (and thought I had lost the library copy [...]
Posted in Behavior, Education, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: Book Review, David Orr, Environment, Richard Louv No Comments »Book Review: Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
February 26th, 2011 Eric Wilson This past holiday season I got a copy of Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle from my brother and his wife. I looked at it for a moment and they told me it was my copy which I had lent to them some time back. I remembered enjoying it so much that I gave them my [...]
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