Books: Alphabetical Listing By Title
List of Suggested Books, Alphabetical By Title:
Please note: This list does not include our suggested children's books. You can find those here.
- Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times by Zoe Weil
- Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic by John De Graaf
- The Animal Activists' Handbook by Matt Ball & Bruce Friedrich
- Animal Liberation by Peter Singer
- As If the Earth Matters by Thom Henley
- Beyond the Limits by Donella and Denis Meadows and Jorgen Randers
- The Big Picture: Education is Everyone’s Business by Dennis Littky
- Black Ants and Buddhists by Mary Cowhey
- Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility by Ted Nordhaus & Michael Shellenberger
- Building the Green Economy: Success Stories From the Grassroots by Kevin Danaher, et al
- Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
- Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
- Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood by Susan Linn
- The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer
- Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
- Creating a World that Works for All by Sharif Abdullah
- Crossing the Boulevard: Strangers, Neighbors, Aliens in a New America by Judith Sloan and Warren Lehrer
- The Culture of Make Believe by Derrick Jensen
- Democracy’s Edge: Choosing to Save our Country by Bringing Democracy to Life by Frances Moore Lappé
- Diet for a Dead Planet: How the Food Industry is Killing Us by Christopher D. Cook
- Disposable People by Kevin Bales
- Dominion by Matthew Scully
- The Dreaded Comparison by Marjorie Spiegel
- Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto
- Earth Education: A New Beginning by Steve Van Matre
- Earth in Mind by David Orr
- Earthkind: A Teacher’s Handbook on Humane Education by David Selby
- Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket by Brian Halweil
- Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything by Daniel Goleman
- Educating for Character: How our Schools can Teach Respect and Responsibility by Thomas Lickona
- The Emotional Lives of Animals by Mark Bekoff
- Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves by Kevin Bales
- The Face on Your Plate by Jeffrey Masson
- Faces of Racism by Joseph Szwarc
- Family Activism by Roberto Vargas
- Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food by Gene Baur
- Field Notes on the Compassionate Life by Marc Ian Barasch
- The Food Revolution by John Robbins
- For Your Own Good by Alice Miller
- Free the Children by Craig Kielburger
- Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage by Heather Rogers
- Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating by Jane Goodall
- Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel & Faith D'Aluisio
- I’d Rather Teach Peace by Colman McCarthy
- An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore
- In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
- The Inner World of Farm Animals by Amy Hatkoff
- The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight by Thom Hartmann
- The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer
- The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo
- Marketing Madness by Michael Jacobson and Laurie Ann Mazur
- Master Teachers by Dexter Chapin
- Material World: A Global Family Portrait by Peter Menzel
- Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life by Zoe Weil
- No Logo by Naomi Klein
- One World, One Earth: Educating Children for Social Responsibility by Meryl Hammond
- The Other Side of War: Women’s Stories of Survival and Hope by Zainab Salbi & Laurie Becklund, eds.
- Our Ecological Footprint by Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees
- Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good by Jonathan Balcombe
- The Plug-In Drug by Marie Winn
- The Power and Promise of Humane Education by Zoe Weil
- Privilege, Power & Difference by Allan Johnson
- Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years by Bill Bigelow
- Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World by Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson
- Rethinking Our Classrooms by Bill Bigelow
- Sharing Nature with Children by Joseph Cornell
- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
- Slaughterhouse by Gail Eisnetz
- Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things by John C Ryan and Alan Thein Durning
- Tactics of Hope: How Social Entrepreneurs Are Changing Our World by Wilford Welch
- Teaching 2030 by Barnett Berry
- The Third Side by William Ury
- Toxic Sludge is Good for You by John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton
- Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin
- The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer and Jim Mason
- Weapons of Mass Instruction by John Taylor Gatto
- When Corporations Rule the World by David Korten
- When Elephants Weep by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
- Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism by Melanie Joy
- World War III By Michael Tobias
- Writings on an Ethical Life by Peter Singer
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April 28, 2012 - 8:30 am to April 28, 2012 - 5:00 pm | Location: Nightingale-Bamford School
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April 28, 2012 - 8:30 am to April 28, 2012 - 5:00 pm | Location: Nightingale-Bamford School
How can we best prepare our students for the important roles they must play in meeting the challenges of today's world? How can we help youth to become creative and critical thinkers who embody the qualities of wisdom, compassion, and integrity and who focus their grea...
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