Community Focus
Green Living - Ecological Home Construction
Books
Books are in reverse chronological order by publication date.
- Salomon, Shay. Little house on a small planet: simple homes, cozy retreats, and energy efficient possibilities.
- 728.37 Sa365L 2006
- Snell, Clarke . Building green: a complete how-to guide to alternative building methods : earth plaster, straw bale, cordwood, cob, living roofs.
- 690.837 Sn272b 2005
- Mack, Peter. More straw bale building a complete guide to designing and building with straw.
- 693.997 M1907m 2005
- Baker-Laporte, Paula. Econest: creating sustainable sanctuaries of clay, straw, and timber.
- 690.8 B1747e 2005
- Chiras, Daniel D. The new ecological home: the complete guide to green building options.
- 690.8 C445n 2004
- Dean, Angela. Green by design: creating a home for sustainable living .
- 728.37047 D344g 2003
- Pahl, Greg. Natural home heating: the complete guide to renewable energy options.
- 697 P151n 2003
- Wanek, Catherine . The new strawbale home.
- 693.997 W1841n 2003
- Roberts, Jennifer. Good green homes.
- 728.37047 R5426g 2003
- Wanek, Catherine, Kennedy, Joseph, and Smith, Michael. The art of natural building : design, construction & resources.
- 690.837 Ar755 2002
Databases on the Environment
- Alternative Energy
- Issues surrounding both current energy sources and alternative energy options
- EBSCOHost MasterFile Premier
- Index and abstracts to almost 3000 magazines covering a broad range of topics. Many are available in full-text, dating as far back as 1990.
- Environment Complete
- Covers ecology, energy, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environment, public policy, urban planning, and more. Includes full text articles from 400 journals.
- Expanded Academic Index
- Scholarly journals, news magazines and newspapers, including Ecology, Futurist, World Watch, and Earth Island Journal. Covers all academic disciplines.
- InfoTrac
- Contains more than 6,000 full-text titles, including Mother Earth News, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, and Journal of the Southwest, with coverage from 1980 to present.
- Pollution A to Z
- Pollution issues including sources, disposal, remediation, legal & ethical issues, careers, and more
- Science Resource Center
- An in-depth science database that provides a one-stop resource for all science-related research needs.