Study Circle Readings General background reading: An Overview of Tompkins County Living Systems Characteristics and Principles What's Needed: What we need to know and do to be effective cultural midwives What Sustainability is Not Sustainable Regional Economy (SRE) Circle: Week 1: Toward Sustainable Communities Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things What Is The Triple Bottom Line Week 2: Playing the Right Cards for Sustainable Development Coffee (from Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things) Computer (from Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things) Week 3: Deconstruction & Recycling News Producing Less Waste and Pollution Ecological Design: Great Lakes Brewing-up a Zero Waste Initiative Sustainability: A Guide to Triple Bottom Line Reporting Ethanol Production Plants Gain Power in North Carolina Taking the Deconstruction Road to C&D Management Niche Markets Boost Ground Rubber Sales Digesters Bring Energy and Fertilizer to Dairy Farms Renewable Energy and Responsible Construction (RERC) Circle: Week 1: Toward Sustainable Communities Clean Energy: Energy Solutions to Fight Global Warning Sustainable Building Week 2: Obstacles to Renewable Energy The Hidden Cost of Fossil Fuels Climate Change Perspectives Greening the Building Codes Week 3: Deconstruction Shifts from Philosophy to Business Green Building Shines in Atlanta Using MSW and Industrial Residues as Ethanol Feedstocks Producing Power from Recycled Organics Digesters Bring Energy and Fertilizer to Dairy Farms Additional background readings for RERC circle: What is Renewable Energy? Clean Energy Infrastructure Design for a Sustainable Community (IDSC) Circle: Week 1: Toward Sustainable Communities Eco-Community Design: The New Canadian town of Bamberton puts all the pieces together Week 2: The Loss of Community How to Mess Up a Town Week 3: Blueprint for a Better Planet Cities that Work How Mid-Sized Cities can avoid Strangulation The Best Place Additional background reading for IDSC circle: Sustainable Communities Systems for Community Well-Being (SCWB) Circle: Week 1: Toward Sustainable Communities Guidelines for Sustainable Development Week 2: When We Had the Time In Pursuit of Happiness: Sources of American Discontent Less Is Not Always More Week 3: Going the Extra Yard New Ideas for Thinking Smart about Growth Healthy Communities Must Also Be Sustainainable Communities Moving Toward a Sustainable Culture (MTSC) Circle: Week 1: Toward Sustainable Communities Stages of Change Week 2: When We Had the Time In Pursuit of Happiness: Sources of American Discontent Shopping for Sustainability: Psychological Solutions to Overconsumption Week 3: Transformative and Restorative Learning: A Vital Dialectic for Sustainable Societies Community Development That Works: Lessons for Local Cultural Change Get Surreal Mission Statement Coordinating Council Our History Study Circles Salons News and Events Resources and Links Sustainable Tompkins Home Site last updated: January 03, 2005 Marian Brown
Study Circle Readings General background reading: An Overview of Tompkins County Living Systems Characteristics and Principles What's Needed: What we need to know and do to be effective cultural midwives What Sustainability is Not Sustainable Regional Economy (SRE) Circle: Week 1: Toward Sustainable Communities Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things What Is The Triple Bottom Line Week 2: Playing the Right Cards for Sustainable Development Coffee (from Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things) Computer (from Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things) Week 3: Deconstruction & Recycling News Producing Less Waste and Pollution Ecological Design: Great Lakes Brewing-up a Zero Waste Initiative Sustainability: A Guide to Triple Bottom Line Reporting Ethanol Production Plants Gain Power in North Carolina Taking the Deconstruction Road to C&D Management Niche Markets Boost Ground Rubber Sales Digesters Bring Energy and Fertilizer to Dairy Farms Renewable Energy and Responsible Construction (RERC) Circle: Week 1: Toward Sustainable Communities Clean Energy: Energy Solutions to Fight Global Warning Sustainable Building Week 2: Obstacles to Renewable Energy The Hidden Cost of Fossil Fuels Climate Change Perspectives Greening the Building Codes Week 3: Deconstruction Shifts from Philosophy to Business Green Building Shines in Atlanta Using MSW and Industrial Residues as Ethanol Feedstocks Producing Power from Recycled Organics Digesters Bring Energy and Fertilizer to Dairy Farms Additional background readings for RERC circle: What is Renewable Energy? Clean Energy Infrastructure Design for a Sustainable Community (IDSC) Circle: Week 1: Toward Sustainable Communities Eco-Community Design: The New Canadian town of Bamberton puts all the pieces together Week 2: The Loss of Community How to Mess Up a Town Week 3: Blueprint for a Better Planet Cities that Work How Mid-Sized Cities can avoid Strangulation The Best Place Additional background reading for IDSC circle: Sustainable Communities Systems for Community Well-Being (SCWB) Circle: Week 1: Toward Sustainable Communities Guidelines for Sustainable Development Week 2: When We Had the Time In Pursuit of Happiness: Sources of American Discontent Less Is Not Always More Week 3: Going the Extra Yard New Ideas for Thinking Smart about Growth Healthy Communities Must Also Be Sustainainable Communities Moving Toward a Sustainable Culture (MTSC) Circle: Week 1: Toward Sustainable Communities Stages of Change Week 2: When We Had the Time In Pursuit of Happiness: Sources of American Discontent Shopping for Sustainability: Psychological Solutions to Overconsumption Week 3: Transformative and Restorative Learning: A Vital Dialectic for Sustainable Societies Community Development That Works: Lessons for Local Cultural Change Get Surreal
Study Circle Readings General background reading: An Overview of Tompkins County Living Systems Characteristics and Principles What's Needed: What we need to know and do to be effective cultural midwives What Sustainability is Not
Sustainable Regional Economy (SRE) Circle: Week 1: Toward Sustainable Communities Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things What Is The Triple Bottom Line Week 2: Playing the Right Cards for Sustainable Development Coffee (from Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things) Computer (from Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things) Week 3: Deconstruction & Recycling News Producing Less Waste and Pollution Ecological Design: Great Lakes Brewing-up a Zero Waste Initiative Sustainability: A Guide to Triple Bottom Line Reporting Ethanol Production Plants Gain Power in North Carolina Taking the Deconstruction Road to C&D Management Niche Markets Boost Ground Rubber Sales Digesters Bring Energy and Fertilizer to Dairy Farms Renewable Energy and Responsible Construction (RERC) Circle: Week 1: Toward Sustainable Communities Clean Energy: Energy Solutions to Fight Global Warning Sustainable Building Week 2: Obstacles to Renewable Energy The Hidden Cost of Fossil Fuels Climate Change Perspectives Greening the Building Codes Week 3: Deconstruction Shifts from Philosophy to Business Green Building Shines in Atlanta Using MSW and Industrial Residues as Ethanol Feedstocks Producing Power from Recycled Organics Digesters Bring Energy and Fertilizer to Dairy Farms
Additional background readings for RERC circle: What is Renewable Energy? Clean Energy Infrastructure Design for a Sustainable Community (IDSC) Circle: Week 1: Toward Sustainable Communities Eco-Community Design: The New Canadian town of Bamberton puts all the pieces together Week 2: The Loss of Community How to Mess Up a Town Week 3: Blueprint for a Better Planet Cities that Work How Mid-Sized Cities can avoid Strangulation The Best Place Additional background reading for IDSC circle: Sustainable Communities Systems for Community Well-Being (SCWB) Circle: Week 1: Toward Sustainable Communities Guidelines for Sustainable Development Week 2: When We Had the Time In Pursuit of Happiness: Sources of American Discontent Less Is Not Always More Week 3: Going the Extra Yard New Ideas for Thinking Smart about Growth Healthy Communities Must Also Be Sustainainable Communities Moving Toward a Sustainable Culture (MTSC) Circle: Week 1: Toward Sustainable Communities Stages of Change Week 2: When We Had the Time In Pursuit of Happiness: Sources of American Discontent Shopping for Sustainability: Psychological Solutions to Overconsumption Week 3: Transformative and Restorative Learning: A Vital Dialectic for Sustainable Societies Community Development That Works: Lessons for Local Cultural Change Get Surreal
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