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Sustainable Systems Reading List

 

Presentations
Introduction to the Global Ecological Crisis
The Art of Sustainability
Industrial Design at Emily Carr
UBC Conference Jan 19 2007
Adaptive Laureates, UBC School of Architecture, Jan 2007
Adaptive Laureate Notes

3D Design Slideshow Feb1
Signs
VAG 30 Days Conscientious Consumption
Mulgrave Academy April 10 2007
Mulgrave Notes

 

Talliores Declaration
Talloires Declaration and History
Talloires Questionnaire
Talloire Summary

 

Student Portfolio Examples
Sean Barner, UBC Architecture
Andreas Braendhaugen, Stanford School of Design
Jeff Werner, Emily Carr Industrial Design

Steve DiPasquale, UBC Architecture

 

Articles and Essays
Reflections on Art and Sustainability - Victor Margolin
What is Education For? - David Orr, Oberlin College
Regarding Sustainable Curriculum at the Emily Carr Institute
- Duane Elverum 2005
Characteristics of Learning Organizations and Participatory Groups
Declaration of Sustainability - Paul Hawken
Vandana Shiva Interview
Urban Sustainability Reader, Various Chapters
Amusing Ourselves to Death Neil Postman
MBDC Interview
78 Reasonable Questions to ask about any Technology, Stephanie Mills
Bill Moyers, Receiving Honours from Harvard Medical School
Kyoto Q and A
Power Steer, Michael Pollen, NY Times
Planet of Weeds
- David Quammen, Harpers
Planet of the Apes - Richard Wrangham, Daedalus, Fall 2004 (Harpers)
The Death of Birth -
The Ecology of Commerce, Ch 2. Paul Hawken
27 Thoughts in the Presence of Fear Wendell Berry, Orion magazine, 2001
Planet of Slums, Mike Davis
The Next Industrial Revolution, McDonough and Braungart, Atlantic Monthly
The Natural Step: 4 System Conditions, The Natural Step.

Chapter 5, The Ecology of Products, Design+Environment Chapter 5, Lewis and Gertsakis
The Oil We Eat, Richard Manning, Harpers Magazine
Will Hydrogen Clear the Air? NY Times, Mathew Wald
Understanding Toxicity, Philip White, Orb Design.

Matter Matters, Eternally Yours Foundation, Visions on Product Endurance
The New Politics of Consumption, Juliet Schor, The Boston Review
Rewiring Global Consumption, Sustainable Solutions
Sustainability within a Generation Handbook, Boyd and Suzuki
Sustainable Solutions, Chapter 4 - Towards Sustainable Business
Green Imperative, Introduction, Victor Papanek
Chapter 3, Environmental Assessment Tools, Design+Environment , Lewis and Gertsakis
Chapter 4, EcoDESIGN Strategies, Design+Environment , Lewis and Gertsakis
The Age of Plastics - A Primer
Paul Hawken: TNS and Natural Capitalism
The Collapse of Globalism, Essay, Harpers, John Ralston Saul
Capitalism and its Critics, Foreign Affairs, Sheri Berman

What a World! Freeman Dyson, NYRB
The Idea of a Local Economy Wendell Berry, Orion magazine, 2001
Corporate Responsibility, Globe and Mail, July 2004

 

Recommended Texts
Design + Environment, Lewis and Gertsakis
Good News for a Change, Suzuki and Dressel
Fueling the Future, Solomon and Heitzman
Eco Design Sourcebook, Alistair Fuad-Luke
Green Architecture, James Wines
Lives of a Cell, Lewis Thomas
LEED Handbook, Revised 2003
Exporting Harm: The Hi-Tech trashing of Asia

Cradle to Cradle, McDonough and Braungart
Natural Capitalism, Pawl Hawken, Amory and L. Hunter Lovins
Mapping the Journey, Corporate Environmentalism:Case Studies in Strategy and Action Toward Sustainable Development Lorinda R. Rowledge, Russell S. Barton and Kevin S. Brady
The Green Imperative, Victor Papanek
Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
Ecology of Commerce, Paul Hawken
Biomimicry, Janine Benyus

Ways to Prevent Global Warming, Jeffrey Langholz and Kelly Turner
The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan
The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge

A Short History of Progress, Ronald Wright
Collapse, Jared Diamond


Videos
Suzuki Speaks, CBC 2004
Inventing the Future, Brian Danizt & Chris Zelov, 1994,
Blue Vinyl, Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold, 2002
The Corporation, Jennifer Abbott, Mark Achbar, 2003
Venture: Hydrogen in Iceland, CBC 2003

Paul Hawken at TNS, Chicago
The Take, Avi Lewis, Naomi Klein, NFB 2004

 

CIRS [LCA] Sustainability Assessment Readings

CIRS Sustainable Design Goals and Strategies

BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT METHODS: REDEFINING INTENTIONS
Raymond J COLE, Ph.D

"Campus" as Living Laboratory/"Campus"
Sustainability Assessment Group, Oct 29, 2005

Eco-Effect Summary

The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings.
A Report to California’s Sustainable Building Task Force, Lisa Fay Matthiessen and Peter Morris. October 2003,

Costing Green: A Comprehensive Cost Database and Budgeting Methodology.
Lisa Fay Matthiessen and Peter Morris. July 2004

Evaluation of LEED Using Life Cycle Assessment Methods.
Chris W. Scheuer Gregory A. Keoleian, September 2002

Two hand drying methods: paper towels and an electric hand air drier
Streamlined Life Cycle Assessment Study, Environmental Resources Management Eaton House, Oxford, August 2001

Conceptualising Sustainability Assessment.
Jenny Popea, David Annandale, Angus Morrison-Saundersb,Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, Australia School of Environmental Science, 1 March 2004

Social Labels: Tools for Ethical Trade Final.
Simon Zadek, Sanjiv Lingayah, and Maya Forstater, New Economics Foundation for the European Commission, 1998

Squaring the circle? Some thoughts on the idea of sustainable development.
John Robinson, Sustainable Development Research Initiative (SDRI) in the Institute of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia. 30 October 2003