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Creating a Greener Barrington Area
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Chicago Environmental Network:
More than 200 environmental and natural resource organizations in northeastern
Illinois
Chicago Sustainability Action
Guide: The Foresight Design Initiative's guide to a more sustainable Chicago
Chicago Wilderness: Alliance of
regional nature reserves spearheading the local Leave No Child Inside initiative
Citizens for Conservation:
CFC protects and restores native plant and wildlife communities in the
Barrington area
Earth911: Find a recycling center for a
variety of items
The
Freecycle Barrington Network: Recycle or give away unwanted items to
nonprofit organizations or individuals
The Green Home Guide: Create a
green home with this helpful guide from the U. S. Green Building Council
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance:
Information and action on energy efficiency in the Midwest
Natural Resources Defense Council:
Dedicated to creating an indefinitely sustainable way of life
Solid Waste Agencies, Cook County, Lake County, and McHenry County: Recycling directories and resources for disposing of
materials that can be difficult to throw away
Stillman Nature Center:
Environmental education center located on 80 acres of woods, lake and prairie in
South Barrington
U. S. Department of Energy: The Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy page
U. S. Green Building Council: A non-profit
organization committed to expanding sustainable building practices through its
LEED program
Top Titles
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by Barbara Kingsolver & Camille Kingsolver.
In her first full-length nonfiction narrative, bestselling author Barbara
Kingsolver opens readers' eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: you
are what you eat. ...More
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by Harry Wiland & Dale Bell.
Part celebration and part inspiration, Edens Lost &
Found, the companion book to the PBS series, chronicles the forward-looking
transformation of America's urban landscapes and communities. ...More
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by Elizabeth Rogers & Thomas M. Kostigen.
For anyone who cares about the health of our
planet, this invaluable guide offers hundreds of simple, actionable steps
readers can take to help save the Earth. ...More
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by Jonathan Isham.
Combining incisive essays with success
stories, this book helps readers answer the important question, "What can I
do about global warming?" ...More
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by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, & L. Hunter Lovins.
This groundbreaking book reveals how today's global
businesses can be both environmentally responsible and highly profitable. ...More
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by Carol Venolia & Kelly Lerner.
To have a home that's more in touch with the earth,
you don't have to start from the ground up. It's possible—and more
earth friendly—to go green by renovating an
existing home. ...More
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by Lori Ryker.
Our homes are connected by a nearly invisible grid of infrastructure that
binds us together. The grid is also one of the greatest environmental
challenges known to modern civilization. Profiling ten beautiful homes in
regions ...More
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by Michael Pollan.
Pollan writes about the ecology of the food humans
eat and why—what it is, in fact, that we are eating. Discussing industrial
farming, organic food, and what it is like to hunt and gather food, this is
a surprisingly honest and self-aware account of the evolution of the modern
diet. ...More
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by Nigel Dunnett & Andy Clayden.
This book will enhance our gardens and public spaces and heighten
awareness of rainwater's crucial role. Innovative case studies from all over
the world, plant selection and a comprehensive directory provide ...More
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by Stu Stein.
Designed for people who want to make food choices that promote the economic,
environmental and social health of their communities, this book gives
seasonal cuisine new flair, using recipes adapted for exciting home cooking. ...More
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by Peter Singer & Jim Mason
The acclaimed team behind Animal Factories reunites for this exploration of where today's food comes
from, how it's produced, and whether it has been raised humanely, and study
the impact food choices have on humans, animals, and the environment. ...More
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Environmental Essentials
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by Wendell Berry
In fiction, essays, and poems, farmer, citizen, and
writer Berry has argued cogently and lyrically for responsible stewardship of
the land, sustainable small farms, and commitment to community. ...More |
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by Richard Ellis
Rich in history, anecdote, and surprising fact, Richard Ellis's descriptions
bring to life the natural history of the various species, the threats they
face, and the losses they have suffered. ...More |
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by Bill McKibben
This classic work on the environmental crisis features a new
introduction by the author, reviewing both the progress and ground lost in
the fight to save the earth. ...More |
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by Edward Osborne Wilson
Renowned scientist and writer Wilson illuminates the essentiality of
biodiversity, the innate bonds between humankind and the rest of life, and
why we must preserve nature to save ourselves. ...More |
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by Wade Davis
Renowned anthropologist Wade Davis explores and reveals the awe-inspiring
wealth of human diversity and makes an impassioned case for preservation of
Earth's disappearing cultures. ...More |
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by John Muir
Muir, a visionary prophet of environmental awareness, was also a master of
natural description who evoked with unique power and intimacy the
untrammeled landscapes of the American West. ...More |
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by Barry Holstun Lopez
Originally published in 1978, Lopez's classic, careful study was a National
Book Award finalist that went on to improve the way books about wild animals
are written. ...More |
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by Nicholas Hulot
Our planet, with all its spectacular diversity, is
a source of endless fascination in this spellbinding volume, filled with
glorious images from the world's greatest nature photographers. ...More |
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by Annie Dillard
In the book which won her a Pulitzer Prize in 1975,
Dillard writes in the form of a journal, trying to understand God by
chronicling the seasons and by exploring the paradoxical coexistence of beauty and
violence. ...More |
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by Terry Tempest Williams
As it interweaves
narratives of dying and accommodation, Refuge transforms tragedy into a
document of renewal and spiritual grace, resulting in a work that has become
a classic. ...More |
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by Rachel Carson
First published in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to
the dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary
changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. ...More |
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by Gretel Ehrlich
Ehrlich combines the story of
her travels with history, cultural anthropology, and reports on damage by
consumer society and global warming to reveal a Greenland that few of us
could otherwise imagine. ...More |
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by Colin Tudge
Tudge travels around the world bringing to life stories and facts about the
trees around us, then explains why they are crucial to combating global
warming. ...More |
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by Aldo Leopold
Leopold combines some of the finest nature
writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for
America's relationship to the land in this 1949 classic. ...More |
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by Thoreau, Henry David
First published in 1854, Henry David Thoreau's groundbreaking book
has influenced generations of readers and continues to inspire and inform
anyone with an open mind and a love of nature. ...More |
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