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In our continued journey toward being FRESH® - we have read as much as possible as quickly as possible, searching for information on various aspects of sustainability. Below is a list of some of our favorite books. We hope you find this list useful. Please check back regularly as we will update this book list as we find more resources to share. Please contact us if you would like a list of magazines and websites that we have also found to be appropriate.
An Inconvenient Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Al Gore
Clearcut: The Tragedy of Industrial Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Bill Devall
Commercial Interiors V 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by USGBC LEED
Cool Green Stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Dave Evans
Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Bjorn Lombrorg
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by W.McDonough & M.Braungart
Democracy's Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Frances Moore Lappe with Anna Lappe & Rachel Burton
Eco Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Alastair Fuad-Luke
The Ecology of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Paul Hawken
Environmental Management Quick and Easy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Joe Kausek
Everything Green Living Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diane Gow-McDilda
Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth Friendly Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Sophie Uliano
The Green Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen
Green by Design: Creating a Home for Sustainable Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Angela M. Dean
Green, Greener, Greenest: A Practical Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Lori Bongiorno
The Green Parent: A Kid-Friendly Guide to Environmentally-Friendly Living . . . . . . . . . . . . by Jenn Savedge
Green Remodeling: Changing the World One Room at a Time . . . . . . . . . . by David Johnston & Kim Master
Greener Than Thou: Are You Really An Environmentalist? . . . . . . . . . . by Terri Anderson &Laura E. Higgins
Green to Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Daniel Esty and Andrew S.Winston

The Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide to Easy, Stylish, Green Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Josh Dorfman

Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model . . . . . . . . by Ray Anderson

This Moment on Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by John Kerry and Theresa Heinz Kerry

The Natural Step for Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Brian Nattrass and Mary Altomare

Naturally Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Jeffrey Hollender, Geoff Davis, Meika Hollender,and Reed Doyle

The Necessary Revolution . . . . . . . by Peter Senge, Bryan Smith, Nina Kruschwitz, Joe Laur & Sara Schley
The Plot to Save the Planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Brian Dumaine

The Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line . . . . . . . . by B. Willard

The Sustainable Company: How to Create Lasting Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Chris Laszlo

True Green: 100 Everyday Ways you Can Contribute to a Healthier Planet . . . . . . . by K.McKay & J.Bonnin
Wake Up and Smell the Planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Grist Magazine
Walking the Talk: The Business Case for Sustainable Dvlpmt . . . . . . . . . . by Holiday, Schmidheiny, & Watts
World Changing: A Users Guide for the 21st Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Alex Steffen


Scroll down for a list of some of our favorite FRESH children's books . . .

The Cartoon Guide to the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Larry Gonick and Alice Outwater

Recycle!: A Handbook for Kids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Gail Gibbons

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Theodor Seuss Geisel