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April 16, 2008

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Recycling, Reuse, & Renewal in Clement C. Maxwell Library

Celebrate Earth Day, April 22
  • Maxwell Library has a “recycle” book shelf located on the ground floor of the building for good quality used books and magazines.
  • All of Maxwell Library’s handouts are NOW available electronically from the Library’s website.
  • During inclement weather Maxwell Library’s circulation staff will protect the materials that you check out with a “recycled” plastic bag.

Click on the titles below to link to Maxwell Library’s online catalog. For information on recycling, environmentalism, and sustainability visit Maxwell Library’s databases. Off-campus users need to log in first.

Forging environmentalism
Editor Joanne Bauer
This is an examination of how environmental values are constructed and legitimized within the policy process. The text trains the spotlight on four environmentally significant countries - China, Japan, India and the USA - representing a wide diversity of cultural, social, economic and political characteristics.
Living Green: a practical guide to simple sustainability
by Greg Horn
Whether concerned about climate change, personal health, or living a little more lightly on the planet, this book helps inspire and direct positive action to improve both personal health and the health of the environment.
The Green Agenda in American Politics
by Robert Duffy
"The Green Agenda in American Politics” offers a new look at environmental advocacy that focuses on contemporary lobbying, electioneering, and agenda setting in this new context. Drawing on interviews with activists from a wide range of organizations, Robert Duffy describes what environmental groups actually do when lobbing officials or the public.
Environmentalism: A Global History
by Ramachandra Guha
This text provides a cross-cultural and global survey of environmental thinking and the movements it has spawned.

Book summaries are from Books In Print (A Maxwell Library research tool). Off campus users need to log in first.


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