Where Did You Get That?

In Support of Local Goods:

Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project. "10 Reasons to Buy Local Food." http://www.asapconnections.org/local.htm

Carolina Farm Stewardship Association. "Why Buy Local?" http://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/consumers/local.html
See also: "What is Sustainable Agriculture" and "Why Buy Organic?"

Food Routes. "Buy Local." http://www.foodroutes.org/buylocal.jsp

Local Harvest. http://www.localharvest.org/

Norberg-Hodge, Helena. "Is Organic Enough?" Ecologist. Oct2000, Vol. 30
Issue 7, p45.

Schwind, Kirsten. "Going Local on a Global Scale: Rethinking Food Trade in the Era
of Climate Change, Dumping, and Rural Poverty." Food First. Institute for Food and
Development Policy. Spring/Summer 2005.
http://www.foodfirst.org/backgrouders/goinglocal

Weir, Erica, et al. "Giving thanks for locally grown food." CMAJ: Canadian Medical
Association Journal. 10/15/2002, Vol. 167 Issue 8, p895

In Support of a Global Market:

Bhagwati, Jagdish N. In Defense of Globalization. Oxford University Press, 2004.
0195170253

Friedman, Thomas L. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization.
Anchor, 2000. 0385499345

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Staff. "Globalization: Threat or Opportunity?" http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/ib/2000/041200.htm. April, 2000 - Revised
January 2002.

Soros, George. On Globalization. Public Affairs, 2002. 1586481258

Tabb, William K. "Globalization," Microsoft Encarta Online Encylopedia, 2005.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_1741588397/Globalization.html

Wolf, Martin. Why Globalization Works. Yale University Press, 2005. 2nd edition.
0300107773

World Trade Organization. "10 Benefits of the WTO trading system." http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/10ben_e/10b00_e.htm

For more political and philosophical arguments:
"Keeping the Lid On: Local Control in a Global Economy: New Democracy Forum."
Boston Review. April/May 1998. http://bostonreview.net/BR23.2/contents.html

Food

Organic vs. Conventional

Arnold Creek Productions. "Good Food, Good Business." http://www.arnoldcreekproductions.com/GFGB.htm

Blythman, Joanna. "The Trouble With Organics." Ecologist. Jul/Aug2005, Vol. 35
Issue 6, p24-25.

Hardison, Kevin. "What is Organic Food?" North Carolina Department of Agriculture. http://www.ncagr.com/markets/commodit/horticul/ncorganics/

Moore, Oliver. "The Debate Over Organic Versus Conventional Food Rages On."
Irish Times. 11/08/2005.

Parnes, Robin Brett. "How Organic Food Works." How Stuff Works. http://home.howstuffworks.com/organic-food.htm

Pimentel, David, et al. "Environmental, Energetic, and Economic Comparisons of
Organic and Conventional Farming Systems." Bioscience. July 2005. 55(7): 573-852.

US Department of Agriculture National Organic Program. "Organic Food Standards
and Labels: The Facts." April 2002.
http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/Consumers/brochure.html

Lawn and Garden

Bir, R. E. Growing and Propagating Showy Native Woody Plants. UNC Press, 1992.

EPA Mid-Atlantic Region. "Green Landscaping." September 20, 2004. http://www.epa.gov/reg3esd1/garden/index.htm

Foote, Leonard E. Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast: Landscaping
Uses and Identification. Timber Press, 1998.

Hemenway, Toby. Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture. Chelsea
Green, 2000.

Loewer, H. Peter. Native Perennials for the Southeast. Cool Springs Press, 2005.

Loewer, H. Peter. Thoreau's Garden: Native Plants for the American Landscape.
Stackpole Books, 2002.

Miller, James H. Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests: A Field Guide for
Identification and Control. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, 2003. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/gtr/gtr_srs062/

North Carolina Cooperative Extension. "Publications for Lawn and Garden." http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/Publications/lawngarden.php

Wasowski, Sally. Gardening with Native Plants of the South. Taylor Pub. Co., 1994.

Energy

Deffeyes, Kenneth S. Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak. Hill and Wang, 2005.

Goodstein, David L. Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil. Norton, 2005.

NCDENR Division of Pollution Prevention. "Energy Conservation."
http://www.p2pays.org/energy/

NC Cooperative Extension. "Energy and the Environment." http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/housing/pubs/#energy

Pahl, Greg. Biodiesel: Growing A New Energy Economy. Chelsea Green, 2005.

Roberts, Paul. The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World. Houghton Mifflin,
2004.

Shaw, Jane S. and Manuel Nikel-Zueger. Energy: Critical Thinking About Environmental
Issues. Greenhaven Press, 2004.

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/

U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "Fuel Economy." http://www.fueleconomy.gov/

U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Partnerships for Home Energy
Efficiency. http://www.energysavers.gov/

Water

Outwater, Alice. Water: A Natural History. Basic Books, 1996.

NCDENR Library. "Stormwater Resources Bibliography." http://www.eenorthcarolina.org/library/stormwater.htm

Vigil, Kenneth M. Clean Water: An Introduction to Water Quality and Water Pollution
Control. Oregon State University Press, 2003.

Virginia Cooperative Extension. "Household Water Treatment."
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/housing/356-481/356-481.html

Waste

For Recycling/Composting

Cothran, Helen, ed. Garbage and Recycling: Opposing Viewpoints. Greenhaven Press,
2003.

Martin, Deborah L. and Grace Gershuny, eds. The Rodale Book of Composting:
Easy Methods for Every Gardener. Rodale Press, 1992.

Recycling and Composting publications from the NC Cooperative Extension Service. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/Publications/lawngarden.php#recycle

"Recycling Information." NCDENR Division of Pollution Prevention. http://www.p2pays.org/category.asp?cat=5

Rogers, Heather. Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage. New Press, 2005.

Royte, Elizabeth. Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash. Little Brown, 2005.

Against Recyling/Composting:

Tierney, John. "Recycling is Garbage." New York Times. June 30, 1996. Section 6: 24.
Reprinted on the Williams College Web site at:
http://www.williams.edu/HistSci/curriculum/101/garbage.html

In the House

Daley, Beth. "Eco-Products in Demand, But Labels Can Be Murky." The Boston Globe. February 9, 2005.
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/02/09/eco_products_in_demand_
but_labels_can_be_murky/

Evans, Lynette. "Will Your Sofa Make You Sick?" San Francisco Chronicle. February 1, 2006. G4. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/01/HOG8LGUSDT1.DTL

Hamilton, Jon. "Cleaning Up Indoor Air: From Sick Walls to Synthetic Carpets,
Home May Not Be a Haven." NPR Morning Edition. August 17, 2004. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3851857

Renner, Rebecca. "How Spotless Carpet Gets Into Your Blood." ScienceNow Daily News. January 26, 2006. http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/126/1

Stevens, Sidney. "The Hidden Life of House Paint." Sierra Magazine. March/April 2005. 90(2): 30-31. http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200503/hiddenlife.asp

Weise, Elizabeth. "Panel Calls Chemical a 'Likely Carcinogen'". USA Today. June 30, 2005. 2B. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-06-29-teflon-usat_x.htm

Personal Products

Barrett, Julia R. "The Ugly Side of Beauty Products." Environmental Health Perspectives. January 2005. 113(1):A24. http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2005/113-1/forum.html#theu

Colborn, Theo. Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival? Penguin Group, 1997. See their Web site for updates and additional information: http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/

"Cosmetics." U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-toc.html

Fooling With Nature: PBS Frontline Report. Documentary Consortium, 1998. (Video). Information available online at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/nature/ A transcript of this episode is available at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/nature/etc/script.html

Johnson, Jim. "Problems Just Begin When Pills Flush Down the Drain." Waste News. May 23, 2005. 11(2):15.

Rose, Amara. "Hot Flash: Hormone Mimics Wreak Havoc on Women's Health." E - The Environmental Magazine. Jan/Feb 2006. 17(1): 40-41. http://www.emagazine.com/view/?3010

Solomon, Gina M. and Ted Schettler. "Environmental Endocrine Disruption." Life Support: The Environment and Human Health. MIT Press, 2002. 147-162.

Weise, Elizabeth. "Are Our Products the Enemy?" USA Today. 08/02/05. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-08-02-chemicals-hormones-cover_x.htm