Library + Resources
Library + Resources
Arts for All - Discount tickets for dance, theater and music performances with Oregon Trail Card (SNAP)
Garden Curriculum Resources - Editable Google spreadsheet
COVID-19 Resources - Resources for living in an ongoing and post-pandemic world
FIELD GUIDES
Scats and Tracks of the Pacific Coast States - James C Halfpenny READ THE REVIEW
Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska - Pojar + Mackinnon
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America - David Allen Sibley
All That the Rain Promises, and More...: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms - David Arora
Trees To Know in Oregon - Edward C Jensen
The Cloud Collector's Handbook- GAvin Pretor-Pinney
Endangered Trails of Mt Hood National Forest: a guide to trails threatened by forest management and how you can help
Field Guide for the Identification and Use of Common Riparian Woody Plants of the Intermountain West and Pacific Northwest Regions
Lewis and Clark Meet Oregon's Forest: Lessons from Dynamic Nature - Gail Wells + Dawn Anzinger
Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West
Wild in the City: Exploring the Intertwine - ed. Houck and Cody
100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon & Southwest Washington - Sullivan
CASE STUDIES
Our Stolen Future: How We Are Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence and Survival - Colborn, Dumanoski, Myers
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things - William McDonough + Michael Braungart
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America - Timothy Egan READ THE REVIEW
The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet - Jim Robbins
Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future - Jeff Goodell
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream - Duany, Plater-Zyberk + Speck
Up Fanno Creek
Invasion Ecology
The Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River - White
DIVERSITY/CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Local Color (OPB documentary about Oregon's racist history)
Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail
Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America's Future
belonging: a culture of place - bell hook
Why Aren't There More Black People in Oregon? A Hidden History (Video)
The Verde Paper - Latino Perspectives on Conservation Leadership
DIVERSITY, EQUITY + INCLUSION IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT
Walidah Imarisha PDXtalks: Why Aren't there More Black People in Oregon?
Native Defenders of the Environment - Vincent Schilling
From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement - Cole + Foster
The Black & Brown Faces in America's Wild Places: Extraordinary African Americans Making Nature and the Environment a Part of Their Everyday Lives - Dudley Edmonson
Ecocide of Native America: Environmental Destruction of Indian Lands and Peoples - Grinde and Johansen
Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage - Dianne D Glave
What's Fair Got to Do with It: Diversity Cases from Enivironmental Educators - Tania J Madfes
Environmentalism: Not just for white people: We should be paying more attention to minority voices in the environmental movement\
Are there two different versions of environmentalism, one “white,” one “black”?
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
Social Sustainability of Cities
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Environmental Justice and Environmentalism: The Social Justice Challenge to the Environmental Movement - Sandler and Pezzullo
Spaces of Environmental Justice - Holifield, Porter and Walker
Love Canal Revisited: Race, Class, and Gender in Environmental Activism - Elizabeth D Blum
Environmental Health and Racial Equity in the United States: Building Environmentally Just, Sustainable, and Livable Communities - Robert D. Bulalrd, Ph.D.
Struggle for the Land: Native North American Resistance to Genocide, Ecocide and Colonization - Ward Churchill
Robert Bullard, pioneer in environmental justice, is honored by the Sierra Club
Earth Day 2013: 3 Important Reasons Environmental Justice is a Feminist Issue
The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement - Davies
Bessed Unrest: How the World's Laregest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming - Hawken
The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics
Confronting Suburban Poverty in Cities
ACTIVE CITIZEN
Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate (A Progressive Guide to Action) - George Lakoff
How to Save a River: A Handbook for Citizen Action - David M Bolling
How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas - David Bornstein
Green Social Work: From Environmental Crises to Environmental Justice - Lena Dominelli
We All Live Downstream: Writings about Mountaintop Removal - Jason Howard
Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal (Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia)- Joyce M Barry
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Out Time - Jeffrey D Sachs
The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good - William Easterly
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond The Non-profit Industrial Complex - Incite! Women of Color Against Violence (ed.)
Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in Without Going Crazy
GENERAL ENVIRONMENTALISM
The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age - Richard Louv
Wandering Home: A Long Walk Across America's Most Hopeful Landscape: Vermont's Champlain Valley and New York's Adirondacks - Bill McKibben
Living in Balance: A Dynamic Approach For Creating Harmony & Wholeness in a Chaotic World - Joel + Michelle Levey
The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community - Peter Katz
Dreaming the Future: Reimagining Civilization in the Age of Nature - Kenny Ausubel
Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future - Mark Hertsgaard
A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There - Aldo Leopold
Twenty Lessons in Environmental Sociology - Gould + Lewis
Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century - Alex Steffen
Earth: Inside and Out - Edmond A Mathez (ed.)
EcoForestry: The Art and Science of Sustainable Forest Use - Alan Drengson + Duncan Taylor (ed.)
The Vulnerable Planet: a short economic history of the environment - John Bellamy Foster
Wildfire - Scott Thybony
Sustainable World Sourcebook: Critical Issues, Viable Solutions, Resources for Action
Restoring the Pacific Northwest: The Art and Science of Ecological Restoration in Cascadia
Wilderness and the American Mind - Nash
The Dream of the Earth - Berry
Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth - Logan
The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment
FOOD
Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket - Brian Halweil
American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of its Food (and What We Can Do About It) - Bloom
EDUCATION
Methods that Matter - 6 structures for best practice classrooms
Affirming Diversity - The sociopolitical context of multicultural education
Processing the Experience - strategies to enhance and generalize learning
Garden/Environmental Education
Sharing Nature with Children - Joseph Cornell
Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature - Jon Young
Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World - David W. Orr
How to Grow a School Garden - Arden Bucklin-Sporer + Rachel Kathleen Pringle
Schoolyard Mosaics: Designing Gardens and Habitats - National Gardening Association
Pre K-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide
Conservation Education and Outreach Techniques - Jacobson, McDuff and Monroe
Rainwater Collection for the Mechanically Challenged
Let it Rot! The Gardeners Guide to Composting
Worms eat my GarbageThe New Seed Starters Handbook
Solar Cooking for Home and Camp
Carrots love tomatoes - Secrets of companion planting
Propagation Handbook - Basic Techniques for Gardeners
Gardening when it Counts - Growing Food in Hard times
Greenhouse Garden Companion
All New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening
Kids in the Wild Garden
The Meaning of Food - PBS TV Series Companion
Getting Started - Creating School Gardens as Outdoor Classrooms
How to Grow more Vegetables
Down and Dirty - 43 Fun and Funky Project to you Gardening
A year on the Garden Path
Gardening Undercover
A Book of Bees
Nature Smart
Seed Sowing and Saving
Outdoor Education - Guide to Planning and Implemenation of programs
Northwest Earth Institute - Global Warming Changing Co2urse
Gardening Wizardry for Kids
Sqaure Foot Gardening
Easy Garden Projects - to make, build and grow
LEADERSHIP
Strengths Finder 2.0 - Tom Rath
Team-Building Activities for Every Group - Alanna Jones
Remarkable Leadership: Unleashing Your Leadership Potential One Skill at a Time - Kevin Eikenberry
Affordable Portables - A Working Book of Initiative Activities + Problem Solving Elements - Chris Cavert + Friends
Quicksilver: Adventure Games, Initiative Problems, Trust Activities and a Guide to Effective Leadership - Karl Rohnke
Charisma - The Art of Relationships: Understanding the "cats" and "dogs" in our lives-an anthonlogy - Michael Grinder
Everyone Leads: Building Leadership from the Community Up
The Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry
Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!: Ten Principles for Leading Meetings That Matter
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life READ THE REVIEW
Community Conversations: Mobilizing the Ideas, Skills, and Passion of Community Organizations, Governments, Businesses, and People
Standing in the Fire: Leading High-Heat Meetings with Calm, Clarity, and Courage
Fostering Sustainable Behaviour: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing - McKenzie-Mohr
Succeeding at Social Enterprise: Hard-Won Lessons for Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurs
CAREER
Effective Business Writing: The Everyday Guide to Clear, Concise and Powerful Writing - Marica Dennis
Careers in Horticulture & Botany - Jerry Garner
Designing the Perfect Resume - Pat Criscito (for use in the office only)
The Perfect Job Search - Tom Jackson (for use in the office only)
LIFE AFTER AMERICORPS
Volunteer: a traveler's guide to making a difference around the world - Lonely Planet Publishing
Alternatives to the PeaceCorps: a directory of the third world & US volunteer opportunities - edited by Joan Powell
How to Live Your Dream of Volunteering Overseas - Collins, DeZerega, Heckscher
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Fire at Eden's Gate: Tom McCall and the Oregon Story
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail READ THE REVIEW
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban READ THE REVIEW
The Reaon I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
The Crusades of Cesar Chavez - Pawel
Parting the Waters: American in the King Years 1954-63 - Branch
Planet Walker: 17 years of silence, 22 years of walking - John Francis, Ph.D.
NOVELS
The Power of One
The Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Abbey
Prodigal Summer - Barbara Kingsolver
The Storied Life of AJ Firky
The Residue Years
SERVICE
The American Way to Change: How National Service & Volunteers Are Transforming America
Serving Country and Community: Who Benefits from National Service?
NOT YET CATEGORIZED
Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature
Therapeutic Landscapes: An Evidence-Based Approach to Designing Healing Gardens and Restorative Outdoor Spaces - Marcus & Sachs
OTHER RESOURCES
Center for Diversity in the Environment's resources page with articles and links to organizations
Checking books out
You can check out 2 books at a time - we will need them returned by the end of the year.
There is a clipboard next to the library that you must sign out the books.
We welcome suggestions for new books to add to our library. Please send them in!
GETTING DEVO HOURS FOR USING RESOURCE LIBRARY
You CAN'T claim devo hours for reading books.
You CAN get devo hours for giving a write-up about the books you read.
Maximum of 2 hours of devo per book
Write up needs to answer two questions: What was the book about? How does this relate to/effect your Service?
Write ups can not contain political views or other prohibited activities. Follow journalistic standard when writing about the book content, which is to say, report on the content only. Don't offer an opinion or pick as side so as to avoid crossing over into endorsement and lobbying.
Write ups will be shared for current and future Members as well as occasionally appear on the Confluence Center blog and other social media outlets.
Write ups should be sent to Ashlie to be reviewed/recorded/posted
Ashlie will be your devo backup at her discretion if the write up is well written and well considered.