RECOMMENDED TEXTS

Matilsky, Barbara. Fragile Ecologies. New York: Rizzoli, 1992.

Spaid, Sue. Ecovention: current art to transform ecologies. 2002.

RECOMMENDED/TAGGED LINKS BY HOLMES

Delicious course links: http://del.icio.us/tgholmes/NME

OTHER USEFUL TEXTS

Bentley, Peter J. Digital Biology: How Nature is Transforming our Technology and Our Lives. Simon and Schuster, 2001.

Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.

De Villiers, Marq. Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource. Mariner Books, 2001.

Kastner, Jeffrey, ed. Land and environmental art; survey by Brian Wallis. Phaidon ; 1998. .

McKenzie-Mohr, Doug and William Smith. Fostering Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing. New Society Publishers, 1999.

McKibben, Bill. The End of Nature, Anchor Books, 1989.

Smith, Stephanie, ed. Ecologies: Mark Dion, Peter Fend, and Dan Peterman. David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, 2001.

links for local environmentally-minded art-friendly organizations

www.believechicago.org - Participate in Chicago sustainability initiatives

www.foresightdesign.org - Group runs "Green Drinks", a monthly panel that discusses issues related to Chicago and sustainability

ENVIRONMENTAL ART + DESIGN LINKS

Keeper of the Waters
greenmuseum.org
ecoartspace.org
links for transgenic art

BLOGS + ZINES

Recycling: www.ewasteinsights.info/wordpress/
Treehugger: www.treehugger.com/

OTHER ENVIRONMENT LINKS

www.care2.com  -  An outstanding web-site on recycling.
www.earth911.org - Another site for great information on recycling just about anything in your community.
www.environmentaldefense.org - Dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people.
www.nrdc.org - The Natural Resource Defense Council is another great resource to learn about the state of the environment, from water to air to parks, and global warming.
www.ucsusa.org - The Union of Concerned Scientists is an organization that raises the public's understanding of environmental issues through rigorous scientific research and analysis, innovative policy development and effective citizen advocacy.
www.cityofchicago.org - For information on recycling in Chicago and the blue bag program as well as public transportation
www.ersc.wisc.edu - Environmental Remote Sensing Center, The Nelson Institute. University of Wisconsin-Madison

HEALTH AND FOOD

great for "green" lunch in loop, Hannah's Bretzel, http://www.hannahsbretzel.com/

www.drweil.com - An incredibly detailed resource for anybody who wants to make better health choices following the principles of integrated medicine.

www.foodnews.org -  A web-site dedicated to helping you understand what's in food, and toxins that shouldn't be.

www.slowfood.com - Founded by Carlo Petrini in Italy in 1986, Slow Food is an international association that promotes food culture, and also defends food and agricultural biodiversity worldwide.

www.csalearningcenter.org - Community Supported Agriculture learning center and Angelic Organics.