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.
