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Books to read:

1.      Agrarian Dreams; the Paradox of Organic Farming in California.  Julie Guthman.

2.      Soul of a Citizen; Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time.  Paul Rogat Loeb.

3.      Shaping the Sierra; Nature, Culture, and Conflict in the Changing West.  Timothy P. Duane.

4.      Cradle to Cradle; Remaking the Way We Make Things.  William McDonough & Michael Braungart.

5.      An Inconvenient Truth; The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We can Do About It.  Al Gore.

6.      Out of Gas,  David Goodstein.

7.   In Praise of SLOW: How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed.  Carl Honore

8.  Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, by scientist and author Jared Diamond.560 pages, Penguin Books, 2005.

Calaveras County Library has a great selection of DVD on food & farming, water, wood, wildlife,
sprawl, consumerism and speaking up. Check them out.  Titles include: The Future of Food,  Affluenzia, End Of Suburbia, by the Post Carbon Institute. A chilling documentary on the topic of oil depletion.

A must-see movie:  "An Inconvenient Truth"

Websites:

Post Carbon Institute. Sign on to the protocol at the individual, town, city, state level.

Yale Environmental Sustainability Index

Biodiesel.org or biodeselcoalition.org

http://www.sustainablelawrence.org/   a sustainable sister city in NJ

Livability Project: Building social capital/strengthen local ties

Other Resources:

Patronizing local farmers, producers and artisans prevents a lot of waste in transporting foods from other places. Find a market near you.http://www.localharvest.org/farmers-markets/