GREENR

If you are interested in current information regarding the environment, energy, and natural resources, GREENR is a great place to check.  As the description on the WCCLS website states, GREENR " is a new authoritative online resource that focuses on the academic study of sustainability and the environment.  It allows users to navigate issue,  organization, and country portals and provides news, videos, primary source documents, interactive maps, refereed case studies, and more in research categories such as energy systems, healthcare, food, and green collar jobs."  A worthwhile resource for environmental studies.

Beaverton Library has amazing magazines

If you are looking for ways to save money maybe it is time to look at your magazine subscriptions.

Beaverton Library has some AMAZING magazines. And, all the past issues may be borrowed!

If you like Art, we have Art in America












If science and technology is more your interes check out ieee spectrum, the magazine of technology insiders.
This month's issue reviews the top 10 tech cars!


Concerned about the environment? Check out



E - The Environmental Magazine






We have so many more...stop by soon and check them out!

Farmers' Markets

If you're interested in farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area (or any place in the United States) this is the website to check out. Listing resources as to where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats and many other items, this site also includes an online store where you can purchase a myriad of products including chocolate and desserts, farm crafts, flowers, herbs, pet needs, gifts and much more. An events calender lists festivals, tours, workshops, field days, courses and many other kinds of food and farming related events throughout the United States. Going on a road trip this summer? Why not plan your trip with a visit to a farm or farmers' market on your way!

Walkability is the New Black

The simplicity of living in a compact, easily maintainable, well-designed home with quick access by foot, to goods and services has long been a dream of mine.


If you share that dream, consider adding Ross Chapin's book
Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small Scale Community in a Large Scale World,
to your reading list.

Radon

Did you know that Radon is a naturally occuring radioactive gas that comes from the decay of urnanium founnd in most soil types. You cannot see, smell, or taste radon but it can be deadly to your health. According to the EPA it is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. It is easy to test for radon and everyone should probably do it. The EPA has a good website that explains all the facts about radon including how to test for it and mitigate it if necessary. Here is a link to the website.



http://http//www.epa.gov/radon/pubs/citguide.html

Northwest news with a sustainable angle

Interested in the environment and sustainibilty issues in the northwest? Take a look at daily.sightline.org for a roundup of current news and events that looks for solutions as well as reporting on enviromental issues in the northwest. Sightline Daily is a project of Sightline Institute, the Northwest’s sustainability think tank.

Environmental Protection Agency

Did you know the EPA has a blog, Greenversations. Every Wednesday is Science Wednesday and the post deals with the science behind enviornmental protection.





Questions about the BP Oil Spill, the EPA has a website addressing their response to the oil spill,


EPA Response to BP Spill

Encyclopedia of Environment and Society

One of our newest reference acquisitions is the Encyclopedia of Environment and Society published by Sage Publications. This fascinating 5-volume set covers a wide variety of topics, all written by specialists within each field. Subjects include agriculture, animals, biology and chemistry, climate, conservation and ecology, country profiles, geography, history, movements and regulations, organizations, people, politics, pollution, and society. The introduction states that "despite (and in part because of) the diversity of entries assembled here, it is possible to identify some constant global themes that thread throughout the encyclopedia. Two of the most prominent are: 1) the emerging socio-environmental problems that we face in the next century, and 2) the shifting and expanding theoretical tools available for explaining tackling these problems." Perusing through the encyclopedia you will find articles on the Butterfly Effect (this principle became the cornerstone to the science of chaos theory), consumption, the Green Revolution and literally hundreds of other articles. This set will appeal to the environmentally literate citizen and to the student studying the complex interrelationship of society and the environment.

Green home buying, building or remodeling

Your Eco-Friendly Home: Buying, Building or Remodeling Green by Sid Davis. New York: American Management Association, 2009.

Timeless Earth

Timeless Earth: 400 of the World's Most Important Places


by Hammond World Atlas Corporation

Hammond, best known for its world atlas, presents a gorgeous collection showcasing some of the globe's most important places: 400 of UNESCOS (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage Sites representing some of the most significant sites to mankind and the planet, many which are inaccessable to the average traveler.


This and many more wonderful books are shelved in our Oversized Collection.