Books. Films. Websites.
A great list of resources to help convert you to our cause :)
  
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Films
Forks Over Knives (2011) Looks at compelling evidence that animal-based diets are increasingly detrimental to our health and the environment. Food, Inc. (2009) Goes behind the shelves of our supermarkets to find out where our food really comes from and what we can do to change it. [View the official movie trailer below!] King Corn (2007) Follows the journey of two college grads who go to Iowa to plant an acre of corn and discover startling truths about food. Fast Food Nation (2006) Tells the personal story of those caught up in the fast food industry from migrant workers to profit-mongering companies. The Corporation (2004) Traces the evolution and consequences of the most powerful institution and ideology on earth The End of Suburbia (2005) Exposes the shocking reality of peak oil and the impact of our dependency on the fossil fuel industry Crude (2007) An inside look at the infamous $27 billion "Amazon Chernobyl" case, and the clash of global politics, corporate power, and people. The Garden (2007) The story of a 14-acre urban farm in an impoverished neighborhood in LA and the struggle to save it from demolition. The Power of Community (2008) An interesting look at how Cuba survived "peak oil" and thrived after cutting their dependence on fossil fuels. MEDIA THAT MATTERS.ORG A website with dozens of short documentary films discussing everything from food justice to racism to gender and more. |
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Books
Food The Ethics of What to Eat (Mason and Singer) Omnivore's Dilemma (Pollan) What to Eat (Nestle) Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (Kingsolver) Diet for Small Planet (Lappe) Kitchen Literacy (Vileisis) Stuffed and Starved (Patel) Fast Food Nation (Schlosser) In Defense of Food (Pollan) The Jungle (Sinclair) Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal (Salatin) Ripe: The Search for the Perfect Tomato (Allen) Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World (Koeppel) Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal (Stuart) Food Politics (Nestle) Eating Animals (Foer) The Dreaded Comparison (Spiegel) The Food Revolution (Robbins) Food Justice Closing the Food Gap (Winne) Sustainable Communities and Environmental Justice (Agyeman) Recipe for America (Richardson) Remaking the North American Food System (Hinrichs) Race, Place, and Environmental Justice (Bullard) Cultivating Food Justice (Alkon) With These Hands: Migrant Farmworkers (Rothenberg) Gardening Fresh Food From Small Spaces (Ruppenthal) Four Season Harvest (Coleman) Food Not Lawns (Flores) Square Foot Gardening (Bartholomew) The One-Straw Revolution (Fukuoka) Permaculture (Holmgren) Permaculture: A Practical Guide (Holzer) Sustainability Deep Economy (McKibben) Silent Spring (Carson) Limits to Growth (Meadows) The Ecology of Commerce (Hawken) What Matters: Economics for a Renewed Commonwealth (Berry) Eaarth (McKibben) The Sustainability Revolution (Edwards and Orr) Cradle to Cradle (Braungart) Plan B 4.0 (Brown) Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution (Hawken) Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature (Benyus) The Principles of Sustainability (Dresner) Ecological Literacy (Orr) The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy (Stibbe) The Transition Handbook: Oil Dependency to Local Resilience (Hopkins) The Story of Stuff (Leonard) Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature (Cronon) Small is Beautiful (Schumacher) The Philosophy of Sustainable Design (McLennan) Novels/Essays The Monkey Wrench Gang (Abbey) A Sand County Almanac (Leopold) The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture (Berry) Walden (Thoreau) Pilgrim at Ticker Creek (Dillard) The Art of Commonplace (Berry) |