Here is a selection of resources available through the Library that may be of interest to you. Are you planning to build a new house or make your old house more energy efficient? Try some of the titles below, or visit your branch for more ideas. The Library has many resources for those who are interested in changing food patterns and learning more about the relationship between food and the environment. And finally, you'll find below some titles to suggest possibilities for local action.

FOOD

• 100 Mile Diet by Alisa Dawn Smith
• Animal Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
• Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods by Gary Paul Nabhan
• Cooking the Whole Foods Way by Christina Pirello
• The End of Food by Thomas Pawlick
• Gardening for the Future of the Earth by Howard by Yana Shapiro
• Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko
• Harvest for Hope by Jane Goodall
• Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappe
• The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
• Slow Poisoning of America by John Erb
• The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer

HOMES

• Alternative Construction: Contemporary Natural Building Methods by Elizabeth Lynne
• Beauty of Straw Bale Houses by Athena Steen
• Carbon Buster’s Home Energy Handbook by Godo Stoyke
• Creating a Sustainable Home: a Practical Guide to Building, Remodeling, or Retrofitting Your Home for Healthy Living by Georgia Mayfield
• Easy Guide to Solar Electric by Adi Pieper
• Energy by Efficient Building by Fine Homebuilding Magazine
• Good House Book: A Common by Sense Guide to Alternative Homebuilding by Clarke Snell
• Healthy Home Handbook: Eco-Friendly Design by Alan Berman
• How to Live a Low by Carbon Life by Chris Goodall
• Little House on a Small Planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient possibilities by Shay Saloman
• Living Homes: Integrated Design and Construction by Thomas J. Elpel
• New Ecological Home by Daniel Chiras
• New Sustainable Homes by James Grayson
• Off the Grid Homes by Lori Ryker
• Power With Nature by Rex Ewing
• Windpower Workshop by Hugh Piggott
• Electronic Energy Meter (kit) Conserve Nova Scotia

WHAT YOU CAN DO AND SOME BACKGROUND READING

• Deep Economy by Bill McKibben
• Ecoholic: Your Guide to the Most Environmentally Friendly Products, Information and Services in Canada by Adria Vasil
• End of Oil by Paul Roberts
• Everyday Activist: 365 Ways to Change the World by Michael Norton
• Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need by Chris Turner
• Global Warming Survival Kit by Brian Clegg
• Good News for a Change by David Suzuki
• Heat: How to Stop the Planet From Burning
• How to Save the World in Your Spare Time by Elizabeth May
• An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore
• Stick Your Neck Out: A Street by Smart Guide to Creating Change in Your Community and Beyond by John Graham
• Turning the World Right Side Up: Science, Community and Democracy by Patrick Kearns
• The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization by Thomas Homer by Dixon
• Voices of Nova Scotia Community: A Written Democracy by Scott Milsom
• Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21^st Century by Alex Steffen
• You Can Prevent Global Warming (And Save Money) by Jeffrey Langholz

DVDs

• A Crude Awakening
• End of Suburbia
• An Inconvenient Truth
• Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
• World in the Balance