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Values, Principles & Human Nature

Books cover ethics and sustainability, environmental values and principles, sustainability and spirituality, and various issues rooted in humanitarian values, such as environmental justice, the rights of indigenous peoples, and the prevention of cruelty to animals. They also cover our evolving understanding of human nature and how it affects the struggle to create a more sustainable future.

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The Ethical Gourmet. By Jay Weinstein. More and more of us want to ensure that what we eat doesn't deplete resources, cause animal or human suffering, or lead to pollution. At the same time, we also want delicious food. A guide for finding and cooking environmentally friendly and ethically produced foods, this book provides 100 healthy, sophisticated, and mouthwatering recipes and features creative ways to use eco-friendly vegetables and legumes, sustainable seafood, and humanely raised animals. More… | Jay Weinstein EcoSpeakers Info >>

Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times. By Zoe Weil. Teaches parents how to raise their children to be humane in the broadest sense -- to become not only more compassionate in their interactions with family and friends, but to grow up to make life choices that demonstrate respect for the environment, other species, and all people. The book includes chapters for early, middle, teenage, and young adult years, as well as activities, issue sidebars, cases, tips, and profiles. More… | Zoe Weil EcoSpeakers Info >>

A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet's Future. By Roger S. Gottlieb. Examines religious green activism in the U.S., but also looks at Zimbabwe, Taiwan and the Vatican. The approach is ecumenical, encompassing Jewish and Christian theologians who have found a powerful biblical call to stewardship of God's creation, and Buddhist teachers who are prompted by their belief in compassion to extend care to the natural world. More... | Roger S. Gottlieb EcoSpeakers Info >>

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Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic. By David Wann. A hard look at the symptoms of affluenza, the history of its development into an epidemic, and the options for treatment. This book will strike a chord with anyone who realizes that more time is more valuable than toys, and that our relentless quest for the latest stuff is breeding sick individuals and sick societies. More... | David Wann EcoSpeakers Info >>

Betrayal of Science and Reason: How Anti-Environmental Rhetoric Threatens Our Future. By Paul Ehrlich. Issues including overpopulation, depletion of the ozone layer, global warming, and loss of biodiversity have been diminished in the public imagination using pseudoscientific counter evidence, often the output of a politically motivated foundation. Examples are methodically examined and refuted. More… | Paul Ehrlich EcoSpeakers Info >>

The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment. By Paul Ehrlich. Tracing the interplay between environmental change and genetic and cultural evolution since the dawn of humanity, Paul and Anne Ehrlich offer a vivid and unique exploration of our origins, our evolution, and our future. As we clear forests to raise crops, build cities and highways, and create chemicals never before seen, we may be undermining our own supremacy. Humanity can again adapt - if we learn from our evolutionary past. More… | Paul Ehrlich EcoSpeakers Info >>

Getting to the Source. By Ross McCluney. A collection of thirty essays selected for their eloquence in expressing Earth values and for their special insights and understandings of what we must do to create a sustainable future for humanity. Includes Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, E. O. Wilson, Wendell Berry, Garrett Hardin and 25 others. More... | Ross McCluney EcoSpeakers Info >>

Greed to Green: the Transformation of an Industry and a Life. By David Gottfried. One man's journey, from greedy real estate developer to a founder of the green building movement. Gottfried transformed not only his life, but also the world. More... | David Gottfried EcoSpeakers Info >>

Human Natures: Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect. By Paul Ehrlich. In this wide-ranging survey of what it is that has made and that continues to make us human, Ehrlich touches on a number of themes - among them, his recurrent observation that science has taught us little about how genes influence human behavior. He urges that scientists take a larger, interdisciplinary view that looks beyond mere genetics to the larger forces that shape our lives. More… | Paul Ehrlich EcoSpeakers Info >>

Joining Hands: Politics and Religion Together for Social Change. By Roger S. Gottlieb. Explores the values religion and progressive politics bring to their respective spheres and their potential to offer a common vision in addressing a range of issues, including human rights, the environment, globalization, and world poverty. More... | Roger S. Gottlieb EcoSpeakers Info >>

Liberating Faith: Religious Voices for Justice, Peace, and Ecological Wisdom. By Roger S. Gottlieb. This anthology shows how religion has joined with and learned from movements for social justice, peace, and ecological wisdom. Containing voices from a multitude of traditions, national settings, and perspectives, this book is an introduction to global religious social activism. More... | Roger S. Gottlieb EcoSpeakers Info >>

Of Ditches and Ponds: A Journey Through The Metaphors Of Childhood And Maturity. By Chris Maser. Takes us on a deep journey, from the close, rapt attention of a child's eye to the long view of life on this planet. It shows us a true way to connect, through the path of inquisitiveness, to our world and our selves. More… | Chris Maser EcoSpeakers Info >>

Of Paradoxes, Metaphors, and Lessons. By Chris Maser. Looks at our world through relationships personal and global. His questions for the Great Mystery spring from interactions within the human web. He nudges us to our own questions for the Universe, which will point each of us toward our own truth, and asks us to have the courage and humility to find that truth. More… | Chris Maser EcoSpeakers Info >>

Out of the Labyrinth: Who We Are, How We Go Wrong and What We Can Do About It. By Carl Frankel. Combines a personal narrative, visionary framework, and cultural criticism into a story about where we have gone wrong as a culture and what we must do (and become) to set things right again. More... | Carl Frankel EcoSpeakers Info >>

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology. By Roger S. Gottlieb. Examines the interaction between religion and ecology. Part one explores traditional religious concepts of and attitudes towards nature and how these have been changed by the environmental crisis. Part II looks at larger conceptual issues that transcend individual traditions. Part III examines religious participation in environmental politics. More... | Roger S. Gottlieb EcoSpeakers Info >>

The Power and Promise of Humane Education. By Zoe Weil. Critical world problems call for education that addresses the values and behaviors that perpetuate suffering, oppression, and destruction. Humane education does this. This book offers teachers clear suggestions for implementing humane education in both classrooms and non-traditional educational settings. Inviting and easy to use, it describes the four elements of humane education. It includes stories, examples, case studies, activities, and resources. More… | Zoe Weil EcoSpeakers Info >>

Radical Philosophy: Tradition, Counter-Tradition, Politics. By Roger S. Gottlieb. Essays by the leading figures in contemporary radical philosophy, this provocative collection defines for the first time the boundaries and accomplishments of a body of work deeply critical of both the philosophical and social dimensions of domination. The contributors draw on diverse traditions and movements, including feminism, critical theory, Marxism, deconstruction, democratic socialism, theories of race and ethnicity, deep ecology, and politicized spirituality. More... | Roger S. Gottlieb EcoSpeakers Info >>

Shards & Circles: Artistic Adventures in Spirit and Ecology. By Daniel Dancer. Dancer reflects on spirituality, indigenous knowledge, quantum physics, psychology, and ecological principles. Humor, synchronicity, delight, and heartfelt struggle are all present in these tales. The result is a gift for a culture that has forgotten its connection to nature. More… | Daniel Dancer EcoSpeakers Info >>

Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle. By David Wann. Shows how we can overcome our addiction to excessive consumption. By rethinking monster houses, excessive airplane travel, feedlot meat, and suburbs-without-stores, we can reduce our "ecological footprint." Draws on the latest research to document how social connections, good health, contact with nature, stimulating work, leisure time, and great neighborhoods represent our real wealth. More… | David Wann EcoSpeakers Info >>

A Spirituality of Resistance: Finding a Peaceful Heart and Protecting the Earth. By Roger S. Gottlieb. Addresses the challenges of creating a spiritual life in the midst of unprecedented environmental crisis. In the end, Gottlieb finds that only through striving to protect the earth and all its inhabitants can one find authentic personal and spiritual peace. More... | Roger S. Gottlieb EcoSpeakers Info >>

The Stork and the Plow : The Equity Answer to the Human Dilemma. By Paul Ehrlich. Focusing on the issue of equity (between nations, classes, and gender groups) this book confronts the nexus of population, environmental decline, and global resource control. More… | Paul Ehrlich EcoSpeakers Info >>

Thinking Like a Mountain: Towards a Council of All Beings. By John Seed. An elegant tapestry of writings, poems, and observations which plumb the depths of Ecological Philosophy. More... | John Seed EcoSpeakers Info >>

The World Is In My Garden: A Journey Of Consciousness. By Chris Maser. The private garden is a microcosm for everything that happens in the larger world -- ecological, social, personal and spiritual. With passion, warmth and understanding, readers are connected to simple personal actions -- tending the home garden -- then to larger issues. More… | Chris Maser EcoSpeakers Info >>

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