Scrawled Shortcuts through the Research Maze
Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change
What does the eruption of the Tambora volcano in Indonesia have to do with Frankenstein? Each of the five volumes covers a specific aspect of environmental change: physical/chemical, biological/ecological, causes/consequences, responses, and social/economic.
Reference 363.7003 E563e
Center for Sustainable Enterprise Knowledge Bank
What's the triple bottom line for Whole Foods? (What is a triple bottom line?) Sign up for free access to a growing database of full text material from UNC's Kenan Flagler Business School.
http://www.kenaninstitute.unc.edu/cseResources/index.asp
Fighting Climate Change: Human Solidarity in a Divided World
Who bears the brunt of the effects of climate change? The 2007/2008 report from the United Nations Development Programme offers strategies for international cooperation in adapting to some of the already inevitable effects of climate change and for avoiding further changes as the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2007-2008/ or Reference 306.305 H918h 2007/2008
The Green Guide
Recycle cans? So does eco-celebrity Dale Earnhardt, Jr.! After you've had fun with the eco-celebrity quiz, find tips for making sustainable choices when cooking, cleaning, shopping on this National Geographic website.
http://www.thegreenguide.com/
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
What happened when Oberlin College students monitored real time water and electricity use in their dorms? This journal, indexed in ProQuest Direct, reports the results. (Drew has electronic full text of 10 journals with "sustainable" or "sustainability" in the title.)