Suggested Readings – Give us your suggestions so we can add to this list!
General Ecological, Sustainability
Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth 2012 – Edited by Tom Butler and George Wuerthner Published by the Foundation for Deep Ecology
Depletion and Abundance – Life on the New Home Front, Sharon Astyk New Society Publishers
Beyond Oil –The View from Hubbert’s Peak, Kenneth Deffeyes, Hill and Wang Publisher
Big Coal – The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future, Jeff Goodell, Houghton Mifflen Publishing
The Party’s Over – Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies, Richard Heinberg New Societies Publishing
Eaarth – Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, Bill McKibben, Henry Holt and Co.
GWR – the Global Warming Reader The Penguin Group
The End of Nature Random House
American Earth – Environmental Writing Since Thoreau, Presented by Library of America
HOPE, Human and Wild – True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth Milkweek Editions
The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience – Rob Hopkins
The Transition Companion: Making Your Community More Resilient in Uncertain Times – Rob Hopkins
Handbook of Sustainability Literacy: Edited by Aaron Stibbe, Chelsea Green Publishers
A Guide to Community Shared Solar — Utility, U.S. Dept of Energy
Private, and Nonprofit Project Development
The Solarize Guidebook: A Community Guide to U.S. Dept of Energy
Collective Purchasing of Residential PV System
Health, Food and Gardening
The Botany of Desire –Food Production Michael Pollan, 2001
(A Plants Eye View of the World)
Omnivores Dilemma – Food Production Michael Pollan, 2006
(A Natural History of Four Meals)
Prevention Magazine (American Healthy Lifestyle Magazine) Rodale Press (Since 1950)
YES Magazine: Qtrly Journal on Transition Topics Ph 800-937-4451
Rediscovering Community, Bringing Decision Making Back HomeSusan Clark and Woden Teachout
For Schools, Students, Teachers, and Parents
How to Grow a School Garden – a Guide for Parents and Teachers Arden Bucklin-Sporer and Rachel Kathleen Pringle Timber Press
Getting Started – Guide for Creating School Gardens as Outdoor Classrooms – Life Lab Science Program Center for Ecoliteracy
Kids Multicultural Cook Book Deanna F. Cook Ideals Publication
Living Sunlight – How Plants Bring the Earth to Life – Molly Bang and The Blue Sky Press – Scholastic Penny Chisholm
The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein Harper Collins Publishers
Flight Behavior – Barbara Kingsolver
Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots Sharon Lovejoy Workman Publishing
Earthwatch – Earth Cycles and Ecosystems Beth Savan, Ph.D. Addison-Wesley Publishing
Asphalt to Ecosystems – Design for Schoolyard Transformation Sharon Gamson Danks -New Village Press
The Greening Tree – The Greening Book – Being a friend to Planet Earth Ellen Sabin Watering Can Press, for Barnes&Noble
Ship Breakers: For Teens-Post Oil futuristic culture, by Pablo Bacigalupi, Little Brown Books
Honeycomb Kids: Big Picture Parenting for a Changing World and to Change the World!
Anna Campbell
Reviews from Transition initiatives:
Here is what Peter Driscoll, Co-founder of Transition Sydney said about the book:
“Transition initiatives attract people of all ages, concerned about the world our generations are creating for future generations to live in. We try to live more sustainably ourselves and work at building local community resilience. We recognise that this process of transition will possibly take several generations. Anna Campbell’s Honeycomb Kids brings a fresh and very important new perspective to the Transition narrative. Written with skill, humour and heart, this book gives simple, practical and wise guidance for raising children who will undoubtedly be influential in building sustainable, resilient communities wherever they live in the future. Read it yourself, be inspired, and give it as a gift to anyone you know with children – the planet will thank you!”
And words from Dr Graeme Stuart, Transition Newcastle:
We face a pressing challenge of creating resilient communities able to meet the challenges of peak oil, climate change and over consumption. “Honeycomb Kids” provides an easy-to-read, handy tool for shaping a sustainable, fulfilling future. While it provides practical ideas for how to nurture children who focus on what really matters, it also challenges parents and community members to reconsider how we live. Hopefully it will generate conversations and action at dinner tables, schools, playgroups, places of worship, parties and even boardrooms throughout the country.
Honeycomb Kids is available online and in bookstores. Thank you.