Educate Yourself

Participate in environmental projects and programs on campus, such as gardening at the Painted Turtle Farm, attend food discussions at Farmhouse, check out environmental speakers and film showings on and around campus, keep up with current events, volunteer with environmental service programs, take an environmental studies class, or ask the Sustainability Advisory Committee how you can help.

Looking for more to spark your interest? Here's a list of books, films and groups to check out and learn more about sustainability and environmental issues.

Films
Gasland
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Crude
Deep Down
King Corn
Food, Inc.
No Impact Man
The 11th Hour
An Inconvenient Truth
FLOW - For Love Of Water
Blue Gold: World Water Wars

Books
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbary Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
Recipe for America by Jill Richardson
Slow Food Nation by Carlo Petrini
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
The End of Nature by Bill McKibben
The Green Collar Economy by Van Jones
Deep Economy by Bill McKibben
The Sustainability Revolution by Andres R. Edwards
Getting Green Done by Auden Schendler

Interest Groups
World Wildlife Fund
Defenders of Wildlife
American Rivers
Rainforest Action Network
The Sierra Club
Trust for Public Land
The Natural Resources Defense Council
Repower America
The Blue Green Alliance
American Wind Energy Association