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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

What Not To Skip For Adult Summer Reading

What not to skip...Sustainable Living

In 2007, CDPL *added over 300 books featuring ideas, issues, and instructions on how to live an environmentally responsible life as an individual and as a society. We call this our "Sustainable Living" collection.

Reading just one book from this collection could result in several personal choices that will benefit the world in which your family lives for many, many years.

The top fifteen most circulated books from our Sustainable Living Collection are:

1. Energy Efficient Houses - 696 Ene

2. The Backyard Berry Book: a Hands-on Guide to Growing Berries, Brambles, and Vine Fruit in the Home Garden by Stella Otto - 634.7 Ott

3. Salad Bar Beef by Joel Salatin - 636.213 Sal

4. Naturally Clean: the Seventh Generation Guide to Safe & Healthy, Non-toxic Cleaning by Jeffrey Hollender - 648.5 Hol

5. Wild Fermentation: the Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods by Sandor Ellix Katz - 641.7 Kat

6. The New Organic Grower: a Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener by Eliot Coleman - 635.0484 Col

7. Build Your Own Earth Oven: a Low-cost, wood-fired Mud Oven, Simple Sourdough Bread, Perfect Loaves for Bakers & Beginners Both by Kiko Denzer - 641.578 Den

8. Little House on a Small Planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient Possibilities by Shay Salomon - 728.37 Sal

9. You Can Farm: the Entrepreneur's Guide to Start and Succeed in a Farm Enterprise by Joel Salatin - 630.68 Sal

10. Pastured Poultry Profits by Joel Salatin - 636.513 Sal

11. This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader by Joan Dye Gussow - 635.0484 Gus

12. Serve God, Save the Planet: a Christian Call to Action by J. Matthew Sleeth - 261.88 Sle

13. Cottage Economy...by William Cobbett - 630 Cob

14. The $50 and Up Underground House Book by Mike Oehler

15. Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard Into a Garden and Your Neighborhood Into a Community by H.C. Flores - 631.58 Flo

* Books donated by Chelsea Green Publishers, Envirowatts, Tipmont REMC, and New Society Publishers

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