Selected by IISD Staff and Associates
February 2009
The IISD Research Library is building the ‘BEST SD BOOK SHELF’. To get it started IISD staff and associates nominated books that inspired them or were memorable in some way. This is their list.
Books Submitted More than Once
For the Common Good: redirecting the economy toward community, the environment and a sustainable future by Herman Daly
Ishmael: an adventure of the mind and spirit by Daniel Quinn
Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins & Hunter Lovins
Small is Beautiful: economics as if people mattered by E.F. Schumacher
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Animate Earth: science, intuition and Gaia by Stephen Harding
At the Edge by Ann Dale
Brewing Justice: Fair Trade coffee, sustainability, and survival by Daniel Jaffee
Collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed by Jared Diamond
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William Mcdonough and Michael Braungart
Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen
Development Betrayed: the end of progress and a coevolutionary revisioning of the future by Richard Norgaard
Earth Time by David Suzuki
Global Sustainability: bending the curve by Gliberto Gallopin and Paul Raskin
Good News for a Change: how everyday people are helping the planet by David Suzuki
The History of Development: from western origins to global faith by Gilbert Rist
Hot, Flat and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman
Limits to Growth: the 30-year up-date by Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers and Dennis Meadows
Living in the Labyrinth of Technology by Willem H. Vanderburg
The Natural Wealth of Nations: harnessing the market for the environment by David Malin Roodman
Our Common Future by the World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission)
Resilience Thinking: sustaining ecosystems and people in a changing world by Brian Walker and David Salt
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Sustainable Development: critical issues by OECD
Symbiotic Planet: a new look at evolution by Lynn Margulis
The Tree of Knowledge by Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela
The Unsettling of America: culture and agriculture by Wendell Barr
The Upside of Down: catastrophe, creativity and the renewal of civilization by Thomas Homer-Dixon
Water by Marq De Villiers
