2009 - the Year of Science  Tags: sicence physics environment evolution energy technology scientific_method sustainability natural_resources  

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Environmental Protection Agency
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   Sustainable Agricultural Systems
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Office of Surface Mining
   Reclamation and Enforcement
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   Vehicles Data Center

House Committees
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   Global Warming (Select)
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Senate Committes
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   Transportation
Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works

Words and phrases useful in searching the library catalog, WestCat, or any of the databases to which WIU Libraries subscribe, are listed below:

sustainability sustainable +      agriculture      architecture      buildings      development human ecology green products water conservation energy conservation recycling

soil conservation renewable energy renewable resources agricultural conservation environmental economics environmental management water supply management natural resources management environmental policy environmental impact analysis natural resources conservation

21st century management : a reference handbook / edited Charles Wankel.

This management book includes a section on green management.

Energizing Houston : sustainability, technological innovation, and growth in the energy capital of the world : hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, February 29, 2008.

Green building in North America. Paper 2c, Toward sustainable financing and strong markets for green building : valuing sustainability / Chris Corps.

This paper discusses the effect of environmentally conscious building decisions on the valuation of properties.

Green remediation : incorporating sustainable environmental practices into remediation of contaminated sites.

This technology primer from the EPA discusses environmentally friendly options for land revitalization projects.

An environmental management system primer for ports : advancing port sustainability / prepared by ICF International in cooperation with Global Environment & Technology Foundation.

This report discusses the need for sustainable development of our nation's ports as the volume of traffic increases.

Managing timber to promote sustainable forests: a second-level course for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative of Pennsylvania / James C. Finley ... [et al.].

"...This publication from the Forest Service provides material for a course designed to help landowners, foresters, and loggers work together to assess whether a planned timber harvest will retain the diversity of species on site. It includes methods for collecting overstory and understory data, inspecting these data, and assessing sustainability..."

Sustainability research strategy

This report from the EPA looks at the need for research to focus on sustainability. Peer reviewed.

Application of municipal biosolids to dry-land wheat fields - a monitoring program near Deer Trail, Colorado (USA)

This report from the U.S. Geological Survey describes the results of a study that monitored local water supplies after municipal biosolids were to used to fertilize agricultural fields.

Advancing sustainability through Green chemistry and engineering / Rebecca L. Lankey, editor, Paul T. Anastas, editor.

PHYS SC. TP155.2.E58 A38 2002

Crisis & opportunity : sustainability in American agriculture / John E. Ikerd.

S494.5.S86 I38 2008

Human ecology economics : a new framework for global sustainability / edited by Roy E. Allen.

HC79.E5 H8269 2008

Sustainability planning guide for Illinois state agencies.

ILLINOIS. 363.7288 SUST 2008

Water policy for sustainable development / David Lewis Feldman.

HD1694.A5 F458 2007

Capitalism at the crossroads : aligning business, earth, and humanity / Stuart L. Hart ; [ new foreword by Al Gore ].

HD60 .H388 2007

Fueling our future : an introduction to sustainable energy / Robert L. Evans.

TJ163.2 .E86 2007

Inequality, cooperation, and environmental sustainability / edited by Jean-Marie Baland, Pranab Bardhan, and Samuel Bowles.

HC79.E5 I5146 2007

Remaking the North American food system : strategies for sustainability / edited by C. Clare Hinrichs and Thomas A. Lyson.

HD9005 .R46 2007

Seeking sustainability in an age of complexity / Graham Harris.

HC79.E5 H3556 2007

The sustainability handbook : the complete management guide to achieving social, economic, and environmental responsibility / William R. Blackburn.

HC110.E5 B563 2007

Visions of sustainability : cities and regions / Hildebrand Frey and Paul Yaneske.

HD75.6 .F735 2007

Water : a source of conflict or cooperation? / editor, Velma I. Grover.

HD1691 .W3185 2007

Agricultural sustainability : principles, processes, and prospects / Saroja Raman.

S494.5.S86 R36 2006

Assessments of regional and global environmental risks : designing processes for the effective use of science in decisionmaking / edited by Alexander E. Farrell, Jill Jäger.

PHYS SC. TD194.6 .T875 2006