Each month, The Ocean Project will highlight a book focused on our blue planet or
environmental sustainability. Books for all age groups will be covered, non-fiction and
fiction, prose and poetry. If you have a suggestion,
please let us know.
2008
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September
The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals
by Peter Heller
- Adult, Non-fiction
- Subjects: Whales/ Conservation/ Antarctic Ocean
- Synopsis: This book may yet again give you an appreciation for the world's largest mammals and interest in their plight.
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August
Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn
Edited by Fritz Haeg
- All Ages, Non-fiction
- Subject: Environmentally Sustainable Environment Decisions
- Synopsis: Inspire yourself to get rid of all that water hungry lawn with pictures, letters, interviews from people who have made the switch regionally in the US.
Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden And Your Neighborhood into a Community
by Heather Coburn Flores
- Adult, Non-fiction
- Subject: Environmentally Sustainable Environment Decisions
- Synopsis: Read a deeper, darker manifesto discussing the reasons to replace your lawn with a food-producing garden now rather than later.
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July
Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet
by Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé
- Adult, Non-fiction
- Subject: Environmentally Sustainable Food Decisions
- Synopsis: This book may change the way you look at the world and how you eat, motivating you to smarter personal action when you make your food choices.
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June
Reef
by Scubazoo
- All Ages, Non-fiction
- Subject: Marine Conservation and Ocean Photography
- Synopsis: This book powerfully demonstrates the beauty and diversity of reefs found around the world while helping to educate us about this year’s World Ocean Day theme: "helping our climate – helping our ocean" with a focus on coral reefs.
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May
From Eco-Cities to Living Machines – Principles of Ecological Design
by John Todd and Nancy Todd
- Adult, Non-fiction
- Subject: Ecological Design
- Synopsis: John and Nancy lay out the precepts of ecological design and map out how we can apply them to re-design our communities and economies into healthy sustainable systems.
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April
The Edge of the Sea
by Rachel Carson
- Adult, Non-fiction
- Subject: Coastal ecosystems
- Synopsis: Carson explores rocky shores, sandy beaches, and coral reefs, leading us into unknown worlds to catch the evanescent beauty of a tide pool and tell the story of a grain of sand.
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March
How to Live Well Without Owning a Car
by Chris Balish
- Adult, Non-fiction
- Subject: Green Living / transportation
- Synopsis: The first practical, accessible, and sensible guide to living in North America without owning a car.
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February
Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming
by Paul Hawken
- Adult, Non-fiction
- Subject: Environmental / Social activism
- Synopsis: A leading environmentalist and social activist's examination of the worldwide movement for social and environmental change.
- Watch the video
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January
Ignition: What You Can Do To Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement
Edited by Jonathan Isham and Sissel Waage
- Adult, Non-fiction
- Subject: climate change advocacy
- Synopsis: For anyone who feels compelled to do more about climate change
than change their light bulbs or occasionally carpool, Ignition is an essential guide.
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2007
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December
Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future:
by Bill McKibben
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November
Cape Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound:
by Wendy Williams and Robert Whitcomb
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October
The Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide to Easy, Stylish Green Living:
by Josh Dorfman
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September
Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash:
by Elizabeth Royte
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August
Hooked: Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish:
by G. Bruce Knecht
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July
Gaia Girls Way of Water:
by Lee Welles
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June
Kon-Tiki:
by Thor Heyerdahl
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May
Swimming in Circles:
Aquaculture and the End of Wild Oceans
by Paul Molyneaux
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April
The Monkey Wrench Gang
by Edward Abbey
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March
Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson
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February
Ocean Life From A to Z
by Cynthia Stierle and Annie Crawley |
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January
The National Geographic
Atlas of the Ocean: The Deep Frontiers
By Sylvia Earle |
