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Growing healthier communities based on sustainable energy use, agricultural production, building design, and economic development.
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Finding Books at the UMass Libraries

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Use the Library Catalog to locate books at the UMass (and Five College) Libraries

Below are examples of Subject Headings that may be used in searching the library catalogs (and many databases as well):

Agricultural Conservation
Architecture and Society
Buildings – Environmental aspects
City Planning – Citizen Participation
Common Good
Dwellings – Energy conservation
Ecological Houses
Garden Cities
Green Products
Greenbelts
Green Roofs (Gardening)
Greenways
House Construction – Environmental aspects
Human Geography
Open Spaces
Personal Space
Public Spaces
Renewable Energy Sources
Sustainable Architecture
Sustainable Buildings
Sustainable Development
Urban Homesteading

 

 

 

 

 
 

Selected Books at the UMass Libraries

  • Confessions of an eco-sinner : tracking down the sources of my stuff - Fred Pearce
    Call Number: GE195.7 .P43 2008 (W.E.B. Du Bois Library)
    ISBN/ISSN: 080708588X
  • Green development : environment and sustainability in a developing world - W.M. Adams
    Call Number: HC59.7 .A714 2009 (W.E.B. Du Bois Library)
    ISBN/ISSN: 0415395070
  • Growing greener cities: urban sustainability in the twenty-first century - Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter
    Call Number: HT241 .G76 2008 (W.E.B. Du Bois Library)
    ISBN/ISSN: 0812220374
  • Humane Metropolis: People and Nature in the 21st Century - Rutherford Platt
    Call Number: HT243 .U6 H86 2006 (W.E.B. Du Bois Library)
    ISBN/ISSN: 1558495541
  • Learning native wisdom : what traditional cultures teach us about subsistence, sustainability, and spirituality - Gary Holthaus
    Call Number: GE42 .H65 2008 (W.E.B. Du Bois Library)
    ISBN/ISSN: 0813124875
  • Localist movements in a global economy : sustainability, justice, and urban development in the United States - David J. Hess
    Call Number: HC110.E5 H47 2009 (W.E.B. Du Bois Library)
    ISBN/ISSN: 0262012642
  • State of the world 2008 : innovations for a sustainable economy - Gary Gardner
    Call Number: HC59.15 .S734 2008 (W.E.B. Du Bois Library)
    ISBN/ISSN: 1844074986
  • The power of sustainable thinking : how to create a positive future for the climate, the planet, your organization and your life - Bob Doppelt
    Call Number: GF78 .D66 2008 (W.E.B. Du Bois Library)
    ISBN/ISSN: 1844075958
  • The step-by-step guide to sustainability planning : how to create and implement sustainability plans in any business or organization - Darcy Hitchcock
    Call Number: HD30.255 .H584 2008 (W.E.B. Du Bois Library)
    ISBN/ISSN: 1844076164
  • Two billion cars : driving toward sustainability - Daniel Sperling
    Call Number: HE5611 .S67 2009 (W.E.B. Du Bois Library)
    ISBN/ISSN: 0195376641
 
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