In Celebration of Earth Day…

Courtesy: NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center

A piece of North Atlantic’s mission statement is “to nurture spiritual and ecological disciplines.” Accordingly, we strive to publish books on the topic of sustainability that will inform and inspire readers. In honor of Earth Day 2009, we would like to present a selection of these titles—some old and some new. Also included are links to leading sustainability resources on the web that we think are important.

Sustainability is a growing category for North Atlantic. If you would like to see us cover any specific topic, feel free to let us now by commenting. Thanks!

Selected Titles from our Sustainability Shelf

From Eco-Cities to Living Machines by Nancy Jack Todd and John Todd
- Visionary work published in 1994. Presents new ecological designs for integrating agriculture and flowing pure water into green urban settings and purifying wastewaters to tertiary quality effluent without chemicals. More info available in a previous blog post.

Maya Atlas by Toledo Maya Cultural Council and Toledo Alcades Association
- Selected as one of our top 16 most important titles by our publisher, Richard Grossinger. In his words: “This document essentially preserved traditional Mayan lands and enabled an unregistered nation of indigenous people to educate themselves on their own geographic legacy and cultural ground; to use the tools of modern technology to pass their knowledge and brief on to the world, the world’s courts, and their own future generations.  The text was presented as a legal article to the Organization of American States and the United Nations.  We are now attempting a similar project for the Northwest Territories of Canada tentatively entitled The Inuit Land Use and Occupancy Project and the Creation of Nunavut.”

Sunfood Living by John McCabe, Foreword by David Wolfe
- An encyclopedia of options for living an eco-friendly life. Provides concise information on a wide-range of topics, including plant-based food and health, pollution caused by farm animals, soaps and detergents, fair trade products, and hunger and homelessness.

Sustainable Sushi by Casson Trenor
- The definition of a timely title. Trenor provides all the information needed to make sustainable choices at the sushi bar in an easy-to-use guide. More information available in this previous blog post. Listen to Trenor discuss the topic here.

Meadowlark Economics by James Eggert
- A call for a new sustainable perspective in economics. University of Wisconsin-Stout professor James Eggert takes inspiration from Thoreau and a close-study of meadowlarks in the fields near his home to offer a welcomed alternative to free-market capitalism. Check out a sample chapter, “What’s Wrong with Capitalism.”

Green Earth Guide by Dorian Yates
- A comprehensive green travel guide to France. Offers user-friendly information on health food stores and farmers’ markets, public transit, alternative health care facilities, green businesses, renewable energy resources, yoga and spiritual centers, national parks, and much more. Check back soon for a sample itinerary from the author.

Online Sustainability Resources

Ecostreet
Environmental News Network
Grist
Local Harvest
Matter Network
Radio Ecoshock
Success Through Play
Superforest
Sustainable Sushi
Treehugger