Campus Sustainability Day

Boise State is gearing up for Campus Sustainability Day on October 22. This annual event takes place on campuses nationwide, and the Library is supporting the effort.

We're constantly buying new books and other materials on this subject, from green building to water policy and more. Some of our newest books include:

• Go green, live rich: 50 simple ways to save the earth and get rich trying by David Bach
  


• Sustainable living: the role of whole life costs and values by Nalanie Mithraratne, Brenda Vale and Robert Vale
  


• Growing smarter: achieving livable communities, environmental justice, and regional equity edited by Robert D. Bullard


• Contractor's guide to green building construction: management, project delivery, documentation, and risk reduction by Thomas E. Glavinich


• Water policy for sustainable development by David Lewis Feldman


• Green plans: blueprint for a sustainable earth by Huey D. Johnson


• Handbook of sustainable development edited by Giles Atkinson, Simon Dietz, and Eric Neumayer


• Keeping the lights on: towards sustainable electricity by Walt Patterson


• Sustainable commercial interiors by Penny Bonda and Katie Sosnowchik


• Organizations and the sustainability mosaic: crafting long-term ecological and societal solutions edited by Sanjay Sharma, Mark Starik, and Bryan Husted


• Ecological applications : toward a sustainable world by Colin R. Townsend


• Green building A to Z : understanding the language of green building by Jerry Yudelson

In addition to our new books on sustainability, you can always find new articles being published in newspaper, magazines, and academic journals. A great place to search for articles on green topics and sustainability is GreenFILE. Check out some of the recent articles on sustainability from GreenFile.