Booklist: Books on the Environment

The current issue (February 15) of Booklist features new books on the environment. You can sign up for their free Online Newsletter Read Alert at:

http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?id=64&page=general_info

Tales from Planet Earth

The October 17 issue of Wisconsin Week has an article about the upcoming film festival, "Tales from Planet Earth," that Gregg Mitman and the Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) have organized for November 2-4.  Admission is free, and it's a wonderful opportunity to view a fabulous set of environmental films in a large-screen theatrical space.  See http://www.news.wisc.edu/14310 for more information.

Greening of the Campus

Greening of the Campus is the title of a series of conferences held at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, over the last ten years that "allows people representing diverse areas in university communities to share information on environmental issues." The campus community, say the organizers, "can become a 'green' model for society as a whole by gathering and sharing this information." The seventh and most recent conference in the series took place this week and included presentations in the categories of Education, Research, Service and Operations.

In today's Wisconsin Week . . .

In today's Wisconsin Week is a story about a UW employee, Jim Winkle, who has made a switch to solar power for his Madison home.

The article quotes him as saying, "I've just become more and more aware over the years of the environmental impact of the way we live. . . . You think of [electricity] as this clean energy, this clean thing coming out of your wall outlet, but in fact it's the largest source of greenhouse gases."

Read more at Wisconsin Week

ALA Task Force on the Environment

You can find the objectives of this group (part of the Social Responsibilities Round Table) at http://www.ala.org/ala/srrt/tfoe/taskforceenvironment.htm. This page has useful links to information resources on, for instance, libraries and sustainability, and a link to a page on Climate Change hosted by the University of Buffalo Libraries.

Information resource: Environmental News Network

The Environmental News Network (www.enn.com) is a useful resource for both wire service news (eg. AP, Reuters) and press releases from both non-profit and for-profit organizations dealing with environmental issues:

For over twenty years, the Environmental News Network (ENN.com) has published news, commentary, and information about how we live on earth. Our mission is simple: to provide a global perspective on environmental issues, and to promote thought, discussion, and awareness among our readers. We accomplish this by featuring content that is balanced, non-partisan, comprehensive and educational in nature.

ENN's editorial team selects news stories from a variety of sources, including major wire services (Reuters, Associated Press, Knight Ridder/Tribune), and also features content from partner publishers, freelance journalists, and on-going research.

In addition, ENN provides a platform for organizations and companies with environmental interests through our Network News Program, which offers ENN readers diverse views on current environmental issues, public policy developments, sustainable business news, and more.

For those of you who use RSS, they have a feed at:

http://www.enn.com/news/rss/today.rss