Humane Education and Reverence Building

Docents of Nursery Nature Walks. Trails, Tails & Tidepools in Pails. Santa Monica: Nursery Nature Walks. 1992.

Louv, Richard. Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books. 2005.

Lovejoy, Sharon. Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Activities to do in the Garden. New York: Workman Publishing Company, Inc. 1999.

Sobel, David. Beyond Ecophobia: Reclaiming the Heart in Nature Education. Barrington: The Orion Society and The Myrin Institute. 1996.

Van Matre, Steve. Earth Education: A New Beginning. Greenville: The Institute For Earth Education. 1990.

Weil, Zoe. Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times. Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers. 2003.

Children & Nature Network www.cnnaturenet.org

Institute for Humane Education www.humaneeducation.org – Includes a very extensive list of links for more information on various issues under the Resources section

Positive Parenting

Leo, Pam. Connection Parenting: Parenting Through Connection Instead of Coercion, Through Love Instead of Fear. Deadwood: Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing, Inc. 2007.

Miles, Karen. The Power of Loving Discipline. New York: Penguin Books Ltd. 2006.

Pantley, Elizabeth. The No-Cry Discipline Solution. New York: McGraw Hill. 2007.

Sears, William M.D. and Martha Sears, R.N. The Attachment Parenting Book: A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby. New York: Little, Brown and Company. 2001.

Attachment Parenting International www.attachmentparenting.org

Holistic Moms Network www.holisticmoms.org

Non-Violent Communication

Faber, Adele & Elaine Mazlish. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk. New York: Harper Collins Publishers. 1980.

Rosenberg, Marshall B. Raising Children Compassionately: Parenting the Nonviolent Communication Way. Encinitas: Puddle Dancer Press. 2004.

Ury, William. The Third Side: Why We Fight and How We Can Stop. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc. 2000.

The Center for Nonviolent Communication www.cnvc.org

Environmentalism

Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1962.

Devall, Bill and George Sessions. Deep Ecology: Living as if Nature Mattered. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books. 1985.

Wackernagel, Mathis and William Rees. Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth. Gabriola Island: New Society Pubishers. 1996.

Cultural Issues and Consumerism

De Graaf, John, David Wann and Thomas H. Naylor. Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 2002.

Elgin, Duane. Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life That is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich. New York: William Morrow and Company. 1993.

Linn, Susan. Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood. New York: The New Press. 2004.

Quinn, Daniel. Ishmael. New York: Bantam Books. 1992.

New American Dream www.newdream.org – Includes a section on Kids and Consumerism under the Live Consciously section

Human Rights

Bales, Kevin. Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy. Los Angeles: University of California Press, Ltd. 2004.

Johnson, Allan G. Privilege, Power and Difference. New York: McGraw–Hill. 2001.

Kielburger, Craig. Free the Children: A Young Man Fights Against Child Labor and Proves That Children Can Change the World. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. 1998. Visit the website at www.freethechildren.com

Ryan’s Well www.ryanswell.ca

Animal Protection

Goodall, Jane and Marc Bekoff. The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do to Care for the Animals We Love. San Francisco: HarperCollins Publishers. 2002.

Scully, Matthew. Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy. New York: St. Martin’s Press. 2002.

Singer, Peter and Jim Mason. The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter. New York: Rodale Books. 2006.

Roots & Shoots www.rootsandshoots.org – Jane Goodall’s youth empowerment & service organization