books: art education and visual literacy

Arnheim, Rudolf
Thoughts on Art Education (Getty lectures)
Art and Visual Perception

Dewey, John
Art as Experience

Dobbs, Stephen Mark
Learning in and Through Art:A Guide to Discipline-Based Art Education.

Duckworth, Eleanor
Teacher to Teacher: Learning from Each Other.

Eisner, Elliot
Art and the Creation of Mind

Efland, Arthur D.
Art and Cognition: Integrating the Visual Arts in the Curriculum.

Gandini, Lela
100 Languages of Children

Gardner, Howard
Frames of Mind
Art Education and Human Development (Getty lectures)
Artful Scribbles

Parsons, Michael
Aesthetics and Education

Perkins, David
The Intelligent Eye: Learning to Think by Looking at Art (Getty lectures)

Stankiewicz, Mary Ann
Roots of Education Practice (NAEA Art Education in Practice Series)

books: water

recommended reading from occidental arts and ecology center’s water institute:

• Fresh Water by E. C. Pielou
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd);
• ISBN: 0226668150; (September 1998)
• Introduction to Water in California by David Carle
• Publisher: University of California Press; ISBN 0520240863 (2004)
• Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands, Volume 1: Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain Into Your Life and Landscape by Brad Lancaster
• Publisher: Rainsource Press ISBN: 097724640X (2006)
• www.Harvestingrainwater.com
• Totem Salmon: Life Lessons From Another Species by Freeman House
• Publisher: Beacon Press; ISBN 0 8070 8549 9 (1999)
• Water: A Natural History by Alice Outwater
• Publisher: Basic Books; ISBN: 0465037801; (October 1997)
• Watersheds: A Practical Handbook for Healthy Water by Clive Dobson &
• Gregor Gilpin Beck; Publisher: Firefly Books; ISBN 1552093301 (1999)

Popular Water Awareness & Education Guides:

• Healthy Water Healthy People: Water Quality Educators Guide
• By The Watercourse. ISBN: 1888631120 (2003).
• The No-Nonsense Guide to Water by Maggie Black.
• Publisher: Verso Books; ISBN:1844675092 (2004)
• The Water Atlas: A Unique Visual Analysis of the World’s Most Critical Resources by Robin Clarke and Jannet King. Publisher: The New Press; ISBN: 1565849183 (2004)
• Watershed Dynamics: Teachers Edition by William S. Carlsen and Nancy M. Trautmann. Publisher: NSTA Press; ISBN: 087355213X (2004)

Global Water Issues

• Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water by Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke. Publisher: New Press;
• ISBN: 1565847318; (April 2002)
• Every Drop for Sale: Our Desperate Battle Over Water by Jeffrey Rothfeder.
• Publisher: J. P. Tarcher; ISBN: 1585421146; 1st edition (October 11, 2001)
• Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity (The Worldwatch Environmental Alert Series) by Sandra Postel, Linda Starke (Editor). Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393317447; 2nd edition (June 1997)
• When the Rivers Run Dry: Water -The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century by Fred Pearce. Publisher: Beacon Press; ISBN: 0807085723 (2006)
• The Water Crisis: Finding the Right Solutions by Julie Stauffer.
• Publisher: Black Rose Books; ISBN: 1551641445 (1999)
• Troubled Water: Saints, Sinners, Truths and Lies about the Global Water Crisis by Anita Roddick & Brooke Shelby Biggs. Publisher: Anita Roddick Books;
• ISBN: 095439593X (2004)
• Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource by Marq de Villiers.
• Publisher: Mariner Books; ISBN: 0618127445; (July 2001)
• Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit by Vandana Shiva.
• Publisher: South End Press; ISBN: 089608650X; (February 2002)
• Water Wars: Drought, Flood, Folly and the Politics of Thirst
• by Diane Raines Ward. Publisher: Riverhead Books; ISBN: 1573222291; 1st edition (August 1, 2002)

Rainwater Catchment Systems

• Guideline on Rainwater Catchment Systems for Hawaii by Patricia S. H. Macomber. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
• Publication no. RM-12. ISBN: 1929325118. (2001)
• Rainwater Catchment Systems for Domestic Supply: Design, construction and implementation by John Gould & Erik Nissen-Petersen. Publisher: ITDG Publishing. ISBN:1853394564 (1999)
• Rainwater Collection for the Mechanically Challenged by Suzy Banks with Richard Heinichen. Publisher: Tank Town Publishing. ISBN: 0966417003 (1997)
• Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands, Volume 1: Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain Into Your Life and Landscape by Brad Lancaster.
• Publisher: Rainsource Press ISBN: 097724640X (2006)
• www.harvestingrainwater.com
• Storm Water as a Resource: How to Harvest and Protect a Dryland Treasure by
• City of Santa Fe, New Mexico (2002)
• Texas Guide to Rainwater Harvesting by Texas Water Development Board, Austin Texas, (1997)
• Water Harvesting Guidance Manual. City of Tuscon, Arizona.
• http://dot.tucsonaz.gov/stormwater/ (2005)
• Water from the Sky by Michael Reynolds. www.earthship.com

Additional Home Water Management

• Earth Ponds Sourcebook: The Pond Owner’s Manual and Resource Guide by Tim Matson Publisher: Countryman Pr; ISBN: 0881503584; (October 1997)
• Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker’s Guide to Building, Maintenance and Restoration by Tim Matson
• Publisher: Countryman Pr; ISBN: 0881501557; 2Nd/Rev/ex edition (May 1991)
• Water for Every Farm: Yeomans Keyline Plan by P.A. Yeomans
• Publisher: Keyline Designs; ISBN: 0-6461295-4-6
• Can be ordered from http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/bookstore/
• Natural Swimming Pools: Inspiration for Harmony with Nature by Michael Littlewood. Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd.; ISBN: 0764321838 (2005)
• The Home Water Supply: How to Find, Filter, Store and Conserve It
• by Stu Campbell, Roger Griffith (Editor)
• Publisher: Storey Books; ISBN: 0882663240; (October 1983)
• Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds by Art Ludwig.
• Publisher: Oasis Design; ISBN: 0964343363 (2005)

Ecological Wastewater Management

• Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: Municipal, Industrial and Agricultural by Donald A. Hammer. Publisher: Lewis Publishers, Inc.
• ISBN: 087371184X (1989)
• Constructed Wetlands in the Sustainable Landscape by Craig S. Campbell &
• Michael H. Ogden. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN0471107204. (1999)
• Create an Oasis with Greywater by Art Ludwig. Publisher: Oasis Design. ISBN 0964343398 (1991-Sept. 2006)
• From Eco-Cities to Living Machine: Principles of Ecological Design
• by Nancy Jack Todd & John Todd. Publisher: North Atlantic Books
• ISBN: 1556431503 (1994)
• Sewage Solutions: Answering the Call of Nature by Nick Grant, Mark Moodie & Chris Weedon. Publisher: The Centre for Alternative Technology.
• ISBN 1898049165 (2000) www.cat.org.uk
• The Composting Toilet System Book: A Practical Guide to Choosing, Planning and Maintaining Composting Toilet Systems, an Alternative to Sewer and Septic Systems by David Del Porto & Carol Steinfeld. Publisher: The Center for Ecological Pollution Prevention; ISBN: 0966678303 (1999)
• Wells & Septic Systems by Max and Charlotte Alth.
• Publisher: TAB Books. ISBN 0830621377 (1992)

Freshwater Aquaculture

• Backyard Fish Farming by Paul Bryant, Kim Jauncey and Tim Atack.
• Publisher: Prism Press; ISBN 0904727246 (1980)
• Ecological Aquaculture: A Sustainable Solution by Laurence Hutchinson. Publisher: Permanent Publications; ISBN: 1856230325 (2005) www.permaculture.co.uk
• Freshwater Aquaculture: A Handbook for small scale fish culture in North America by William McLarney. Publisher: Hartley & Marks; ISBN 0881791237 (1998)
• Small Scale Aquaculture: A hobbyists guide to growing fish in greenhouses, recirculating systems, cages and flowing water. By Steven D. Van Gorder. Publisher: The Alternative Aquaculture Association; ISBN: 0967773202. (2000)

Stormwater Management:

• Bay- Friendly Landscape Guideline: Sustainable Practices for the Landscape Professional by Alameda County Waste Management Authority www.stopwaste.org
• Rain Gardens: Managing Water Sustainably in the Garden and Designed Landscape by Nigel Dunnett and Andy Clayton. Timber Press, Portland OR (2007) www.timberpress.org
• Start at the Source: Residential Site Planning & Design Guidance Manual for Stormwater Quality Protection by Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association (1997)
• Stormwater: The Journal for Surface Water Quality Professionals.
• Great bi-monthly magazine. 805-681-1300.

Watershed Restoration, Assessment & Monitoring

• A Citizen’s Guide To Understanding and Monitoring Lakes and Streams.1991. Joy P. Michaud. Publication # 94-149. Washington State Dept. of Ecology. 206-407-7472.
• A Native Guide to Restoring Native Riparian Habitat in the Russian River Watershed. Sonoma County Water Agency and Circuit Rider Productions. 1998.
• Applied River Morphology. 1996. David Rosgen. Wildland Hydrology. 1481 Stevens Lake Rd., Pagosa Springs, CO.
• California Coordinated Resource Management and Planning: A Local Approach. 1996. California Coordinated Resource Management and Planning Technical Advisory Council.
• California Salmonid Stream Habitat Restoration Manual. 2000. California Department of Fish & Game. Inland Fisheries Dept., 1416 Ninth St., Sacramento, CA 95814. 916-654-5997.
• Catalogue of Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection, 2nd edition. 1999. U.S. EPA Publication # EPA 841-B-99-003. 1-800-490-9198.

Books: Orion Book Award

he Orion Book Award is conferred annually to an outstanding, literary, book-length work that is ecological in context and has as its foundation the human relationship with the natural world.   Here is the complete list of nominees for the 2008 Orion Book Award:

• Ackerman, Diane, The Zookeeper’s Wife (Norton)
• Audeguy, Stephane, The Theory of Clouds (Harcourt)
• Barrett, Andrea, The Air We Breathe (Norton)
• Berger, John, Hold Everything Dear (Pantheon)
• Busch, Akiko, Nine Ways to Cross a River (Bloomsbury)
• Cannavo, Peter, The Working Landscape (MIT Press)
• Childs, Craig, House of Rain (Little, Brown)
• Cummins, Ann, Yellowcake: A Novel (Houghton Mifflin)
• Davis, Devra, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Basic Books)
• DeBuys, William, The Walk (Trinity University Press)
• Dillard, Annie, The Maytrees (HarperCollins )
• Doerr, Anthony, Four Seasons in Rome (Scribner’s)
• Finch, Robert, The Iambics of Newfoundland (Perseus)
• Fox, William, Making Time (Shoemaker & Hoard)
• Franklin, H. Bruce, The Most Important Fish in the Sea (Island Press)
• Gaard, Greta, The Nature of Home (University of Arizona Press)
• Gessner, David, Soaring with Fidel (Beacon Press)
• Hawken, Paul, Blessed Unrest (Viking)
• Hayashi, Robert, Haunted by Waters (University of Iowa Press)
• Jamie, Kathleen, Findings: Essays (Graywolf)
• Kalish, Mildred Armstrong, Little Heathens (Bantam)
• Kerasote, Ted, Merle’s Door (Harcourt)
• Kingsolver, Barbara, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (HarperCollins )
• Lane, John, Circling Home (University of Georgia Press)
• Lear, Linda, Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature (St. Martin’s)
• Masumoto, David, Heirlooms: Letters from a Peach Farmer (Heyday Books)
• McKibben, Bill, Deep Economy (Times Books)
• Nader, Ralph, The Seventeen Traditions (HarperCollins)
• Pancake, Ann, Strange as This Weather Has Been (Counterpoint)
• Petterson, Per, Out Stealing Horses (Graywolf)
• Plum, Syndey, Solitary Goose (University of Georgia Press)
• Porter, Jeff, Oppenheimer Is Watching Me (University of Iowa Press)
• Preston, Richard, The Wild Trees (Random House)
• Pyle, Robert Michael, Sky Time in Gray’s River (Houghton Mifflin)
• Rosenblum, Mort, Escaping Plato’s Cave (St. Martin’s Press)
• Schaller, George B., A Naturalist and Other Beasts (Sierra Club Books)
• Snyder, Gary, Back on the Fire (Shoemaker & Hoard)
• Solnit, Rebecca, Storming the Gates of Paradise (University of California Press)
• Tevis, Joni, The Wet Collection (Milkweed Editions)
• Tyson, Neil deGrasse, Death by Black Hole (Norton)
• Weidensaul, Scott, Of a Feather (Harcourt)
• Weisman, Alan, The World Without Us (Thomas Dunne Books)
• Whitty, Julia, The Fragile Edge (Houghton Mifflin)