Owen, David. (2009). Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainablity.
*Learn why Manhattan provides a model for sustainable living.

Leonard, Annie. (2010). The Story of Stuff. Free Press. New York.
*The Story of Stuff author Annie Leonard expands on her video and provides an easy to read and understand overview of the problem with all this stuff.

Packard, Vance. (1960). The Waste Makers. Ig Publishing. Brooklyn: New York.
*The original critic of the modern wasteful society explains the concepts of planned and perceived obsolescence.
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