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Sustainability Committee (SE): Resources for Students

Learn more about the sustainability initiatives at TCC Southeast Campus and resources to help you add sustainability to your education and life.

Search for Articles, Ebooks, and Other Credible Resources

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The right database to search for scholarly articles depends on the assignment. Below are some of the more relevant ones for sustainability research. 

These resources are broader in content but have information relevant to sustainability.

Earth Day Playlist

Check out this playlist of songs related to sustainability and nature while you study:

Apps

Books

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Plastic Soup

Plastic Soup: An Atlas of Ocean Pollution is a beautifully-illustrated survey of the plastics clogging our seas, their impacts on wildlife and people around the world, and inspirational initiatives designed to tackle the problem.

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The Future We Choose

Climate change: it is arguably the most urgent and consequential issue humankind has ever faced. How we address it in the next thirty years will determine the kind of world we will live in and will bequeath to our children and to theirs.

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War on the EPA

Delving into the science, politics, and human dimension of these and other problems, the book illustrates the challenges of regulation, how today's war on science is undermining the scientific foundation upon which the agency's legitimacy rests, and why a strong U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is more important than ever before.

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Being the Change

Alarmed by drastic changes now occurring in the Earth's climate systems, the author, a climate scientist and suburban father of two, embarked on a journey to change his life and the world. He began by bicycling, growing food, meditating, and making other simple, fulfilling changes. 

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Sustainability Made Simple

Sustainability Made Simple is an introduction to sustainability and sustainable living that explores the relationship between everyday life and the intricate global environmental issues of today, including air and water pollution, deforestation, and climate change.

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Sustainable Home

An inspirational and practical guidebook to maintaining a more environmentally friendly household.

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Sustainability

A concise and accessible examination of sustainability in a range of contemporary contexts, from economic development to government policy.