Reading List For AdultsEducational Philosophy Place-based Education: Connecting Classrooms and Communities by David Sobel
Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect by David Orr
Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World by David Orr
The Exhausted School: Bending the Bars of Traditional Education Edited by John Taylor Gatto
Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community by Alfie Kohn
Field Day: Getting Society Out of School by Matt Hern
Because We Can Change the World: A Practical Guide to Building Cooperative, Inclusive Classroom Communities by Mara E. Sapon-Shevin
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
How Children Learn by John Holt
How Children Fail by John Holt
Gardening
Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Appelhof
How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits Than You Ever Thought Possible On Less Land Than You Can Imagine by John Jeavons
Easy Compost: The Secret to Great Soil and Spectacular Plants by Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Gardening with Children by Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Curriculum
Unearthing Garden Mysteries: Experiments for Kids by Ellen Talmage
Honest Pretzels: And 64 Other Amazing Recipes for Cooks Ages 8 & Up by Mollie Katzen
Salad People and More Real Recipes: A New Cookbook for Preschoolers and Up by Mollie Katzen
Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes: A Cookbook for Preschoolers and Up by Mollie Katzen
Grow It, Cook It by DK Publishing
I Love Dirt!: 52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature by Jennifer Ward
Environmental Awareness
The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming by Masanobu Fukuoka
The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature by David Suzuki
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Hope, Human, and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth by Bill McKibben