LibGuides: Service Learning: Sustainability

Introduction

This project advances sustainability at NWACC and in NW Arkansas. Sustainability Project members may work on Monarch Butterfly milkweed garden, assist the Benton County Environment Division (Environment Officer Teresa Sidwell) in Benton County cleanup and recycling events, or work with NWACC biologist Laurie Scott in managing plants or removing invasive species.

Search Tools (Databases)

Agricultural & Environmental Science Database This link opens in a new window Provides unmatched discipline-specific coverage spanning thousands of publications, many in full text. *This is a Traveler resource. The Traveler Statewide Resource project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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GreenFILE This link opens in a new window Provides a collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles and covers content about the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments as well as what can be done at each level to minimize these effects.This tool offers indexing and abstracts for more than 760,000 records and open access full text for more than 11,000 records.
Biological Science Database This link opens in a new window Provides access to a wide range of biology topics including some of the most popular information resources for users in academic, government and public research environments. Coverage: 1998 - current.
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*This is a Traveler resource. The Traveler Statewide Resource project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Books

Principles of Sustainability by Salem Press
Call Number: GE 196 | .P75 2017
ISBN: 9781682176078
Publication Date: 2018-01-30
This new volume provides students and researchers with a solid foundation to the study of sustainability.
Environmental Racism in the United States and Canada by Bruce E. Johansen
Call Number: GE 230 | .J65 2020
ISBN: 9781440864025
Publication Date: 2020-04-14
From Flint, Michigan, to Standing Rock, North Dakota, minorities have found themselves losing the battle for clean resources and a healthy environment. This book provides a modern history of such environmental injustices in the United States and Canada.

eBooks

Principles of Sustainability by Salem Press
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 978-1-68217-608-5
Publication Date: 2018-01-30
This eBook provides students and researchers with a solid foundation to the study of sustainability.
Sustainability Science by Bert J. M. de Vries
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781107005884
Publication Date: 2012-12-17
Sustainable development is becoming the guiding principle for the twenty-first century. This textbook - based on the author's course and rigorously class-tested by his students - provides an introduction into patterns of past and present (un)sustainable development and into the emergence of the notion of sustainable development.

Suggested Web Sites

Benton County Environmental Division
Direct link to Benton County Environmental Division.
Fayetteville Sustainability
Direct link to information on Fayetteville's sustainability initiatives.

Sustainability Web

Concept Map: Sustainability web from Credo Reference