Common Reading List

The FYM Common Readings are now available through Moodle!  You can access the electronic copies of these readings and find the links to the artist web sites through the FYM Moodle page once you log into your E-Portfolio; the course name is First Year Matters 2012.  If you have any trouble viewing the readings through the FYM course page, please contact the Dean of Students Office.

The summer readings for FTF: Earth and Justice for All

Deceit and denial: the deadly politics of industrial pollution.  Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner.  University of California Press, 2002. Berkeley, California.

The environmental justice reader: politics, poetics, and pedagogy.  Edited by Joni Adamson, Mei Mei Evans, and Rachel Stein. University of Arizona Press, 2002. Tucson, Arizona

Why Isn't the Brain Green? Jon Gertner. New York Times Magazine, April 19, 2009. NYTimes.com.

Germany's Failing Environmental Projects. Alexander Neubacher. Spiegel Online. March 15, 2012. 

Reducing waste through the promotion of composting and active involvement of various stakeholders: Replicating Surabaya's solid waste management model. Toshizo Maeda. Institue For Global Environmental Strategies, Policy Brief #9, December 2009.