English 1A Tentative Reading List

Required Texts

• Sustainability: a Reader for Writers. Ed. Carl Herndl. Oxford UP. New York. 2014. ISBN: 978-0-19-994750-8.
• Silverman et al. Rules of Thumb. 9th ed. San Francisco: McGraw Hill, 2013.
• Choose a novel from the Whole text booklist
• various handouts aka HO
• most handouts (HO), videos and online sources are linked from this page and the schedule

Highly recommended Texts

• A college level dictionary.

Please check the schedule for changes and updates. Complete all readings by due dates. Summary and response of assigned readings are due within one week of in-class discussion unless otherwise stated in class. Various smaller writing assignments will be given in class. Any revision of reading assignments are announced in class and should be posted here or on the class schedule. The following is tentative and will likely change as class progresses.

Research Project

• Rachel Carson: "The Obligation to Endure." Excerpt from Silent Spring (SUS)
• David Suzuki. "The Sacred Balance." (SUS)
• Diamond. "The World as a Polder: What Does it Mean to us Today?" (SUS)
• Hardin. "Tragedy of the Commons." (SUS)

  Other texts for research project

  • "The Gleaners and I." Varda. Video.
  • "The Story of Stuff" online video by Annie Leonard
  • Royte. Garbage Land: the Trail of Trash various excerpts retrieved in Mahara or as HO.
  • Conover. "The Flesh Underneath" Book review of ethnography (HO) for discussion only