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The Sustainability Seminar was led by Prof. Bill Vitek. We read and discussed the following books:
The Worldwatch Institute, 2008, State of the World 2008, W.W. Norton
Hawken, Paul. 2007. Blessed Unrest, Viking
Walker, Brian and David Salt. 2006. Resilience Thinking: Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World, Island Press
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