First: Look up your topic in a newspaper index such as ProQuest.
Ask: What are people talking about related to your area of expertise?
Then: Look at overviews of your area of expertise. I've tried to put some together below.
Next: Look in journals covering your area of expertise.
Energy
Ask: What are people talking about related to your area of expertise?
Then: Look at overviews of your area of expertise. I've tried to put some together below.
Next: Look in journals covering your area of expertise.
Energy
Journals: Energy Policy
David McKay, Sustainable Energy without the Hot Air
John Byrne and Noah Toly, "Energy as a Social Project: Recovering a Discourse" and other publications from their energy institute.
DeCanio and Fremstad, "Economic Feasibility of the Path to Zero Net Carbon Emissions."
Doris, et al., "The Role of State Policy in Renewable Energy Development"
Energy policy documents from Resources for the Future, Center for American Progress
Energy: Renewables
Energy: Wind
Martinez, E.F. et al. 2009. "Life Cycle Assessment of a Multi-megawatt Wind Turbine." Renewable Energy 34.3: 667-673.
Lewis. "Fostering a renewable energy technology industry: An international comparison of wind industry policy support mechanisms"
Energy: Solar
Stoppato, A. "Life Cycle Assessment of Photovoltaic Electricity Generation."
Water
Lahiri-Dutt, "The Quest for Water: Rethinking Water Scarcity"
Trawick, P. B. 2003a. Against the privatization of water: An indigenous model for improving existing laws and successfully governing the commons. World Development, 31(6): 977–96.
C Konka. 2005. Governing Water
UN Humanitarian Affairs. "Running Dry" http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?indepthid=13&reportid=62312
F. Pearce, When Rivers Run Dry: Water – The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century (Boston, Beacon Press, 2006).
M. de Villiers, Water Wars: Is the World's Water Running Out? (London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999)
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/agriculture-consumes-92-all-freshwater-used-globally-and-us-leads-capita-consumption.html
Trawick, P. B. 2003a. Against the privatization of water: An indigenous model for improving existing laws and successfully governing the commons. World Development, 31(6): 977–96.
C Konka. 2005. Governing Water
UN Humanitarian Affairs. "Running Dry" http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?indepthid=13&reportid=62312
F. Pearce, When Rivers Run Dry: Water – The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century (Boston, Beacon Press, 2006).
M. de Villiers, Water Wars: Is the World's Water Running Out? (London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999)
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/agriculture-consumes-92-all-freshwater-used-globally-and-us-leads-capita-consumption.html
Sustainable Behaviors
Elizabeth Shove, “Converging Conventions of Comfort, Cleanliness and Convenience”
Elizabeth Shove, "Explaining Showering"
Tom Hargreaves, "Practice-ing Behavior Change."
Social Justice
Newell et al. "Pursuing Clean Energy Equitably."
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, "Toward a Just and Sustainable Solar Energy Industry."
User-Centered Design
Suchman et al., "Reconstructing Technologies as Social Practice"
Campus Sustainability
Elizabeth Shove, "Explaining Showering"
Tom Hargreaves, "Practice-ing Behavior Change."
Social Justice
Newell et al. "Pursuing Clean Energy Equitably."
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, "Toward a Just and Sustainable Solar Energy Industry."
User-Centered Design
Suchman et al., "Reconstructing Technologies as Social Practice"
Campus Sustainability
Shriberg, "Sustainability in Higher Education"
Buildings
US Green Building Council, "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design"
Hoffman, "Overcoming the Social and Psychological Barriers to Green Building"
Sinem Korkmaz et al. "Effects of Green Buildings on Employee Health and Productivity." American Journal of Public Health 100.9: 1665-1668.
Cidell, Julie. 2009. "A Political Ecology of the Built Environment: LEED Certification for Green Buildings." Local Environment: 14.7:621-633.
Transport
Transportation Issues and Challenges Slides (Hofstra)
Transit for Livable Communities Website
Bannistser, "The Sustainable Mobility Paradigm"
Congressional Hearing on Sustainable Transportation
Transit for Livable Communities Website
Bannistser, "The Sustainable Mobility Paradigm"
Congressional Hearing on Sustainable Transportation
Sustainable Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management
Nonaka and Peltokorpi, “Knowledge-Based View of Radical Innovation: Toyota Prius Case” (this is a version I marked up)
Shafer, "The Essence of Ecopreneurship"
U Nevada Business School report on Sustainable Supply Chains
Electricity Journal, "Seeing Past Solyndra" [for a "con" view of government support of Solyndra, look at Cato Institute commentaries]
U Nevada Business School report on Sustainable Supply Chains
Electricity Journal, "Seeing Past Solyndra" [for a "con" view of government support of Solyndra, look at Cato Institute commentaries]
Sustainable Communities
Marina Alberti, “Measuring Urban Sustainability,” Environmental Impact Assessment Review 16, #4-6 (July-Nov. 1996):381-424
Kent Portney, “Civic Engagement and Sustainable Cities”
Ciscel, David. 2001. "The Economics of Urban Sprawl." Journal of Economic Issues 35:2: 405-413.
Mazmanian, Toward Sustainable Communities
Congressional Hearing on Greener Communities
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