Two fundamental books as part of my undergraduate and graduate education related to environmental education were Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey and Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. Outside of outlining a detailed Environmental Engineering and Science curriculum yet related, the Colorado School of Mines Faculty early on embraced Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering by Graedel and Allenby. The leading Federal research institution in the United States for a deep dive into renewable energy and energy efficiency is the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as a 'jump-on' point, visit their website (https://www.nrel.gov).