Quotation by William D. Ruckelshaus, first Environmental Protection Agency Chief Administrator

"Using one discipline to address the environment isn't going to work.  You have to use them all."  ---William D. Ruckelshaus, first Environmental Protection Agency chief Administrator, 1970-1973, also 1983-85, speaking to "Living on Earth," broadcast through Public Radio International

Reviews of the Book

"Until the publication . . . of Environment: An Interdisciplinary Anthology, those searching for an overview of the field had few texts to which they might turn .... "

-Rochelle Johnson in Thoreau Society Bulletin for Fall 2008

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Remarks by the Publisher:

"A comprehensive guide to environmental literacy."

 

Selected as a 2008 AAUP University Press Book for Public and Secondary School Libraries.

Events

- Professor James Engell to teach a DuPont Seminar at the National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC, on Environmental issues and the humanities ...
- Professor Glenn Adelson to attend the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) meeting ...

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Further Reading for Chapter 8: PDF Print E-mail


  • Carraro, Carlo, ed. Governing the Global Environment. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 2003.
  • Friedman, Benjamin M. “Growth and the Environment.” In The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth. New York: Knopf, 2005.
  • French, H. Vanishing Borders: Protecting the Planet in the Age of Globalization. New York: W.W. Norton, 2000.
  • Le CarrĂ©, John. The Constant Gardener. New York: Scribner, 2001.
  • Mander, Jerry, and Edward Goldsmith, ed. The Case Against the Global Economy and a Turn Toward the Local. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1996.
  • Mol, Arthur P. J. Globalization and Environmental Reform: The Ecological Modernization of the Global Economy. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2001.
  • Speth, James G., ed. Worlds Apart: Globalization and the Environment. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2003.
  • Stiglitz, Joseph E. “The Way Ahead.” In Globalization and Its Discontents. New York: W.W. Norton, 2002.
  • Stille, Alexander. “Saving Species in Madagascar.” In The Future of the Past. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.
  • Tisdell, Clem, and Raj Kumar Sen, ed. “Environmental Issues and Impacts.” In Economic Globalization: Social Conflicts, Labor and Environmental Issues. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 2004.