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 ...

Video Focus

Interconnections for Chapter 2: PDF Print E-mail

 

Supplemental readings for Chapter 2, Species in Danger: Three Case Studies [page numbers in brackets]

  • All selections in Chapter 11, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, [362] Go
  • Rachel Carson, from “And No Birds Sing” in Silent Spring (1962) (15), [541] Go
  • Sharon Guynup, “Arctic Life Threatened by Toxic Chemicals, Groups Say” (2002) (15), [551] Go
  • Francis of Assisi, “The Canticle of Brother Sun” (twelfth-thirteenth century C.E.) (16), [569] Go
  • Phyllis Windle, from “The Ecology of Grief” (1995) (16), [589] Go
  • Aldo Leopold, from “The Land Ethic” in A Sand County Almanac (1949) (17), [608] Go
  • Mary Oliver, “The Kingfisher” (1990) (18), [696] Go
  • Warren Burger, TVA v. Hill, U.S. Supreme Court (1978) (22), [759] Go
  • Garrett Hardin, from “The Tragedy of the Commons” (1968) (23), [805] Go
  • Archie Carr, “A Dubious Future” (1963) in A Naturalist in Florida: A Celebration of Eden (1994) (26), [867] Go
  • David S. Wilcove and Thomas Eisner, “The Impending Extinction of Natural History” (2000) (26), [872] Go

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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