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

Chapter 11: Biodiversity and Conservation Biology (no headnote) PDF Print E-mail

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Selections in this chapter:

  • The Bible, Genesis 1:20–31, [364] Go
  • Peter M. Vitousek, Harold A. Mooney, Jane Lubchenco, and Jerry M. Mellilo, from “Human Domination of Earth’s Ecosystems” (1997), [365] Go
  • Charles Darwin, from “Galapagos Archipelago” in Voyage of the Beagle (1845), [372] Go
  • Edward O. Wilson, from “Biodiversity Reaches the Peak” in The Diversity of Life (1992), [375] Go
  • William Cronon, from “The View from Walden” in Changes in the Land (1983), [377] Go
  • Donald Worster, from “Thinking Like a River” in The Wealth of Nature (1993), [381] Go
  • Mark Kurlansky, from “With Mouth Wide Open” in Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (1997), [386] Go
  • Michael E. SoulĂ©, “What Is Conservation Biology?” (1985), [391] Go
  • Charles Elton, from “The Invaders” in The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants (1958), [398] Go
  • William R. Jordan III, from The Sunflower Forest (2003), [405] Go

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