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 21: Politics and Public Policy (no headnote) PDF Print E-mail

 

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Selections in this chapter:

  • Ken Saro-Wiwa, from Genocide in Nigeria: The Ogoni Tragedy (1992), [712] Go
  • Richard N. L. Andrews, from Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves: A History of American Environmental Policy (1999), [715] Go
  • Zygmunt J. B. Plater, Robert H. Abrams, William Goldfarb, and Robert L. Graham, from “The Three Economies” in Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law, and Society (1998), [727] Go
  • David Pepper, from “Science and Society: Influencing the Answers Obtained” in Modern Environmentalism: An Introduction (1996), [730] Go
  • Ranee K. L. Panjabi, from The Earth Summit at Rio: Politics, Economics, and the Environment (1997), [73] Go
  • John Barry, from Rethinking Green Politics: Nature, Virtue, and Progress (1999), [735] Go
  • Lee Quinby, from “Ecofeminism and the Politics of Resistance” (1990), [736] Go
  • Cynthia Hamilton, “Women, Home, and Community: The Struggle in an Urban Environment” (1990), [738] Go


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