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 23: Economics (no headnote) PDF Print E-mail

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Full introduction to the chapter Go


Selections in this chapter:

  • Herman Daly, from Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development (1996), [777] Go
  • Cutler J. Cleveland, Robert Costanza, Charles A. S. Hall, and Robert Kaufmann, from “Energy and the U.S. Economy: A Biophysical Perspective” (1984), [781] Go
  • Theodore Panayotou, from Green Markets: The Economics of Sustainable Development (1993), [787] Go
  • Thomas H. Tietenberg, from “Using Economic Incentives to Maintain Our Environment” (1990), [79] Go
  • Robert Costanza, “Valuation of Ecosystems Services and Natural Capital” (1996), [798] Go
  • Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins, from Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution (1999), [801] Go
  • Garrett Hardin, from “The Tragedy of the Commons” (1968), [805] Go

 

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