I'll second Christie's suggestion of Last Chance to See - there is a lot of
Douglas Adams' excellent humor that the students will enjoy, but the book
is also a thought-provoking look at the problem of extinction. It's a bit
old (1990), but students can get on the internet and check up on the
species in the book to see which have gone extinct, which are still on the
verge of extinction, and which have begun to recover.
-Kathleen
On Feb 25 2008, Kraemer, George wrote:
Our campus theme next year will be "environment." Although it's defined
broadly enough to include all constituencies, it presents the opportunity
to reach about 500 freshmen with a back-door campaign of environmental
literacy.
I am soliciting the ECOLOG group for suggestions for pre-college summer
reading with an environmental theme. It would have to be something that
would capture the minds of 17-18 year olds, and should lend itself to
discussions that might allow diverse discipline to have a say.
Barbara Kingsolver's "Prodigal Summer" or Michael Pollan's books came
first to mind. But there must be other things out there that I've missed.
Since this might be of interest to others, please respond to the list.
GPK
George P. Kraemer
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology
Chair, Environmental Studies Program Purchase College (SUNY)
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Kathleen S. Knight
