You may try "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn. I read it as a part of a Conservation Bioogy class a year ago. It's highly philosophical but probably not too heavy for an intro freshman class. I could be wrong...just a thought!
Courtney Thomason On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Kraemer, George < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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) > >
