One that is out of print, but everyone should read and think about is
Richard Vogl's "A Primer of Ecological Principles." It cuts through
all the you-know-what. It is probably used as a "cheat sheet" by
more ecologists than would like to admit it. I have misplaced my
copy, however, so have had to "wing it." If I ever find it again,
the quality of my posts should improve. One of the smartest
ecologists that ever trod the planet. Lightly.
WT
At 08:55 AM 3/7/2008, Kelly Stettner wrote:
First of all, thank you to everyone who posted a reply to me! For
those who are new to the list or who don't recall, I has asked for
book recommendations for my next and final semseter. My focus will
be on exploring the different aspects of various schools of
environmental/ecological thinking.
I may NEVER get through all of these titles, and I may end up
borrowing some from the library, but it's worth it to have a huge
list to choose from (and to build upon for years to come)!
In addition to the half-dozen nature journalling books I already
bought (which seem to range from 'how to' to 'why should I'), I've
done some research and am waiting with 'bated breath for my first
shipment of books:
~ Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature by William Cronon.
~ Environmental Ethics: Divergence and Convergence by Susan J. Armstrong.
~ Invasion Biology: Critique of a Pseudoscience by David Theodoropoulos.
~ Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold.
~ Nonequilibrium Ecology by Klaus Rohde.
~ Discordant Harmonies: A New Ecology for the Twenty-first
Century by Daniel Botkin.
~ Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge by Edward O. Wilson.
~ Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lombert.
~ Boundaries: A Casebook in Environmental Ethics by Christine E. Gudorf.
~ The Nearsighted Naturalist by Ann Zwinger.
~ Faith in Nature: Environmentalism As Religious Quest by Thomas Dunlap.
~ Forces of Change: A New View of Nature by Daniel Botkin.
~ The Truth of Ecology: Nature, Culture, and Literature in
America by Dana Phillips.
~ Run, River, Run: A Naturalist's Journey Down One of the Great
Rivers of the American West by Ann Zwinger.
~ The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature
by David Quammen.
~ The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology by
Cheryll Glotfelty.
More on my Wish List include:
~ Watersheds 4: Ten Cases in Environmental Ethics by Lisa Newton.
~ Environmental Philosophy: Reason, Nature and Human Concern by
Christopher Belshaw.
~ Nature's Economy: A History of Ecological Ideas by Donald Worster.
~ The Theory of Island Biogeography by Robert MacArthur & E.O. Wilson.
~ No Man's Garden: Thoreau and a New Vision for Civilization and
Nature by Daniel Botkin.
~ Ecology and Design by Robert Melnick et al.
~ The War Against the Greens: The "Wise Use" Movement, the New
Right, and the Browning of America by David Herlvarg.
~ Let the People Judge: Wise Use and the Private Property Rights
Movement by Grant Ferrier et al.
~ Ecocriticism by Greg Garrard.
~ Life is a Miracle by Wendell Berry.
~ Naturalist by E.O. Wilson.
~ The Biophilia Hypothesis by Scott McVay.
~ Ecology by Stanley Dodson (BIG textbook!).
~ Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water by Kathleen Dean Moore.
~ The Gift of Rivers: True Stories of Life on the Water by Pamela
Michael (ed).
~ The New Nature: Winners and Losers in Wild Australia by Tim Low
~ Feral Future by Tim Low.
~ The Balance of Nature?: Ecological Issues in the Conservation
of Species and Communities by Stuart Pimm.
~ Conservation by Sustainable Use edited by Prins, Grootenhuis,
and Dolan. (Set in Africa, but looks to address a variety of
issues from myriad viewpoints all working together.)
~ a variety of issues from the Opposing Viewpoint series.
~ a variety of articles by Mark Sagoff.
Black River Action Team (BRAT)
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Springfield, VT 05156
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