Hello Jorge and Ecologgers, At the risk of seeming to self-promote, you may want to check out my recent book Science of Open Spaces from Island Press (http://www.islandpress.org/curtin <http://www.islandpress.org/curtin>). This book was intended for practitioners and scholars, but also written for non-major students and so far people who have used it have found it resonated with a broad range of people.
The book also hits all your criteria in being international. It is also written from a diversity of perspectives and considers the natural and social as well as physical sciences. See the reviews on Amazon or google it and you will find a number of other reviews. Best, Charles Charles Curtin, Ph.D. Author - The Science of Open Spaces: Theory and Practice for conserving large, complex systems (http://www.islandpress.org/curtin). Co-Author - Complex Ecology: Foundational perspectives on a dynamic view of ecology and conservation (Forth-coming from Cambridge University Press). Senior Fellow Center for Natural Resources and Environment Policy, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana http://naturalresourcespolicy.org Ph: 505-429-3601 > On Apr 24, 2016, at 11:05 PM, Patricia Paladines > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > Consider The View from Lazy Point by Carl Safina > http://www.amazon.com/View-Lazy-Point-Natural-Unnatural/dp/1250002710 > <http://www.amazon.com/View-Lazy-Point-Natural-Unnatural/dp/1250002710> > > >> On Apr 24, 2016, at 9:46 AM, Jorge A. Santiago-Blay <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Dear Ecolog-Listers: >> >> I teach a one-semester course in environmental sciences for non-science >> majors. For a while, I have been toying with the idea of revamping the whole >> course. >> >> One of those areas of likely change is changing the textbook we use into one >> that non-only emphasizes *science* in a readable way for intelligent people >> who want to learn that also incorporates >> >> a. a global perspective (= not only the USA) >> >> b. a diversity of perspectives (= not only, on the average, things are >> improving, in other words, a finer detail showing that still there is a lot >> to be done) >> >> c. non-(hard)science (e.g. the social sciences and the humanities) >> >> If any of you have experience using a book (other resources that are not >> books are also OK) and would like to recommend it (positively or >> negatively), please, feel free to send me an email off the list. >> >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> With gratefulness, >> >> Jorge >> >> Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD >> blaypublishers.com <http://blaypublishers.com/> >> >> 1. Positive experiences for authors of papers published in LEB >> http://blaypublishers.com/testimonials/ >> <http://blaypublishers.com/testimonials/> >> 2. Free examples of papers published in LEB: >> http://blaypublishers.com/category/previous-issues/ >> <http://blaypublishers.com/category/previous-issues/>. >> >> 3. Guidelines for Authors and page charges of LEB: >> http://blaypublishers.com/archives/ <http://blaypublishers.com/archives/> . >> >> 4. Want to subscribe to LEB? http://blaypublishers.com/subscriptions/ >> <http://blaypublishers.com/subscriptions/> >> >> >> http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/ <http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/> >> http://paleobiology.si.edu/staff/individuals/santiagoblay.cfm >> <http://paleobiology.si.edu/staff/individuals/santiagoblay.cfm> >
