*Summary of Environmental Science(s) books resulting from recent inquire*
Not clear to me (Jorge) is whether the online resources are available only at the publisher’s site, requiring yet another login and password, or whether they are available for use at the schools’ class management platforms. If “yes” to the latter, what platforms are compatible with the publishers’ online resources. 01. Cunningham and Cunningham (13th Edition) + Connect 02. Miller, G. T. – Living in the Environment – 18th Edition A respondent shared this view (herein reproduced with permission): “Most people use the Miller text. I don't like it, but there really has not been a much better version. I find it to be to swayed to biology. Maybe I need to write one! Also, the make a new issue of Miller each year (or most years), so you can inform students of this and when they buy older issues, just tell them the chapter name rather than number. All they do is move stuff around, separate the chapters or combine chapters. The content doesn't change substantially!“ 03. Raven's "Environment", a good text, but heavy on Ecology and perhaps not as accessible for non-majors. <http://goog_1694815366/> http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-EHEP003214.html 04. “I have had very positive responses using John Sutter's multimedia works as springboards for discussion. I use http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2014/09/opinion/endangered-river-ctl/ (San Joaquin River) *http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2014/04/opinion/sutter-change-the-list-pangolin-trafficking/ <http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2014/04/opinion/sutter-change-the-list-pangolin-trafficking/>*(Pangolin trafficking) I did not teach ecology this semester, and so don't have any experience with his climate change (http://www.cnn.com/specials/opinions/two-degrees) work. 05. *The View from Lazy Point* by Carl Safina http://www.amazon.com/View-Lazy-Point-Natural-Unnatural/dp/1250002710 06. *Essentials of Environmental Science* by Friedland et al. 07. John Kricher’s book *The Balance of Nature: Ecology’s Enduring Myth* 08. Houtman, A., J. Interlandi, and S. Karr. 2015. *Environmental Science: For a changing climate*. W.H. Freeman and Company. (ISBN-13: 978-1-4641-6220-6). “I teach an environmental science lab and lecture session for non-science majors. I do not use the "connect" option for the textbook. This is a personal option as most of my students would not access the site for various reasons. However, individuals who have used it do say it is a nice companion to the book. The textbook is updated relatively every year and the information is presented in a way that is not "meaty." I am able to interject local information or current events into the provided ppt's without bogging them down with too much information.” 09. “I came across your post on ECOLOG. I am currently teaching a paper titled Environmental Science to non-science undergraduate students as part of the curriculum structure in India. I am referring to two cheaply available books.” a. Taxmann’s *Environmental Studies* https://www.taxmann.com/bookstore/academic/environmental-studies.aspx b. Erach Bharucha’s *Environmental Studies for Undergraduate* This one is available as a PDF online for free http://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/modelcurriculum/env.pdf “The first book is pretty much a concise and shorter version of the second book. It is meant to cover all the topics and help the students get through the exam. These should help you in giving an Indian perspective on environmental education. Hope this helps.” 10. *Environment* by Withgott. Withgott “releases an updated text every three to four years. It necessitates rigorous revision of the lecture, but we like it a lot.” 11. Resources in SENCER paper - https://blaypublishers.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/leb-31santiago-blay-et-al-pp-33-56-sencerizing.pdf -- Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD blaypublishers.com 1. Positive experiences for authors of papers published in *LEB* http://blaypublishers.com/testimonials/ 2. Free examples of papers published in *LEB*: http://blaypublishers.com/category/previous-issues/. 3. *Guidelines for Authors* and page charges of *LEB*: http://blaypublishers.com/archives/ *.* 4. Want to subscribe to *LEB*? http://blaypublishers.com/subscriptions/ http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/ http://paleobiology.si.edu/staff/individuals/santiagoblay.cfm
