"This anthology, designed for use in undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, includes new and classic readings by leading writers in the field, full-length case studies, and many short discussion cases. Introductions and discussion questions are provided for all the essays, with each chapter introduced by a summary of the issues and appropriate philosophic, historical and scientific background. Exploring ethical theory, environme ..."
"This anthology, designed for use in undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, includes new and classic readings by leading writers in the field, full-length case studies, and many short discussion cases. Introductions and discussion questions are provided for all the essays, with each chapter introduced by a summary of the issues and appropriate philosophic, historical and scientific background. Exploring ethical theory, environme ..."
"Martin D. Yaffe's Judaism and Environmental Ethics: A Reader is a well-conceived exploration of three interrelated questions: Does the Hebrew Bible, or subsequent Jewish tradition, teach environmental responsibility or not? What Jewish teachings, if any, appropriately address today's environmental crisis? Do ecology, Judaism, and philosophy work together, or are they at odds with each other in confronting the current crisis? Yaffe's ext ..."
"Martin D. Yaffe's Judaism and Environmental Ethics: A Reader is a well-conceived exploration of three interrelated questions: Does the Hebrew Bible, or subsequent Jewish tradition, teach environmental responsibility or not? What Jewish teachings, if any, appropriately address today's environmental crisis? Do ecology, Judaism, and philosophy work together, or are they at odds with each other in confronting the current crisis? Yaffe's ext ..."
Beginning Again People and Nature in the New Millennium by DavidEhrenfeld Published by Oxford University Press, Usa ISBN-13: 978-1-950781-28-7, ISBN: 1-950781-28-3
"Clapman, A. R., T. G. Tutin, and E. F. Warburg. 1962. Flora of the British Isles.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England. Courtney, S. P., S. P. Hill, and
A. Westerman. 1982. Pollen carried for long periods by butterflies. ()ikos 38:260-
263. Darwin, C. 1876. On the Effects of Cross- and Selffertilization in the
Vegetable Kingdom. Murray, London, En-' gland. Diamond, J. M. 1984. “Normal”
extinctions of isolated populations. ..."
Becoming Good Ancestors How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology: How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology by DavidEhrenfeld 320 Pages, Published 2009 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-970611-2, ISBN: 0-19-970611-5
"2nd ed. (Dublin: Gateway, 1999), 108, 162. M. Tepfer, "Risk Assessment of Virus-
Resistant Transgenic Plants," Annual Review of Phytopathology 40 (2002): 467
—491; M. Tepfer et al., "Transient Expression in Mammalian Cells of Transgenes
Transcribed from the Cauliflower Mosaic Virus 35S Promoter," Environmental
Biosafety Research 3 (2004): 91-97. E. Finkel ... Britt Bailey and Marc Lappe (
Washington, DC: Island Press, 2002), 81-82, 86 ..."
Becoming Good Ancestors(1st Edition) How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology by DavidEhrenfeld, Michael W. Trosset Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2008 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-537378-3, ISBN: 0-19-537378-2
"A brilliant writer and gifted "big picture" thinker, David Ehrenfeld is one of America's leading conservation biologists. Becoming Good Ancestors unites in a single, up-to-date framework pieces written over two decades, spanning politics, ecology, and culture, and illuminating the forces in modern society that thwart our efforts to solve today's hard questions about society and the environment. The book focuses on our present-day ..."
Becoming Good Ancestors How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology by DavidEhrenfeld 320 Pages, Published 2008 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-045191-2, ISBN: 0-19-045191-2
"Leopold Kohr wrote in The Breakdown of Nations: “[Bigness] is the one and only
problem permeating all creation. Whenever something is wrong, something is too
big.” Kohr, of course, was exaggerating for effect. E. F. Schumacher expressed
the sentiment more moderately and more positively in the phrase ... The cat, shot
soon afterward, was a small one, little more than sixty pounds. Adult male
cougars can weigh as much as two hundred ..."
Swimming Lessons Keeping Afloat in the Age of Technology by DavidEhrenfeld Published 2002 ISBN-13: 978-1-280-48182-6, ISBN: 1-280-48182-X
Swimming Lessons Keeping Afloat in the Age of Technology : Keeping Afloat in the Age of Technology by DavidEhrenfeld 249 Pages, Published 2002 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-803386-8, ISBN: 0-19-803386-9
"The following two books, mentioned in the chapter, will not help you with
diseases of plastic trees; however, if you have real ones to care for they may be
of use. Harris, Richard. Arboriculture: Care of Trees, Shrubs, and Vines in the
Landscape. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1983. Hartman, John R.,
Thomas P. Pirone, and Mary Ann Sall. Pirone's Tree Maintenance, 7th ed. New
York: Oxford University Press, 2000. [A 224 Bibli ..."
Swimming Lessons Keeping Afloat in the Age of Technology by DavidEhrenfeld Published 2002 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-518632-1, ISBN: 0-19-518632-X
""Fatal Harves"t takes an unprecedented look at our current ecologically destructive agricultural system and offers a compelling vision for an organic and environmentally safer way of producing the food we eat. It gathers together more than forty essays by leading ecological thinkers including Wendell Berry, Wes Jackson, David Ehrenfeld, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Vandana Shiva, and Gary Nabhan. Providing a unique and invaluable antidote to t ..."
"This funny Choctaw tale tells of the time when the Great Sun Father wanted to find a way to warn his people of coming storms. He gave the job to Heloha and Melatha, who were not the smartest of birds. Their ideas led to one silly mishap after another--until they created thunder and lightning completely by accident. Full-color collage illustrations."
"This new series of readings from Conservation Biology gives easy access to some of the finest papers ever published in a range of important fields. Readings in Conservation Biology can make course preparation easy - a ready-made collection of the best, most representative papers available in a format students can use. Readings will also be invaluable for researchers and academics needing an update in a specific area."