Reading the Environment ed. Melissa Walker (W.W. Norton & Company, 1994, 0-393-96509-0, xxx+597pp, hc, an)
- xiii · Rhetorical Contents · [uncredited] · ix
- xxi · Preface · Melissa Walker · pr
- xxvii · Chronology · [uncredited] · ms
- 2 · 1. Entering the Conversation
- 4 · Introduction: Entering the Conversation · Melissa Walker · si
- 7 · Two by Two, We’ll Fill the Planet · Benjamin Zuckerman · ar Los Angeles Times October 31 1991
- 8 · Mexico City Family Oppressed by Pollution · Edward Cody · ar The Washington Post March 26 1992
- 10 · Warning from the Stratosphere · [uncredited] · ar The Washington Post October 11 1991
- 11 · Unfriendly Skies · Jessica Mathews · ar The Washington Post February 9 1992
- 13 · So What if It’s Getting Hot? · William Booth · ar The Washington Post September 22 1991
- 15 · Forests, Scapegoats and Global Warming · George M. Woodwell & Kilaparti Ramakrishna · ar The New York Times February 11 1992
- 17 · Poland Faces Communist Legacy of Pollution · Blaine Harden · ar The Washington Post December 15 1991
- 20 · Big, Bad Beef · Jeremy Rifkin · ar The New York Times March 23 1992
- 22 · Folk Remedy Demand May Wipe Out Tigers · Malcolm W. Browne · ar The New York Times September 22 1992
- 23 · Still Killing Whales · Colman McCarthy · ar The New York Times June 29 1991
- 25 · Loss of Genetic Diversity Imperils Crop Advances · William K. Stevens · ar The New York Times June 25 1991
- 29 · The Extinction Crisis · William Allen · ar St. Louis Post Dispatch January 19 1991
- 31 · Sounding the Alarm on Threats to Earth · Harry Sayen · ar Trenton Times April 22 1992
- 34 · 2. Wilderness and Nature
- 36 · Introduction: Wilderness and Nature · Melissa Walker · si
- 41 · Walking · Henry David Thoreau · ex The Atlantic Monthly 1862
- 45 · The Birds · John Muir · ex from The Yosemite, Century Company, 1912
- 49 · Thinking Like a Mountain · Aldo Leopold · ar A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold, Oxford University Press, 1949
- 51 · The Serpents of Paradise · Edward Abbey · ex from Desert Solitaire, Simon & Schuster, 1968
- 57 · A Blizzard Under Blue Sky · Pam Houston · ss Lodestar, November 1990
- 63 · Living Like Weasels · Annie Dillard · ar Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard, Harper & Row, 1982
- 67 · Borders · Barry Lopez · ar Country Journal 1981
- 71 · The Call of the Wild · Gary Snyder · pm Turtle Island by Gary Snyder, New Directions, 1974
- 74 · Why Wilderness? · Roderick Frazier Nash · ar For the Conservation of the Earth ed. Martin Vance, Fulcrum, 1988
first given as a speech at the 4th World Wilderness Congress, Colorado, 1987.
- 84 · 3. People, Places, and Cultures
- 86 · Introduction: People, Places, and Cultures · Melissa Walker · si
- 88 · The World Is Places · Gary Snyder · ar The Practice of the Wild by Gary Snyder, North Point Press, 1990
- 92 · Land Where the Rivers Meet · Annie Dillard · ar from An American Childhood, Harper & Row, 1987
- 94 · The Place Where I Was Born · Alice Walker · ex from “My Heart Has Reopened to You”, Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems, 1965-1990 by Alice Walker, Harcourt Brace, 1991
- 98 · Part I from “Sources” · Adrienne Rich · pm Your Native Land. Your Life by Adrienne Rich, W.W. Norton, 1986
- 100 · The Lake Rock · Ann Zwinger · ex from Beyond the Aspen Grove, Random House, 1970
- 106 · The West · Jill Ker Conway · ex from The Road to Coorain, Knopf, 1989
- 112 · About Men · Gretel Ehrlich · ar The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich, Viking Prress, 1985
- 115 · A Logger’s Story · Donald Walker, Jr. · ar Wall Street Journal May 15 1992
- 118 · Rain · Kathleen Norris · ar Dakota: A Spiritual Geography by Kathleen Norris, Ticknor & Fields, 1993
- 119 · Life in the Bush · Marjorie Shostak · ex from Nisa, Harvard University Press, 1981
- 124 · No Witchcraft for Sale · Doris Lessing · ss This Was the Old Chief’s Country by Doris Lessing, Michael Joseph, 1951
- 130 · Miles and Miles of Bloody Africa · Jonathan Adams & Thomas O. McShane · ex from The Myth of Wild Africa, Norton, 1992
- 144 · 4. Ecosystems and Biodiversity
- 146 · Introduction:Ecosystems and Biodiversity · Melissa Walker · si
- 149 · What Is Biodiversity and Why Should We Care About It? · Donella Meadows · ex from The Global Citizen, Island Press, 1991
- 151 · Storm Over the Amazon · E. O. Wilson · ex from The Diversity of Life, Harvard University Press, 1992
- 161 · Mites, Moths, Bats, and Mosquitoes · Sue Hubbell · ex from A Country Year, Random House, 1986
- 164 · Living Nets in a New Prairie Sea · Wes Jackson · ar Altars of Unhewn Stone by Wes Jackson, North Point Press, 1987
- 169 · Old Salsola · Wes Jackson · ar Altars of Unhewn Stone by Wes Jackson, North Point Press, 1987
- 170 · Life on the Rock · Marjory Stoneman Douglas · ex from The Everglades, Rinehart, 1947
- 179 · Life on the Rocks: The Galapagos · Annie Dillard · ar Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard, Harper & Row, 1982
- 185 · Krakatau · E. O. Wilson · ex from The Diversity of Life, Harvard University Press, 1992
- 191 · The Idea of a Garden · Michael Pollan · ar Second Nature by Michael Pollan, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991
- 202 · Nature’s Powerhouse · Norman Myers · ex from The Primary Source, Norstrilia, 1984
- 214 · 5. Species and Extinctions
- 216 · Introduction: Species and Extinctions · Melissa Walker · si
- 218 · The Outlying Rocks · Peter Matthiessen · ex from Wildlife in America, Viking, 1959
- 222 · Prairie Birthday · Aldo Leopold · ar A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold, Oxford University Press, 1949
- 226 · The Company of Wolves · Angela Carter · ss The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, Gollancz, 1979
revised from original appearance in Bananas, Apr 1977.
- 235 · Of Mice and Wolves · Farley Mowat · ex from Never Cry Wolf, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1963
- 239 · Howling Back at the Wolves · Edward Hoagland · ar Saturday Review December 1972
- 243 · Losing a Limpet · Stephen Jay Gould · ar Eight Little Piggies by Stephen Jay Gould, Norton, 1993
- 250 · The Beautiful and Damned · David Quammen · ar Outside Magazine July 1985
- 256 · In the Pinewoods, Crows and Owl · Mary Oliver · pm American Primitive by Mary Oliver, Little, Brown, 1983
- 257 · Humpbacks · Mary Oliver · pm American Primitive by Mary Oliver, Little, Brown, 1983
- 259 · Every Species Has Its Niche · Paul Colinvaux · ex from Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare, Princeton University Press, 1978
- 264 · The Case for Human Beings · Thomas Palmer · ar The Atlantic Monthly January 1992
adapted from Landscape of Reptile (1992).
- 274 · 6. Using Resources: Choices and Trade-Offs
- 276 · Introduction: Using Resources: Choices and Trade-Offs · Melissa Walker · si
- 280 · Los Angeles Against the Mountains · John McPhee · ar The New Yorker October 3 1988
- 286 · The Lives of Seals · Barry Lopez · ar Science/82 November 1982
- 292 · Balance of Power: Can Endangered Salmon and Hydroelectric Plants Share the Same Rivers? · Julie Titone · ar Earthwatch September/October 1992
- 296 · An Illusion of Plenty · Sandra Postel · ex from Last Oasis, Earthscan, 1992
- 301 · Ozone Shock: Tell DuPont to Stop Destroying the Ozone Layer Now! · Greenpeace · ms The New York Times October 5 1992
- 304 · Letter from DuPont · F. A. Vogelsberg · lt (r)
- 306 · Confessions of a Developer · Wallace Kaufman · ar Orion Nature Quarterly v8 #4, Autumn 1989
- 317 · The Butterfly Problem · Charles C. Mann & Mark L. Plummer · ar The Atlantic Monthly January 1992
- 325 · Mayhem in the Industrial Paradise · Wendell Berry · ar A Continuous Harmony by Wendell Berry, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972
- 330 · Alloy · Muriel Rukeyser · ex from “The Book of the Dead”, U.S. 1 by Muriel Rukeyser, Covici Friede, 1938
- 331 · Kennecott Journey: The Paths Out of Town · William Cronon · ar Under Open Sky ed. William Cronon, George Miles & Jay Gitlin, W.W. Norton, 1992
- 351 · A White Heron · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett, Houghton Mifflin, 1886
- 362 · 7. Signs of Trouble
- 364 · Introduction:Signs of Trouble · Melissa Walker · si
- 367 · The Obligation to Endure · Rachel Carson · ex Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, Houghton Mifflin, 1962
- 374 · Banana Split · Carole Douglis · ar Worldwatch January/February 1993
- 377 · Birds Fast Disappearing · Howard Youth · ex from Vital Signs 1992, Norstrilia, 1992
- 380 · The Clan of One-Breasted Women · Terry Tempest Williams · ex from Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, Pantheon, 1991
- 387 · Death from the Sky · Anne LaBastille · ex from Beyond Black Bear Lake, Norstrilia, 1987
- 397 · Ozone · Rita Dove · pm Grace Notes by Rita Dove, Norton, 1989
- 399 · A New, Unregulated Market: Selling the Right to Pollute · James Dao · ar The New York Times February 6 1993
- 402 · River Life Through U.S. Broadly Degraded · William K. Stevens · ar The New York Times January 26 1993
- 406 · The Fish · Elizabeth Bishop · pm North and South by Elizabeth Bishop, Houghton Mifflin, 1946
- 409 · The Byrds · Michael G. Coney · ss Changes ed. Michael Bishop & Ian Watson, Ace, 1983
- 420 · Why Isn’t Everyone as Scared as We Are? · Paul R. & Anne H. Ehrlich · ex from The Population Explosion, Simon & Schuster, 1990
- 428 · One Businessperson’s View of the Ecological Crisis · Mark L. Schannon · ar Vital Speeches of the Day January 1 1991
delivered as a speech at the Business and Environmental Ethics Conference at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on October 11, 1990.
- 440 · 8. Roots of the Crisis
- 442 · Introduction: Roots of the Crisis · Melissa Walker · si
- 444 · The Consumer Society · Alan Durning · ex from How Much Is Enough?, Norstrilia, 1992
- 450 · Clean Motion · Alan Durning · ex from How Much Is Enough?, Norstrilia, 1992
- 453 · Direction of the Road · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Orbit 12 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1973
- 458 · Of Men and Whales · Farley Mowat · ex from A Whale for the Killing, McClelland & Stewart, 1972
- 465 · The Age of Ecology · Donald Worster · ex from Nature’s Economy, Sierra Club Books, 1977
- 468 · Ships in the Desert · Al Gore · ex from Earth in the Balance, Houghton Mifflin, June 1992
- 479 · Land of Hope, Land of Ruin · Wallace Stegner · in Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs by Wallace Stegner, Random House, 1992, as “Introduction”; revised.
- 483 · How Did We Come to This? · Anita Gordon & David Suzuki · ex from It’s a Matter of Survival, Harvard University Press, 1991
- 492 · At War with the Planet · Barry Commoner · ex from Making Peace with the Planet, Pantheon, 1990
- 502 · The Tragedy of the Commons · Garrett Hardin · ar Science December 1968
- 518 · 9. The Future: Challenges and Solutions
- 520 · Introduction: The Future: Challenges and Solutions · Melissa Walker · si
- 523 · A Fable for Tomorrow · Rachel Carson · vi Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, Houghton Mifflin, 1962
- 525 · Two Children in a Future World · George J. Mitchell · ex from World on Fire, Scribner’s, 1991
- 528 · Environmentalism and the Future · Dixy Lee Ray & Lou Guzzo · ex from Trashing the World, Henry Regnery, 1990
- 534 · Green Guilt and Ecological Overload · Theodore Roszak · ar The New York Times June 9 1992
- 539 · Pedaling Into the Future · Marcia D. Lowe · ar The World-Watch Reader on Global Environmental Issues by Ed. Lester R. BRown, W.W. Norton, 1991
- 545 · Reusing and Recycling Materials · Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin & Sandra Postel · ex from Saving the Planet, Norstrilia, 1991
- 551 · Have Plug, Will Commute · Noel Perrin · ar The Washington Post August 21 1991
- 555 · Eagles · Linda Leuzzi · ar New Woman November 1991
- 558 · The Challenge to Companies · Frances Cairncross · ex from Costing the Earth, Business Books, 1992
- 567 · Change the Way We Think: Actions Will Follow · Bill McKibben · ex from The End of Nature, Random House, 1989
- 573 · A Glossary of Environmental Terms · [uncredited] · ms
- 581 · A Selected List of Books for Further Reading · [uncredited] · ms
- 595 · Index · [uncredited] · ix
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