Sources : Notable Selections in Environmental Studies Book

Part 1. An Overview of Environmental StudiesCHAPTER 1. Preservation vs. Conservation 1.1. John Muir, from The Mountains of California 1.2. Gifford Pinchot, from The Fight for Conservation 1.3. Aldo Leopold, from A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There CHAPTER 2. Fundamental Causes of Environmental Problems 2.1. Lynn White, Jr., from "The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis," Science 2.2. Barry Commoner, from The Closing Circle: Nature, Man and Technology 2.3. Paul R. Ehrlich, from The Population Bomb 2.4. Garrett Hardin, from "The Tragedy of the Commons," Science 2.5. Donella H. Meadows et al., from The Limits to Growth: A Report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind 2.6. Peter M. Vitousek et al., from "Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems," Science CHAPTER 3. Ecology and Ecosystems 3.1. G. Evelyn Hutchinson, from "Homage to Santa Rosalia, or Why Are There So Many Kinds of Animals?" The American Naturalist (and more...)