By Author

Alphabetical List of Authors

Note: this list pertains only to authors on this wiki assigned by one or more instructors in the Core course. Most of the readings are in the Core course reader here are citations for those). Copyrighted works require a login and password available from instructor.

Edward Abbey Excerpt from Desert Solitaire

Adams, Douglas. Best known for the amazing Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, he also wrote Last Chance to See about endangered animals. Intro Ch. 1 password required. Author reading about Komodo dragon encounter. Warning, some animals were harmed in the production of this book ;) NEW! at UC talk based on Last Chance experiences. The BBC has done a new series in which Stephen Frye retraces the original journey. Here are some of the original radio dispatches.

Leo Babauta Focus: A Simplicity Manifesto in the Age of Distraction Excerpt.

Berry, Wendell essay: http://www.ecoliteracy.org/essays/pleasures-eating "The Pleasures of Eating"]

Carson, Rachel speeches.

Cronon, William et al. Changes in the Land documents how Native Americans related to nature, and what happened when the market was introduced. Ch. 8 is the summary/conclusion. He was also wrote "Trouble with Wilderness," which set off a lively debate, which concludes here.

Davis, Mike "The New Urban Environmentalism" discusses attempts to limit urban sprawl.

Diamond, Jared Collapse seeks to understand why so many civilizations have been unable to avoid destroying the environment they depended upon. In this selection he summarizes the reasons. TEDtalk video

Melanie DuPuis is the author of the book Nature's Perfect Food: How Milk Became America's Drink (McHenry GT2920.M55 D86 2002) and numerous scholarly articles on food and food-related topics. She is currently co-editor of an issue of the current special "politics of food" issue of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture Her essay from that issue.

Emerson, RW,

Gliessman, Steve "The Need for Sustainable Food Systems"

Hart, Jack "Treading on Taboo"

Hartmann, Betsy "10 Reasons Why Population Control is not the Solution to Global Warming"

Hawken, Paul Blessed Unrest here's a video overview from Bioneers Introduction/The Long Green and "We Interrupt This Empire" on WTO article on the book's origins Talk at Google campus2007 Another 2007 talk (video),

Heilbroner, Robert L., "Growth and Survival".

Mark Hertsgaard in his "The Green Dream" gives an overview of Earth Odyssey and gives idea on how market forces could help the environment. Chapter 6 on population. While Washington Slept is his fine analysis of the politics of climate change. (also pdf)

Hill, Julia Butterfly engaged in a two year treesit to save a 600 year old redwood. "Luna's Cut"see image

Jim Houston Prologue to Continental Drift
Donner Party book

Jones, Van Interview 2008 book on greening the economy. Book Excerpt. Here is an Oct 2008 interview (audio).

Kahn, Matthew "How Can LA Adapt to Climate Change?"

Anne Lamott "Perfectionism" and "Shitty First Drafts" from Bird by Bird (select view menu tab, then rotate).

Aldo Leopold's "The Land Ethic" (from Sand County Almanac) 1948 Link.

"A Biotic View of the Land"

"The Conservation Ethic"

Lopez, Anna A , who obtained her PhD in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Cruz, wrote The Farmworkers' Journey brings together for the first time the many facets of this issue into a comprehensive and accessible narrative: how corporate agribusiness operates, how binational institutions and laws promote the subjugation of Mexican farmworkers, how migration affects family life, how genetically modified corn strains pouring into Mexico from the United States are affecting farmers, how migrants face exploitation from employers, and more.

Macy, J. and Brown, M. essay. Here are other resources on Systems Theory. from Coming Back to Life : Practice to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World / Joanna Macy, Molly Young Brown 1998 Location McH Stacks GF80 .M33 1998

Mann, Charles C., the author of 1491, talks about the thriving and sophisticated Indian landscape of the pre-Columbus Americas 2002 interview

N. Scott Momaday's The Man Made of Words (excerpts)

Nash, Linda "The Fruits of Ill Health: Pesticides and Workers' Bodies in Post-World War II California"

Marion Nestle on sugar from What to Eat 2006. Nestle on mercury in fish.

Orwell, George "Politics and the English Language" backup copy

Petroni, Suzanne "An Ethical Approach to Population and Climate Change "

Powell, John Wesley a one-armed Civil War officer who was the first to explore the Grand Canyon by boat. White speaks of regionalism, an idea pioneered by Powell. NPR audio

Reisner, Wiliam Cadillac Desert explores how crucial the development of dams were to the West. Introduction. Chapter 1 includes John Wesley Powell, a one-armed Civil War officer who was the first to explore the Grand Canyon by boat. White speaks of regionalism, an idea pioneered by Powell. NPR audio

Royte, Elizabeth Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of TrashIntroduction "Amphibious Assault"

Scott Russell Sanders "After the Flood"

Schlosser, Eric Fast Food Nation provides information on the meat industry and chemicals in the food.

Daniel Simberloff, Ingrid M Parker, and Phyllis N Windle "Introduced Species Policy, Management, and Future Research Needs"

Singer, Peter "The Hidden Cost of Cheap Chicken" from The Way We Eat by Peter Singer and Jim Mason 2006. Interview with Singer.

On meat and milk from The Way We Eat by Peter Singer and Jim Mason 2006

Leslie M. Silko's Gardens in the Dunes (excerpts)

Stegner, Wallace The Wilderness Letter
Introduction to Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs

Steingraber, Sandra Living Downstream explores the role of chemicals in cancer Time Pt 1 Time Pt 2. She also traces their military origins of petrochemical industry in "War". A film is being made based on the book. Here's an interview with her about that (audio 5/10). See also Chemicals Page

Thoreau, HD

John Vandermeer and Ivette Perfecto Breakfast of Biodiversity : The Truth about Rain Forest Destruction / by  ; foreword by Vandana Shiva Oakland, Calif. : Institute for Food and Development Policy, c1995 S&E Stacks SD414.T76 V36 1995 c.3 Online Includes bananas.

Paul Wartzman Obscene in the Extreme]: The Burning and Banning of The Grapes of Wrath Ch. 1 Ch. 3 on Steinbeck's reaction. Google books link

Waters, Alice "Slow Food Nation"

Williams, Terry Tempest "Clan of the One-Breasted Women" 09 audio interview

Donald Worster.Dust Bowl : The Southern Plains in the 1930s New York : Oxford University Press, 1979. McHenry Stacks F786.W87 Ch 13 excerpt

Worster O Pioneers Ch 12 "Dust Follows the Plow" excerpt from Nature's Economy