Environmental Studies

Environmental studies is a multidisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment in the interests of solving complex problems. Environmental studies brings together the principles of sciences, commerce/ economics and social sciences so as to solve contemporary environmental problems. It is a broad field of study that includes the natural environment, built environment, and the sets of relationships between them. The field encompasses study in basic principles of ecology and environmental science, as well as associated subjects such as ethics, geog ...more

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Silent Spring
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature
Desert Solitaire
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
And No Birds Sing by Mark JaffeExplorations of Aotearoa by Max  AllenRough Waters by Nancy Danielson MendenhallStorytellers at the Columbia River by Nancy Danielson MendenhallVolcanic Adventures in Tonga - Species Conservation on Tin Ca... by Ann Göth
Pacific Ecology & Environment
17 books — 5 voters

We trust ourselves, far more than our ancestors did… The root of our predicament lies in the simple fact that, though we remain a flawed and unstable species, plagued now as in the past by a thousand weaknesses, we have insisted on both unlimited freedom and unlimited power. It would now seem clear that, if we want to stop the devastation of the earth, the growing threats to our food, water, air, and fellow creatures, we must find some way to limit both.
Donald Worster, Under Western Skies: Nature and History in the American West

Environmental Health and Justice This is a group to share literature on environmental health and justice.
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