Envs
4950 Integrative Seminar in Environmental Studies, O'Donnell, Spring 2013
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last update: April 3, 2013
Notes:
- Here are various texts and sites that
will interest students in the course.
These are not necessarily assigned readings. For week-by-week reading assignments, see
"Calendar," above.
- I will update this site periodically
throughout the semester. If you have any
suggestions for additional links, please send me an email. -- KOD,
instructor --odonnell@etsu.edu
I. Course Readings
- "What is Environmental
Studies?" Michael E. Soule and
Daniel Press. BioScience 48, 5
(May 1998): 397-405. webpub.allegheny.edu/employee/m/mmaniate/es/soule.pdf
- "Environmental Studies" Wikipedia
article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_studies
- "The Danger of Cosmic Genius [on Freeman
Dyson]." By Kenneth Brower. The Atlantic Magazine. December 2010. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/12/the-danger-of-cosmic-genius/8306/. Click here
for a cached html version.
- "Margaret Atwood: Rachel Carson's Silent
Spring, 50 years on." By Margaret Atwood. The Guardian [Manchester,
England]. Friday, December 7, 2012. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/dec/07/why-rachel-carson-is-a-saint
- "Why Not Frack?" By Bill McKibben. The
New York Review of Books. March 8, 2012. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/mar/08/why-not-frack/
- "Global Warming's Terrifying New Math:
Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear
who the real enemy is." Bill McKibben. Rolling Stone Magazine, July
19, 2012. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
- "Why
Do G.M.O.’s Need Protection?" By
Mark Bittman. New York Times
online, April 2, 2013. opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/why-do-g-m-o-s-need-protection/
II. Important Web Sites and Blogs
- Climate Progress. "A liberal
blog on the science, solutions, and politics of climate change. Also offers
related links." Edited by Joseph
Romm. climateprogress.org
- Grist.org.
Environmental journalism.
- Orion Magazine. One of America's premier venues for nature
writing and environmental policy essays.
III. Other Links
- ETSU
Environmental Studies minor. http://www.etsu.edu/environmentalstudies/
- Op-Ed
Columnist: "Chemicals in Our Food, and Bodies" by Nicholas D.
Kristof. New York Times, November 7,
2009.
www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/opinion/08kristof.html
- Op-Ed
Columnist: "Cancer From the Kitchen?" by Nicholas D. Kristof. New York Times, December 5, 2009. www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/opinion/06kristof.html
- Rehabilitating
Carson: Why do some people continue to hold Rachel Carson responsible for
millions of malaria deaths? by John Quiggen and Tim Lambert, Prospect
May 2008
- ''Rachel Carson, Mass Murderer?:
The creation of an anti-environmental myth.'' Aaron Swartz, ''Extra!''
[F.A.I.R.], September/October, 2007.
- RachelWasWrong.org. "Uncovering
Silent Spring's Deadly Consequences," by the Competitive Enterprise
Institute
-
"The Danger of Cosmic Genius [on Freeman Dyson]." By Kenneth Brower. The Atlantic Magazine. December 2010. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/12/the-danger-of-cosmic-genius/8306/