Explores how humans can take the lives of animals and plants while maintaining a proper respect both for ecosystems and for those who live in them.

Argues that the environmental crisis is symptomatic of much deeper crises in modern civilization.

Including interviews with several of America's leading environmental writers, this volume addresses the intersections between writing and nature.

A critical introduction to Hegel's metaphysics and philosophy of nature.

Argues for a renewed vision of the cosmos based on the centrality of the human encounter with the sacred.

Examines the overlapping aims, values, and concepts in peace and environmental education.

Argues that true sustainability must be based in spirituality and looks at religious communities dedicated to the environment.

Environmental artists from Europe and North America talk about their work.

Schelling's first systematic attempt to articulate a complete philosophy of nature.

An exploration of the voluntary simplicity movement including comments from simple livers and a look at class, race, and gender in this movement.

Interviews with scientific leaders focus on the challenges, promises, and perils of science and technology.

Contends that effective biological conservation and social justice must go hand in hand.

Explores how continental philosophy can inform environmental ethics.

An eloquent case for regarding nature itself as the focus of religion—as the metaphysical ultimate deserving religious commitment.

Explores how economics can help solve environmental problems.

Examines the relationships between language and nature.

Leading scholars critically assess the pioneering environmental philosophy of J. Baird Callicott.

Shows how a rural group used civil disobedience to defy the nuclear industry and governmental authority, preventing the building of a nuclear dump in western New York.

Based on an ecologically inspired wordview, defends ethics against skepticism and irrealism.

An anthology of writings on vegetarianism from a wide range of religious traditions.

Argues that sustainability requires more than economic and technological efficiency.

Adopts ecological theory to critique, confront, and suggest solutions for contemporary cultural problems.

Explores the intersections between writing and ecological studies.

Parallels and contrasts values from world religions and those proposed by the environmental perspective of deep ecology.

Enlarges the meaning and scope of inquiry into our values, relationships, and treatment of animals, the environment, and each other.