Environmental Studies

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Ecotheology and the Practice of Hope

Looks at how ecotheology has created a new vision of the natural world and the place of humans within it.

Plants as Persons

Challenges readers to reconsider the moral standing of plants.

Comparative Environmental Regulation in the United States and Russia

Explores how policy actors in the United States and Russia have developed flexible incentive-based instruments for environmental protection.

Acceptable Genes?

Perspectives on genetically modified foods from world religions and indigenous traditions.

Living with Ambiguity

How a religion based on the sacredness of nature deals with the problem of evil.

The Trinity and Creation in Augustine

Looks at Augustine’s theology in light of environmental concerns.

Ecosee

Edited by Sidney I. Dobrin & Sean Morey
Subjects: Language Arts

Examines the rhetorical role of images in communicating environmental ideas.

Living Waters

Fascinating stories based on the author’s exploration of eight rivers in New York and Québec.

Understanding Gregory Bateson

Essays and poems explore the contemporary relevance of Emerson’s work and thought.

Understanding Gregory Bateson

Introduction to Gregory Bateson’s unique perspective on the relationship of humanity to the natural world.

The Fire Island National Seashore

A comprehensive account of the history of the Fire Island National Seashore since its creation in 1964.

Participation and Power

Takes a firsthand look at a case of public participation in environmental policy.

Environmental Values in Christian Art

Discusses the expression of environmental values in Christian art as it displaced pagan aesthetics from the third century to the Reformation.

Globalization and the Environment

Examines how globalization and the environment are connected issues.

Tainted Milk

An in-depth analysis of infant nourishment issues, focusing on environmentally contaminated breastmilk.

Environmental Policymaking

Edited by Michael T. Hatch
Subjects: Public Policy

Case studies that assess the value of new approaches to environmental policymaking in the United States and abroad.

Writing Environments

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

Educating for a Culture of Social and Ecological Peace

Edited by Anita L. Wenden
Subjects: Politics And Law

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

Sustainability and Spirituality

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

Art Nature Dialogues

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

A Parliament of Science

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

A Religion of Nature

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

Environmental Conflict

Explores how economics can help solve environmental problems.

Natural Discourse

Examines the relationships between language and nature.