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The Earthscan Reader in Environmental Values. Edited by Linda Kalof and Terre Satterfield. Offers analyses of critical developments in environmental values, bringing together the most influential scholarship in the field. Provides students with a framework for understanding the intellectual progress and future development of the study of environmental values. Emphasizes that environmental values must be understood not only as economic, cost-benefit or "willingness to pay" considerations, but also as normative principles fundamental to behavior and management practices. More...

The Environmental Case: Translating Values Into Policy. By Judith Layzer. Gives readers a unique, first-hand feel for some of the most interesting and illuminating controversies in U.S. environmental policymaking. Includes the disaster at Love Canal, the dispute over snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park, and the global warming debate. Covers the spectrum of environmental issues, from habitat conservation through air and water pollution and overfishing to environmental justice and urban growth management. More...

A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet's Future. By Roger S. Gottlieb. Examines religious green activism in the U.S., but also looks at Zimbabwe, Taiwan and the Vatican. The approach is ecumenical, encompassing Jewish and Christian theologians who have found a powerful biblical call to stewardship of God's creation, and Buddhist teachers who are prompted by their belief in compassion to extend care to the natural world. More... | Roger S. Gottlieb EcoSpeakers Info >>

Environmental Ethics: Intercultural Perspectives. Edited by King-Tak Ip. These nine essays explore the foundations of environmental ethics in the Western philosophical tradition as well as from the religious perspectives of Christianity, Islam, Daoism, and Buddhism. Proposes morally responsible attitudes towards nature and the environment. More...

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Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times. By Zoe Weil. Teaches parents how to raise their children to be humane in the broadest sense -- to become not only more compassionate in their interactions with family and friends, but to grow up to make life choices that demonstrate respect for the environment, other species, and all people. The book includes chapters for early, middle, teenage, and young adult years, as well as activities, issue sidebars, cases, tips, and profiles. More… | Zoe Weil EcoSpeakers Info >>

Building an Ark: 101 Solutions to Animal Suffering. By Guy Dauncey. Factory farms, habitat destruction, animal product testing, the abuse and neglect of companion animals, the illegal trade in endangered species, all create unnecessary suffering for animals. Extensively researched and drawing on practical examples from around the world, this book provides a voice for animals and for the humans who have dedicated their lives to building a sustainable future for all species. More…

Environmental Justice. By Bunyan Bryant. Leading thinkers of the environmental justice movement look at the failure of "top down" public policy. Provides a startling look at social and environmental problems and charts a course for action. More...

Getting to the Source. By Ross McCluney. A collection of thirty essays selected for their eloquence in expressing Earth values and for their special insights and understandings of what we must do to create a sustainable future for humanity. Includes Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, E. O. Wilson, Wendell Berry, Garrett Hardin and 25 others. More... | Ross McCluney EcoSpeakers Info >>

Human Natures: Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect. By Paul Ehrlich. In this wide-ranging survey of what it is that has made and that continues to make us human, Ehrlich touches on a number of themes - among them, his recurrent observation that science has taught us little about how genes influence human behavior. He urges that scientists take a larger, interdisciplinary view that looks beyond mere genetics to the larger forces that shape our lives. More… | Paul Ehrlich EcoSpeakers Info >>

Joining Hands: Politics and Religion Together for Social Change. By Roger S. Gottlieb. Explores the values religion and progressive politics bring to their respective spheres and their potential to offer a common vision in addressing a range of issues, including human rights, the environment, globalization, and world poverty. More... | Roger S. Gottlieb EcoSpeakers Info >>

Liberating Faith: Religious Voices for Justice, Peace, and Ecological Wisdom. By Roger S. Gottlieb. This anthology shows how religion has joined with and learned from movements for social justice, peace, and ecological wisdom. Containing voices from a multitude of traditions, national settings, and perspectives, this book is an introduction to global religious social activism. More... | Roger S. Gottlieb EcoSpeakers Info >>

Living Legacies: How to Write, Illustrate, and Share Your Life Stories. By Duane Elgin and Coleen Ledrew. Creating stories allows people to see and honor their connection to older and younger generations. Through such writing, individuals not only communicate the meaning and spirit of their lives to their loved ones but also gain perspective on the larger world. More… | Duane Elgin EcoSpeakers Info >>

Of Paradoxes, Metaphors, and Lessons. By Chris Maser. Looks at our world through relationships personal and global. His questions for the Great Mystery spring from interactions within the human web. He nudges us to our own questions for the Universe, which will point each of us toward our own truth, and asks us to have the courage and humility to find that truth. More… | Chris Maser EcoSpeakers Info >>

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology. Edited by Roger S. Gottlieb. Examines the interaction between religion and ecology. Part one explores traditional religious concepts of and attitudes towards nature and how these have been changed by the environmental crisis. Part II looks at larger conceptual issues that transcend individual traditions. Part III examines religious participation in environmental politics. More... | Roger S. Gottlieb EcoSpeakers Info >>

Path for Greatness: Work as Spiritual Service. By Linda Ferguson. This book is about seeing our work as central to our spiritual growth. It outlines ways that our work is done in spiritual service to others. More… | Linda Ferguson EcoSpeakers Info >>

Radical Philosophy: Tradition, Counter-Tradition, Politics. By Roger S. Gottlieb. Essays by the leading figures in contemporary radical philosophy, this provocative collection defines for the first time the boundaries and accomplishments of a body of work deeply critical of both the philosophical and social dimensions of domination. The contributors draw on diverse traditions and movements, including feminism, critical theory, Marxism, deconstruction, democratic socialism, theories of race and ethnicity, deep ecology, and politicized spirituality. More... | Roger S. Gottlieb EcoSpeakers Info >>

A Spirituality of Resistance: Finding a Peaceful Heart and Protecting the Earth. By Roger S. Gottlieb. Addresses the challenges of creating a spiritual life in the midst of unprecedented environmental crisis. In the end, Gottlieb finds that only through striving to protect the earth and all its inhabitants can one find authentic personal and spiritual peace. More... | Roger S. Gottlieb EcoSpeakers Info >>

The Stork and the Plow: The Equity Answer to the Human Dilemma. By Paul Ehrlich, Anne Ehrlich, and Gretchen C. Daily. Focusing on the issue of equity (between nations, classes, and gender groups) this book confronts the nexus of population, environmental decline, and global resource control. More… | Paul Ehrlich EcoSpeakers Info >>

The World Is In My Garden: A Journey Of Consciousness. By Chris Maser. The private garden is a microcosm for everything that happens in the larger world -- ecological, social, personal and spiritual. With passion, warmth and understanding, readers are connected to simple personal actions -- tending the home garden -- then to larger issues. More… | Chris Maser EcoSpeakers Info >>

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The Aquarian Conspiracy. By Marilyn Ferguson. The Aquarian Conspiracy describes the activities of a network of leading-edge thinkers, businesspeople, scientists and politicians who are working to create a new kind of society. More...

Awakening Earth. By Duane Elgin. Just as there are relatively distinct stages that characterize the development of an individual, so too are there discernible stages in the development of our species as we move toward a planetary-scale civilization. More... | Duane Elgin EcoSpeakers Info >>

Rattling the Cage. By Steven M. Wise. Are animals more than property? In this unprecedented yet long-awaited book, Steven Wise finally breaks through the wall that has separated non-humans from human animals for centuries. More...

Reworking Success. By Robert Theobald. An eloquent call by futurist Robert Theobald for fundamental social change to deal with the overwhelming challenges facing humankind at the start of the new millennium. More...

Shards & Circles: Artistic Adventures in Spirit and Ecology. By Daniel Dancer. Dancer reflects on spirituality, indigenous knowledge, quantum physics, psychology, and ecological principles. Humor, synchronicity, delight, and heartfelt struggle are all present in these tales. The result is a gift for a culture that has forgotten its connection to nature. More… | Daniel Dancer EcoSpeakers Info >>

Thinking Like a Mountain: Towards a Council of All Beings. By John Seed, Joanna Macy, and Pat Fleming. An elegant tapestry of writings, poems, and observations which plumb the depths of Ecological Philosophy. More... | John Seed EcoSpeakers Info >>

The Whispering Pond. By Ervin Laszlo. In this highly original and breath-takingly argued book, Laszlo produces a new view of the cosmos, an interconnected, all-embracing cosmos of which we are part. More...

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