George, Try "Cadillac Desert" by Mark Reisner. It is reportage but it tells a story and is well written.
Phil Ganter On 2/25/08 7:34 PM, "Kraemer, George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our campus theme next year will be "environment." Although it's defined > broadly enough to include all constituencies, it presents the opportunity to > reach about 500 freshmen with a back-door campaign of environmental literacy. > > I am soliciting the ECOLOG group for suggestions for pre-college summer > reading with an environmental theme. It would have to be something that would > capture the minds of 17-18 year olds, and should lend itself to discussions > that might allow diverse discipline to have a say. > > Barbara Kingsolver's "Prodigal Summer" or Michael Pollan's books came first to > mind. But there must be other things out there that I've missed. Since this > might be of interest to others, please respond to the list. > > GPK > George P. Kraemer > Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology > Chair, Environmental Studies Program Purchase College (SUNY) >