George, We did a similar thing this year for our first years' and wanted to have the author speak on the topic. We ended up with Carl McDaniel using his book "Wisdom for a Livable Planet" - Carl is up in Troy so not too far from you.
Bob A Robert K. Antibus Chair Science Department Bluffton University -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kraemer, George Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 8:34 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: [ECOLOG-L] summer reading with an ecologic/environmental theme 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)
