I haven't seen this one mentioned yet. It is more ecological than conservation-minded. But it is still the best. Hopefully it will have your students grimacing, crying, and peeing their collective pants.
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to all Creation by Olivia Judson Shelly PS. Or you could read them excerpts. Work on your British accent. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kraemer, George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 1:34 AM > 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) _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008
