Meadows' book is excellent -- by far the best I've read on intro-level systems thinking. Also, have you looked at G. Tyler Miller's "Essentials of Ecology"? I haven't read it, but Miller's environmental science textbooks are substantive and very engaging.
Jane Shevtsov On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 6:44 AM, Doug Miller <mil...@eesi.psu.edu> wrote: > Donella Meadows book "Thinking in Systems: A Primer" would appear to fit one > of your needs. I was impressed with this book after a quick hands-on review > at a local bookstore. I recall thinking it would make a nice intro to the > subject... > > Doug > Penn State University > mil...@eesi.psu.edu > > On 3/8/11 12:06 AM, Rebecca Sherry wrote: >> >> I am developing a course in Ecological Literacy. At a minimum, I would >> like to use one book on >> systems thinking, and one general ecology text. I may use two books on >> systems thinking and also >> add a book on ecological resilience, and of course, individual papers and >> book chapters. >> >> I am having trouble finding an appropriate general ecology text. I need >> something with an emphasis >> on ecosystem science and climate interactions (don't need any autecology). >> Many of the students may >> not be science majors, so the typical ecosystem science textbook is not >> appropriate. But the students >> will have had some science and will be very into the subject and fairly >> knowledgeable on environmental >> issues, so a typical environmental science text for non-majors may not be >> right either. I need something >> in between. Finally, I don't want anything too big, heavy or expensive. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Becky Sherry >> University of Oklahoma >> rshe...@ou.edu > -- ------------- Jane Shevtsov Ecology Ph.D. candidate, University of Georgia co-founder, <www.worldbeyondborders.org> Check out my blog, <http://perceivingwholes.blogspot.com>Perceiving Wholes "In the long run, education intended to produce a molecular geneticist, a systems ecologist, or an immunologist is inferior, both for the individual and for society, than that intended to produce a broadly educated person who has also written a dissertation." --John Janovy, Jr., "On Becoming a Biologist"
