I'm excited to introduce Global Environmental Politics: From Person to Planet, edited by Simon Nicholson and me, Paul Wapner. The book is a reader designed to be used across a wide array of environmental studies courses. Tightly organized with original editorial introductions and interactive student exercises, you may find it perfect for your fall classes. Please see the Table of Contents below.
I encourage you to preorder your complimentary exam copy today from the publisher. Here is a link to the relevant page on Paradigm’s website: http://www.paradigmpublishers.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=393777. (To order ahead for your fall courses—please ask your bookstore buyer to order the text directly from Paradigm’s Boulder offices by being in touch with Annie Daniel at ann...@paradigmpublishers.com)
Simon and I are both excited by this publication and would be happy to answer any questions you might have. Our contact details appear below. We hope you will find this new reader, featuring carefully edited selections from some of the most penetrating and compelling writers in our field, an appealing new alternative!
Global Environmental Politics: From Person to Planet
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: Living in an Environmental Age
PART I: STATE OF THE PLANET
Section 1: Species Unbound: Humanity’s Environmental Impact
Introduction
1. Enter the Anthropocene, Elizabeth Kolbert
2. State of the Species, Charles C. Mann
3. Humanity’s Potential, Alex Steffen
Section 1 Exercise: “The Time Machine”
Section 2: Four Planetary Challenges: Climate, Extinction, Water, and Food
Introduction
4. Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math, Bill McKibben
5. End of the Wild, Stephen M. Meyer
6. Where Has All the Water Gone? Maude Barlow
7. The Global Food Crisis, Lester Brown
Section 2 Exercise: “Fries with That? Tracing Personal Consumption”
Section 3: Causes of Environmental Harm
Introduction
8. Too Many Americans? Thomas Friedman
9. A Finite Earth? Bill McKibben
10. Consequences of Consumerism, Erik Assadourian
11. Use Energy, Get Rich, and Save the Planet, John Tierney
Section 3 Exercise: “Where do Babies Come From? The Causes of Population Growth”
PART II: STATES, MARKETS, AND SOCIETY: GEOPOLITICAL RESPONSES TO UNSUSTAINABILITY
Section 4: International State System
Introduction
12. Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
13. Brief History of International Environmental Cooperation, Jennifer Clapp and Peter Dauvergne
14. What’s Wrong with Climate Politics? Paul Harris
15. State Sovereignty Endangers the Planet, Richard Falk
Section 4 Exercise: “Talking with the United Nations”
Section 5: Economy
Introduction
16. The Promise of Corporate Environmentalism, Peter Dauvergne and Jane Lister
17. Environmental Economics 101: Overcoming Market Failures, Paul Krugman
18. Capitalism vs. Climate, Naomi Klein
Section 5 Exercise: “What’s for Dinner?”
Section 6: Civil Society
Introduction
19. The Power of Environmental Activism, Paul Hawken
20. Forcing Cultural Change, Paul Wapner
21. The Wrong Kind of Green, Johann Hari
Section 6 Exercise: “Unpacking the NGO World and Taking Action”
Section 7: Race, Class, and Geopolitical Difference
Introduction
22. The Delusion of Sustainable Growth, Herman E. Daly
23. Who is an Economy For? Rethinking GDP, Jonathan Rowe
24. One Atmosphere, Two Worlds, Peter Singer
25. Environmental Colonialism: The Perverse Politics of Climate Change, Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain
26. Environmental Racism and the Environmental Justice Movement, Robert Bullard
Section 7 Exercise: “A Toxic Thank You”
PART III: FROM PERSON TO PLANET: INTO A LIVABLE FUTURE
Section 8: Thinking Strategically
Introduction
27. Leverage Points Toward a Sustainable World, Donella H. Meadows
28. Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World? Michael F. Maniates
29. The Poverty of Lifestyle Change, Paul Wapner and John Willoughby
30. Why Bother? Michael Pollan
Section 8 Exercise: “Two Minutes to Sustainability: Moving Governments, the Economy, and Public”
Section 9: Political Imagination
Introduction
31. Island Civilization: 1,000 Years into the Future, Roderick Frazier Nash
32. A is for Acid Rain, B is for Bee, Joanne Harris
33. The Future is Local, Wendell Berry
34. Technological Salvation, Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus
35. Geoengineering: Reformatting the Planet for Climate Protection? Simon Nicholson
36. Humility in a Climate Age, Paul Wapner
37. How to be Hopeful, Barbara Kingsolver
Section 9 Exercise: “Calling All Earthlings: Self and Planetary Stewardship”
Sincerely,
Paul Wapner
Professor, Global Environmental Politics Program
School of International Service
American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-1647
http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/pwapner.cfm
Simon Nicholson
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