Re: [ECOLOG-L] Environmental Sciences book recommendation

[Charles Curtin]

Hello Jorge and Ecologgers,

At the risk of seeming to self-promote, you may want to check out my recent 
book Science of Open Spaces from Island Press 
(http://www.islandpress.org/curtin ). This 
book was intended for practitioners and scholars, but also written for 
non-major students and so far people who have used it have found it resonated 
with a broad range of people.

The book also hits all your criteria in being international.  It is also 
written from a diversity of perspectives and considers the natural and social 
as well as physical sciences.

See the reviews on Amazon or google it and you will find a number of other 
reviews.

Best,

Charles


Charles Curtin, Ph.D.

Author -  The Science of Open Spaces: Theory and Practice for conserving large, 
complex systems  (http://www.islandpress.org/curtin).
Co-Author - Complex Ecology: Foundational perspectives on a dynamic view of 
ecology and conservation (Forth-coming from Cambridge University Press).

Senior Fellow
Center for Natural Resources and Environment Policy, 
University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
http://naturalresourcespolicy.org

Ph: 505-429-3601






> On Apr 24, 2016, at 11:05 PM, Patricia Paladines 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Consider The View from Lazy Point by Carl Safina 
> http://www.amazon.com/View-Lazy-Point-Natural-Unnatural/dp/1250002710 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Apr 24, 2016, at 9:46 AM, Jorge A. Santiago-Blay > > wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Ecolog-Listers:
>> 
>> I teach a one-semester course in environmental sciences for non-science 
>> majors. For a while, I have been toying with the idea of revamping the whole 
>> course. 
>> 
>> One of those areas of likely change is changing the textbook we use into one 
>> that non-only emphasizes *science* in a readable way for intelligent people 
>> who want to learn that also incorporates
>> 
>> a. a global perspective (= not only the USA)
>> 
>> b. a diversity of perspectives (= not only, on the average, things are 
>> improving, in other words, a finer detail showing that still there is a lot 
>> to be done)
>> 
>> c. non-(hard)science (e.g. the social sciences and the humanities)
>> 
>> If any of you have experience using a book (other resources that are not 
>> books are also OK) and would like to recommend it (positively or 
>> negatively), please, feel free to send me an email off the list.
>> 
>> blayjo...@gmail.com 
>> 
>> With gratefulness,
>> 
>> Jorge
>> 
>> Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD
>> blaypublishers.com 
>> 
>> 1. Positive experiences for authors of papers published in LEB 
>> http://blaypublishers.com/testimonials/ 
>> 
>> 2. Free examples of papers published in LEB: 
>> http://blaypublishers.com/category/previous-issues/ 
>> .
>> 
>> 3. Guidelines for Authors and page charges of LEB: 
>> http://blaypublishers.com/archives/  .
>> 
>> 4. Want to subscribe to LEB? http://blaypublishers.com/subscriptions/ 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/ 
>> http://paleobiology.si.edu/staff/individuals/santiagoblay.cfm 
>>  
> 

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Environmental Sciences book recommendation

[Patricia Paladines]

Hello,

Consider The View from Lazy Point by Carl Safina 
http://www.amazon.com/View-Lazy-Point-Natural-Unnatural/dp/1250002710 



> On Apr 24, 2016, at 9:46 AM, Jorge A. Santiago-Blay  
> wrote:
> 
> Dear Ecolog-Listers:
> 
> I teach a one-semester course in environmental sciences for non-science 
> majors. For a while, I have been toying with the idea of revamping the whole 
> course. 
> 
> One of those areas of likely change is changing the textbook we use into one 
> that non-only emphasizes *science* in a readable way for intelligent people 
> who want to learn that also incorporates
> 
> a. a global perspective (= not only the USA)
> 
> b. a diversity of perspectives (= not only, on the average, things are 
> improving, in other words, a finer detail showing that still there is a lot 
> to be done)
> 
> c. non-(hard)science (e.g. the social sciences and the humanities)
> 
> If any of you have experience using a book (other resources that are not 
> books are also OK) and would like to recommend it (positively or negatively), 
> please, feel free to send me an email off the list.
> 
> blayjo...@gmail.com 
> 
> With gratefulness,
> 
> Jorge
> 
> Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD
> blaypublishers.com 
> 
> 1. Positive experiences for authors of papers published in LEB 
> http://blaypublishers.com/testimonials/ 
> 
> 2. Free examples of papers published in LEB: 
> http://blaypublishers.com/category/previous-issues/ 
> .
> 
> 3. Guidelines for Authors and page charges of LEB: 
> http://blaypublishers.com/archives/  .
> 
> 4. Want to subscribe to LEB? http://blaypublishers.com/subscriptions/ 
> 
> 
> 
> http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/ 
> http://paleobiology.si.edu/staff/individuals/santiagoblay.cfm 
>  

[ECOLOG-L] Environmental Sciences book recommendation

[Jorge A. Santiago-Blay]

Dear Ecolog-Listers:

I teach a one-semester course in environmental sciences for non-science
majors. For a while, I have been toying with the idea of revamping the
whole course.

One of those areas of likely change is changing the textbook we use into
one that non-only emphasizes *science* in a readable way for intelligent
people who want to learn that also incorporates

a. a global perspective (= not only the USA)

b. a diversity of perspectives (= not only, on the average, things are
improving, in other words, a finer detail showing that still there is a lot
to be done)

c. non-(hard)science (e.g. the social sciences and the humanities)

If any of you have experience using a book (other resources that are not
books are also OK) and would like to recommend it (positively or
negatively), please, feel free to send me an email off the list.

blayjo...@gmail.com

With gratefulness,

Jorge

Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD
blaypublishers.com

1. Positive experiences for authors of papers published in *LEB*
http://blaypublishers.com/testimonials/

2. Free examples of papers published in *LEB*:
http://blaypublishers.com/category/previous-issues/.

3. *Guidelines for Authors* and page charges of *LEB*:
http://blaypublishers.com/archives/ *.*

4. Want to subscribe to *LEB*? http://blaypublishers.com/subscriptions/


http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/
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