I took a course in "Human Ecology" while at Towson University that was primarily for environmental studies/science majors and upper level bio majors. The texts that we used were Human Ecology: Basic Concepts for Sustainable Development and the current edition of State of the World from the Worldwatch Institute (my year it was the 2013 ed., Is Sustainability Still Possible?). The Human Ecology text was great for non-majors since it was written for a general audience and broke down all of the scientific concepts. Most of the time I just skimmed or skipped this reading since I had already taken ecology courses. I also liked the State of the World book because each section outlined specific problems but then also what becoming a sustainable society would look like and how feasible change really was.
Alicia On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Olyssa Starry <oly...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi David, > I definitely look forward to a synthesis of the responses you get. > I've been looking for something similar; my question is: is there a > "pilgrim at tinker creek" with an urban focus? In my search, I've come > across the following: > suburban safari (hannah holmes) > coyote at the kitchen door (stephen destefano) > city wilds (edited by terrell dixon) > my backyard jungle (james barilla) > backyard and beyond (duensing and millmoss) > the urban bestiary (lyanda haupt) > win-win ecology (rosenzweig) > city and suburban survival (tom brown) > Thanks for posting this question, > Olyssa > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 12:34 PM, David Robert Johnson > <davi...@stedwards.edu> wrote: > > Hi Ecologers - I'm teaching a non-major's biology class this fall that > I'm calling "human ecology". I'm looking for a pop-science book that deals > with one or all of the following: urban ecosystems, the anthropocene, human > systems, humans as a dominant evolutionary driver. I want it to be forward > thinking, and not doomy and gloomy, if possible. I have a couple of books > in mind that deal with human evolution and smaller scale stuff as well as > past human ecosystem interactions.... but want to have students read > something bigger picture. > > > > Thanks and feel free to e-mail me directly. > > > > Cheers, > > > > David > > > > > > > > David R. Johnson, PhD > > Department of Biology > > St. Edwards University > > davi...@stedwards.edu > > > > > > > > > > > > >
