Re: [ECOLOG-L] summer reading with an ecologic/environmental theme

2008-02-25 Thread Barbara Reynolds
I've just finished Elizabeth Royte's Garbage Land. I thought she did a great job of explaining the need to recycle, which recycling efforts are most worthwhile, and how various materials are recycled. There is enough of an "ich!" factor to intrigue college freshmen, and includes lots of personal

faculty position in stream ecology

2007-09-10 Thread Barbara Reynolds
Folks, I am posting this for my department, Environmental Studies. Stream Ecology/Aquatic Ecology/Environmental Science The Department of Environmental Studies at the University of North Carolinaat Asheville (www.unca.edu/envr_studies) invites applicants for a full-time, tenure track, assistan

tropical field stations

2006-07-01 Thread Barbara Reynolds
Dear Colleagues, I expect to be teaching an undergraduate course in Tropical Ecology in a year or two. I would like to take the class to one or two stations in the Neotropics where they could get some hands-on knowledge of tropical wet/dry forests, maybe also coral reefs. We are a low-budget ope