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
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 Worldwat
Not a book but a good paper for the class to readĀ
Sterman 2013 Sustaining Sustainability: Creating a Systems Science in a
Fragmented Academy and Polarized World
(systems thinking and understanding the role of human decisions as part of
larger socio- ecological system)
Available for free download
Hi David,
What about "The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us" by Diane Ackerman (WW
Norton & Co, 2014)? I confess I haven't gotten very far into it (just
picked it up the other day) but it's a wonderful read, gets very strong
reviews (including from Jared Diamond and others), and seems to be
somethi
