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What are the foundations and politics of sustainability? Readings from ecologists, urban planners, philosophers, geographers, reporters, artists, and everyday citizens respond to this and other questions in Sustainability. Learn how to make inquries from more than one perspective within this complex topic area as you build a greater understanding for the subject. Focus on how crises challenge sustainability as well as how it connects to local and transnational environments, tourism, and recreation, all while learning how to take a productive dive into writing for this single-themed course through a wide range of activities.
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Introduction for Students
Chapter 1: What are the Foundations of Sustainability?
*Jeremy Caradonna, Sustainability: A History
Henry David Thoreau, Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
John Muir, The American Forests
Rachel Carson, The Obligation to Endure
Aldo Leopold, Thinking Like a Mountain
David Suzuki, The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature
Chapter 2: How is Sustainability a Political Issue?
World Commission on Environment and Development, Our Common Future: From One Earth to One World (Brundtland Report)
Al Gore, Climate of Denial
*JR Thorpe, What Exactly is Ecofeminism?
*Jim Manzi and Peter Wehner, Conservatives and Climate Change
*Roger Scruton, How to Think Seriously About the Planet: a Case for an Environmental Conservativism
*Mark Buchanan, How to Sell Conservatives on Climate Change
Chapter 3: How Do Crises and Disasters Create Challenges for Sustainability?
*Lindsay Abrams, Hurricane Katrina’s Unheeded Lesson: The Climate Refugee Crisis We Still Won’t Address
David Biello, How Did the BP Oil Spill Affect Gulf Coast Wildlife?
*Alison Singer, Fracking: The Solution? Or the Problem?
*Heather Brady, 4 Key Impacts of The Keystone Xl and Dakota Access Pipelines
*Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction
Jared Diamond, The Last Americans: Environmental Collapse and the End of Civilization
Chapter 4: How is Sustainability Connected to Local and Urban Environment?
Jeffrey Kaplan, The Gospel of Consumption
*Michael Bloomberg and Patricia de Lille, Green Cities: Why Invest in Sustainable Cities?
*Kendra L. Smith, The Cities of the Future Will Be Smart, Sustainable, and Efficient
Amy Westervelt, Can Recycling Be Bad for the Environment?
*Prince Charles of Wales, On the Future of Food
Fritjof Capra, Ecology and Community
*Peter Poschen and Michael Renner, Green Jobs
*Scott Carlson, Whatever Happened to the Drive for Campus Sustainability?
*Jeff Sutton, Why Social Media and Sustainability Should Go Hand in Hand
Chapter 5: How is Sustainability a Transnational Issue?
The United Nations Panel on Global Sustainability, Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing
*Bill McKibben, A Moral Atmosphere
*Nanette Galloway, Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Future
Brendan Smith, The Coming Green Wave: Ocean Farming to Fight Climate Change
*Kyle Frischkorn, A Blueprint for Genetically Engineering a Super Coral
*Christine Evans-Pughe, Cleaning Up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
*Mark Hay, Five Years After Fukushima, Japan’s Nuclear Debate Is Heating Up
*Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Challenges to Sustainability in Africa
Michael Moyer and Carina Storrs, How Much Is Left? The Limits of Earths Resources
Chapter 6: How are Tourism and Recreation Connected to Sustainability?
*Amanda Williams, Why Sustainable Tourism Should Matter to You
*Wouter Geerts, Overtourism and the Struggle for Sustainable Tourism Development
Bob OBrien, Our National Parks and the Search for Sustainability
*Jack Hannah, What Zoo Critics Don’t Understand
*Robyn Migliorini, Is Hunting Sustainable?
Yvon Chouinard, Let My People Go Surfing
Sentence Guides for Academic Writers
Acknowledgments
Index of Authors and Titles