Environment Literature

Subtitled An Encyclopaedia of Works, Authors and Themes, this book covers about 230 authors, 220 published works, and around 35 themes. The authors include Robert Hooke (17th century scientist), John Clare (poet), Jane Goodall (primatologist), Plato (philosopher), Pliny the Elder (early vulcanologist and naturalist) and Ursula LeGuin (novelist). Books include Blueprint for a Green Economy, Studies on Glaciers, Guide to Gaia, and The Monkey Wrench Gang. All in all, this book is an interesting mixture of policy, science, campaigning, green philosophy and fiction. The themes run from agriculture to wildlife conservation and include environmental activism, human ecology, and...