ENVR 495/POLI 315: Environmental Science Integration Seminar:
INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY
TTh 9:40-11:10 am, Collins 217
Dr. Karen Arabas
Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences
Collins 214, 370-6666, karabas@willamette.edu
Office Hours: or by appointment
Dr. Joe Bowersox
Department of Politics
Smullin 333, 370-6220, jbowerso@willamette.edu
Office Hours: or by appointment
Readings
All the readings are available on-line at the Hatfield Library Electronic Reserves to students registered in the course. Readings are listed by the last name of the author.
AtKisson, A. 1999. Chapter 9: The Innovation-Diffusion Game. In Believing Casandra: An Optimist Looks at Pessimis's World.Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction VT.
Callaway, J.C. 2004. Restoring Our National Wetlands. In Wetlands. S.L. Spray, K.L McGlothlin (eds). Lanham, MD: Rowman And Littlefield. pp. 55-83.
Capra, F. 1996. Ecological Literacy. In The Web Of Life. Doubleday, New York.
Chambers, N., C. Simmons, and M Wackernagel. 2000. Chapter 4. Footprinting Fundamentals. In Sharing Nature's Interest: Ecological Footprints as an Indicator of Sustainability. Earthscan, London.
Costanza, et al. 1997. The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital. Nature
387: 253-260.
Ehrenfeld, D. 2005. Sustainability: Living with Imperfections. Conservation Biology 19:33-35.
Habeck. J.R. 1962. Forest Succession in Monmouth Township, Polk County, Oregon Since 1850. Proceedings of the Montana Academy of Sciences 21:1962.
Holling, C.S. 1986. The resilience of terrestrial ecosystems: local surprise and global change. In W.C. Clark and R.E. Munn (eds) Sustainable Development of the Biosphere. Cambridge University Press, New York.
Lovins, A., L.H. Lovins, and P. Hawken. 1999. A road map for Natural Capitalism. Harvard Business Review. May-June pp 148-158.
MEA (Millenium Ecosystem Assessment). 2005. Ecosystems and Human Wellbeing: Synthesis. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
McKenzie-Mohr, D. 2000. Promoting sustainable behavior: an introduction to community-based social marketing. Journal of Social Issues 56(3): 543-554.
Newton, J.L. and E.T
. Freyfogle. 2005. Sustainability: A Dissent. Conservation Biology 19: 23-32.
Paehlke, R. 2005. Sustainbility as a Bridging Concept. Conservation Biology. 19: 36-38
Sedjo, R.A. 2004. Challenges to Sustainable Forest: Management and Economics. In Forest Futures: Science, Politics, and Policy for the Next Century. K. Arabas and J. Bowersox (eds). Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, MD.
Sharp, L. nd. Green Campuses: The Road from Little Victories to Systemic Transformation. Unpublished manuscript.
Solow, R.M. 1993. Sustainability: An Economist's Perspective. In Economics of the Environment (3rd Edition). R Dorfman, N.S. Dorfman (eds). New York: Norton. pp. 179-187.
WCED (World Commission on Environment and Development). 1987. From One Earth to One World, pp 1-23. In Our Common Future. The World Commission on Environmental and Development. Oxford University Press, New York.
Wiener, J.B. 2002. Susta
inable Governance. In The Moral Austerity of Environmental Decision Making: Sustainability, Democracy, and Normative Argumnet in Policy and Law. J.M. Gillroy and J. Bowersox (eds). Duke University Press, Durham, N.C.
Zinn, J.A., C. Copeland. 2005. IB 97014: Wetlands Issues. CRS Issue Brief for Congress. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress.