Table of Contents
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
