Ecology: A Pocket Guide, Revised and Expanded [Paperback]

Ernest Callenbach (Author)

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: University of California Press; 1 edition (Sep 3 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0520257197
ISBN-13: 978-0520257191
Product Dimensions: 18.3 x 11.3 x 1.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 181 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #74,779 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #99 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Biological Sciences > Ecology
- #100 in Books > Outdoors & Nature > Environment > Ecology
- #100 in Books > Science > Nature & Ecology > Environment > Ecology

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Everyone talks about the weather, the old saw has it, but no one can do anything about it. Similarly, it seems, we all talk about environmental problems, but few of us seem able to propose rational solutions to such matters as global warming and deforestation. Ernest Callenbach, the author of the futuristic novel Ecotopia, aims with this little primer to increase our ecological literacy, and thus our ability to act on pressing environmental problems with a better informed vision. Beginning with his homespun rendering of the principal laws of ecology ("All things are interconnected. Everything goes somewhere. There's no such thing as a free lunch. Nature bats last.") Callenbach shows that all environmental relationships are reciprocal, and that if you tinker with one element of an ecosystem--by, say, removing trees from a rainforest--you are likely to alter other elements as well, more often than not for the worse. His lively entries cover the basic chemistry of air, the usefulness of bacteria (from which, Callenbach reminds us, all life forms descended), the ecosystemic effects of industrial pollution, and the principles of sustainable city design--all in the space of 150 pages. This slender, well-written volume serves as a welcome brush-up course for environmental activists and as an introduction for beginning students of the ways of the physical world. --Gregory McNamee --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"An environmental science program would do well to put this volume into the hands of each student and teacher."--Nsta Recommends

"Each entry is a small gem. . . . Callenbach's short essays are enjoyable and thought-provoking reading."--Science Scope

"Enjoyable and thought-provoking."--Science Teacher

"Lively compact book. . . . A dynamic web of ideas that can be entered at any point or read straight through."--Life After 50

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Air seems so thin and insubstantial that we cannot intuitively grasp its role as a global circulator of the essential nutrients CARBON, NITROGEN, and SULFUR as well as of that universal medium of life, WATER. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it., Jan 18 2012

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I enjoyed this little primer very much. It touches on various terms heard bandied about these days and gives insight as to what is really meant or implied. It is a not a complex text book, it is a small reference paperback that refreshes basic concepts in ecological thought. I appreciated the progressive thinking behind each chapter's expression.

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