Biogeochemistry and Global Change (BIOL 510, 2017)
Deep Ecology – Literally and Philosophically
Recommended journal papers:
Soil Ecology
Chivian, D. et al. 2008. Environmental genomics reveals a single-species ecosystem deep within Earth. Science, 322(5899):275-8.
Coleman, D. 1985. Through a Ped Darkly: An ecological assessment of root-soil-microbial-faunal interactions. In: Ecological Interactions in Soil (eds Fitter, Atkinson, Read and Usher).
Deep Ecology
Anonymous. ThanksgivingAddressoftheHaudenosauneePeople. Six Nations Indian Museum and the Tracking Project (1993).
Clark, B. and York, R. 2005 Dialectical Materialism and Nature - An Alternative to Economism and Deep Ecology. Organization & Environment, 18(3): 318-337.
Glasser, H. 2011. Naess’s Deep Ecology: Implications for the Human Prospect and
Challenges for the Future. Inquiry, 54(1): 52–77.
Jacob, M. 1994. Sustainable Development and Deep Ecology: AnAnalysis of Competing Traditions. Environmental Management18: 477-487.
Khisty, C.J. 2006. Meditations on Systems Thinking, Spiritual Systems, and Deep Ecology. Systemic Practice and Action Research (19)4: 295–307.
Kowalsky, N. 2014. Whatever happened to Deep Ecology? The Trumpeter 30(2): 95-100.
Magdoff, F. and C. Williams. 2017. Creating an ecological society. Monthly Review
Press, New York, U.S.A.
Naess, A. 1973. The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement. A Summary. Inquiry (16): 95-100.
Naess, 1986. The Deep Ecological Movement: Some philosophical aspects. Philosophical Inquiry 8:10-31.
Naess, A. 2005. The Basics of Deep Ecology. (A revision of Naess 1986) The Trumpeter 21(1): 61-71.
Schwartz, S. H. 2012. An Overview of the Schwartz Theory of Basic Values. Online Readings inPsychology and Culture, 2(1).
Sivaraksa. S.1998. Buddhism and Human freedom. Buddhist-Christian Studies
18: 63-68.
Sessions, G. 1987. The Deep Ecology Movement: A Review. Environmental Review 11(2): 105-125.
Smale, B. and M. Hilbrecht. 2014. Canadian index of well-being. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life andWell-Being Research pp.493-500. New York: Springer.
Smith, M. 2014. Deep Ecology: What is Said and (to be) Done?The Trumpeter 30(2): 141-156.
Williams, B. 1973. The Makropulos case: reflections on the tedium of immortality. Problems ofthe Self, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Global Change and Sustainability
Barnosky et al, 2012. Approaching a state shift in the Earth’s biosphere. Nature 486:52-58.
Bradshaw et al, 2014. Human population reduction is not a quick fix for environmental problems. PNAS 111(46):16610-16615.
Costanza, R., R. dArge, et al. (1997). The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital. Nature 387(6630): 253-260.
Ehrlich, P. R. (2002). Human natures, nature conservation, and environmental ethics. Bioscience 52(1): 31-43.
Fischer, J et al. 2012. Human Behaviour and Sustainability. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 10(3):153-160
Grogan, P. 2013. Our Anthropocene Future - What can biology tell us? Free Inquiry. February/March issue. Vol. 32(2):16-19. Council for Secular Humanism. New York.
Hardin, G. 1968. The Tragedy of the Commons. Science 162: 1244-1245.
Rees, W.E. (2002). Globalization and Sustainability: Conflict or Convergence? Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society 22 (4):249-282.
Ripple, W.J. (2017) World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice. BioScience, 67(12), 1026–1028.
Steffen et al, 2011. The Anthropocene: From Global change to Planetary Stewardship. Ambio 40:739-761.
Books (I have copies of most of these if you cannot locate them in the library):
Aarssen, L. (2015). What are weWhat Are We? Exploring the Evolutionary Roots of our Future.
Barash, D.P. (2013). Buddhist Biology. Ancient Eastern Wisdom Meets Modern Western Science. Oxford University Press
Coleman, D.C. et al. (2004)Fundamentals of Soil Ecology. Elsevier
Harari, Y.N. (2011). Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. Harper
Homer-Dixon, T. (2006). The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilisation, Island Press.
Logan, W.B. (1995) Dirt –The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth. Norton.
McKibben, B. (1989). The End of Nature. Random House
Montgomery, C. (2007). Dirt: The Erosion of Civilisations. University of California Press.
Paul, E. et al. (2014). Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry 4th edn. Elsevier
Ponting, C. (2007). A New Green History of the World: The Environment and the collapse of great civilisations. 2nd edition. Penguin.
Sessions, G. 1995. Deep Ecology for the 21st century. Readings on the Philosophy and Practice of the New Environmentalism. Shambhala Publications, Boston, MA.
Schumacher, E.F. (1973). Small is Beautiful – A Study of Economics as if People Mattered. Abacus.
Wolfe, D. 2001. Tales from the Underground
Wright, R. (2004). A Short History of Progress. New York, Carroll and Graf.
Reference Books:
Chapin, F. S., III., P. A. Matson, et al. (2002). Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology. New York, Springer.
Chapin, F.S. III, Kofinas, G.P. and Folke C.(2009). Principles of Earth System Stewardship – Resilience-based Natural Resource Management in a Changing World. Springer.
Jacobsen, M. C., R. J. Charlson, et al. (2000). Earth System Science - From Biogeochemical Cycles to Global Change. Amsterdam, Academic Press.
Some particularly relevant primary research journals:
Bioscience
Global Change Biology
Biogeochemistry
Global Environmental Change: Human and Policy Dimensions
Human Ecology
Ecological Economics
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
Annual Review of Energy and Environment
Nature
Science
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Interesting electronic media links:
On Soil Ecology:
a 28 minute film on how soil management can reduce the effects of climate change (produced in 2013)
These goals were developed in 2002, to be achieved by 2015.
Below are a number of soil-related videos on the internet. These are relatively short videos; there are many more on the internet that are longer and contain more in-depth information.
first of a monthly series of videos by the American Soil Science Society
(2:17min) What Is Soil, from the European Environmental Agency
-- Let's Talk about Soil -- a dynamic animation
first of a monthly series of videos by the US Dept. of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDANRCS)
Remembering Where Our Food Comes From -- the third in the series by USDANRCS
Edward Norton narrates "I am Soil", part of a series of short and dramatic videos with the message that nature doesn't need us to survive, but we certainly need nature for our survival. Harrison Ford narrating, "I am Ocean" is particularly blunt.
Soil Feeds Plants and Vice Versa
Audio recordings: Elaine Ingham on developing the biologically-mediated fertility of soil:
Agroecology Declaration:
Excellent movie on large scale ecological soil rehabilitation: Green Gold‚
On Deep Ecology:
Deep Ecology platform (1984)
Earth Charter platform (2010)
Video - The Call of the Mountain: Arne Naess and the Deep Ecology Movement (full version ~ 50 mins)
Video – Deep Ecology | A New Future For Nature - George Monbiot (19 minutes).
Video – Satish Kumar: Beyond Deep Ecology
Video –Richard Dawkins’ interview of Satish Kumar
Audio – Interview with Dr. Alan Drengson on the Deep Ecology Movement.
Aldo Leopold.
On Sustainability:
Will we survive this century? TedTalk by Martin Rees who served as Britain’s Astronomer Royal (14 minute talk)
James Lovelock – Author of Revenge of Gaia. BBC radio interview (5 minutes):
Jared Diamond on why societies collapse (20 minute talk)
Simon Levin talk: Coupled Human and EnvironmentalSystems asComplex Adaptive Systems
Bjorn Lomborg – Which of our civilisation’s problems should get highest priority?
Force of Nature – David Suzuki’s recent retrospective documentary film (~ 2 hours). Available from Queen’s library, and commercially as DVD.
Manufactured landscapes. A really excellent documentary film (~ 1.5 hours) about the work of photographer Edward Burtynsky as he observed social and industrial activities in China.
What a way to go – life at the end of empire. Highly rated documentary film (2 hours)
Dr Henry Rosling explaining the past 200 years of world progress in terms of life expectancy and wealth, drawing an optimistic conclusion (4 minute video)
Food Inc. Documentary film. Excellent. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Surviving progress (2011)
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