Environment / Ecology / Nature

*note: Most of the books listed are, unfortunately, missing from my archives... so, links to individual book entries will be slow in forthcoming.
To be added: publishing details, synopsis, reviews, and biographical material. [this is going to take a while].

• Monkeywrenching by Anonymous
  (19??, non-fiction, reference...?, US... non-violent direct action, saving trees)
  *note: Publishing info forthcoming.

• Road Raging: Top Tips for Wrecking Roadbuilding by Anonymous
  (1997, non-fiction, reference...Road Alert!, PO Box 5544, Newberry, Berks., RG14 5FB, UK... e-mail: roadalert@gn.apc.org... non-violent direct action, security issues, legal issues, contacts, resources, dealing with the media, reclaiming the streets)
  "A mine of invaluable information for the Earth Liberation pixie." -- (in Head , Issue 8, 1998).

• Remaking Society: Pathways to a Green Future by Murray Bookchin
  (19??, non-fiction... a primer on Bookchin's ideas)

• The Philosophy Of Social Ecology by Murray Bookchin
  (19??, non-fiction, essays)

• Which Way for the Ecology Movement? by Murray Bookchin
  (1980?, non-fiction, essays)

• The Toxic Cloud: The Poisoning of America's Air by Michael H.Brown
  (1987, non-fiction...Harper & Row, US hbk... pollution... very important research)

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
  (1962, non-fiction... classic forerunner of the modern ecology movement)

• The Closing Circle: Nature, Man & Technology by Barry Commoner
  (1971, non-fiction... ecology, environment, technology, politics, ecosphere, economics, pollution, population, demographics, social history, survival)

• Catastrophe or Cornucopia: The Environment, Politics and the Future by Stephen Cotgrove
  (19??, non-fiction...John Wiley, US)

• Nature's Price: The Economics of Mother Earth by W.van Diere, M.G.W.Hummelinck
  (19??, non-fiction)

• Man Adapting by René Dubos
  (19??, non-fiction)

• So Human an Animal by René Dubos
  (19??, non-fiction)

• The Wooing of Earth -- New Perspectives on Man's Use of Nature by René Dubos
  (1980, non-fiction)

• This Endangered Planet: Prospects and Proposals for Human Survival by Richard A.Falk
  (1971, non-fiction...Random House, New York, US)

• Approaching the Benign Environment by R.Buckminster Fuller, Eric A.Walker, James R.Killian Jr
  (1970, non-fiction, essays...University of Alabama Press, US... education, engineering, humanities)

• Ecogenetics: Genetic Predisposition to the Toxic Effects of Chemicals by P.Grandjean
  (1991, non-fiction... genetics, toxicity)

• The Pesticides Handbook by Peter Hurst, Nigel Dudley
  (August 1991, non-fiction...Pluto Press, London, UK, hbk, ISBN 1-8517-2041-3)

• The Ecological Context by John McHale
  (1970, non-fiction...Braziller, New York, US)

• The Greening of America by Charles A. Reich
  (1970, non-fiction)

• Person/Planet: The Creative Disintegration of Industrial Society by Theodore Roszak
  (1978, non-fiction)

• Green Politics by C.Spretnak, Fritjof Capra
  (1984, non-fiction)

• Spaceship Earth by Barbara Ward
  (1966, non-fiction)

• The Lopsided World by Barbara Ward
  (1968, non-fiction)

• Only One Earth: The Care and Maintenance of a Small Planet by Barbara Ward and René Dubos
  (1972, non-fiction...)
  "The search for a better-managed human society is as old as man himself. It is rooted in the nature of human experience. Men believe they can be happy. They experience comfort, security, joyful participation, mental vigour, intellectual discovery, poetic insights, peace of soul, bodily rest. They seek to embody them in their human environment." --Barbara Ward and René Dubos (page 35).

• The Home of Man by Barbara Ward
  (1976, non-fiction)

• Progress for a Small Planet by Barbara Ward
  (1979, non-fiction)

• Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
  (1969, novel, science fiction...Macdonald & Co, UK)

• Ecotopia: A novel about ecology, people and politics in 1999 by Ernest Callenbach
  (1975, novel... ecological utopia)

• Ecotopia Emerging by Ernest Callenbach
  (1981, novel... ecological utopia... the 'prequel' to Ecotopia )

• Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias edited by Kim Stanley Robinson
  (July 1994, short stories, anthology... ecological utopias)

• When the Music's Over edited by Lewis Shiner
  (1991, short stories, science fiction, anthology... fiction with an environmental theme... Mr Shiner's proceeds from this book were donated to Greenpeace)

• Zodiac by Neal Stephenson
  (1988, novel, ecological thriller...)
  "Although fiction, this book contains lots of factual information on pollutants...
  *warning: the hero of this novel is not necessarily 'politically correct'... recommended." --Henry W.Targowski.

*note: This is a very basic list. I'll be adding to it gradually. Publishers are invited to send books for review.
Scholars are asked for input. All contributions will be fully accredited. Corrections, new additions, and relevant links are very welcome.

• Earth Island Journal
  (San Francisco-based magazine... e-mail: leslie@earthisland.org... "the Earth Island Institute develops and supports projects which counteract threats to the biological and cultural diversity that sustains our environment, through education and activism."... international environmental news)

• EcoLink
  (online magazine... first issue reports on australian rainforest crisis, etc.)

• Green Anarchist
  (London-based magazine... ecodefense, animal lib, 'community resistance')
  "Anarchism with a direct action, anti-civilisation slant." -- (in Head , Issue 8, 1998)
  "A controversial publication. A Luddite sensibility mixed with radical environmentalism. Not truly 'anarchist', but rather 'eco-fundamentalist'. See the Gandalph trial for establishment backlash. Judge for yourself." --Henry W.Targowski.

• Green Deserts
  (UK-based institute publication... reclaiming deserts, research, practical solutions... uncertain of current status)
  "These people have done some truly useful and impressive work towards reversing desertification." --Henry W.Targowski.

• GreenLine
  (produced by the Catalyst Collective... e-mail: green.line@gexpress.gn.apc.org... networking, news, events, articles, listings)

• Permaculture Magazine
  (permaculture and forest gardening... e-mail: permaculture@gn.apc.org)

• Positive News
  (online version of this UK-based magazine... together with Planetary Connections ... world issues, ecology, education, etc...)

• SchNEWS & Justice?
  (published in Brighton, England... underground media... features coverage of the direct action movement in the UK... here's an alternative URL)

• Whole Earth Review
  (publication available online... external link to website... initiated by Stewart Brand)

Murray Bookchin
(Anachron Library entry... bibliography forthcoming)

René Dubos
(Anachron Library entry... bibliography)

R.Buckminster Fuller
(Anachron Library entry... bibliography, bio, links)

Paolo Soleri
(Anachron Library entry... bibliography, links)

Barbara Ward
(Anachron Library entry... bibliography)

Audubon Society
(long-standing society... preservation of wildlife)

Australian Environment Resources Information Network
(government-maintained site... covers the south pacific region)

City.Net World Map
(as stated)

Connecting With Nature
("Applied Ecopsychology in Action"... books, methods, and materials)

Earth First!
(environmental activists...
London Earth First! & Earth First Action Update... PO Box 9656, London N4 4JY, England... tel: 0171-561 9146... e-mail: actionupdate@gn.apc.org...
Cardiff Earth First!... tel: 01222-383 363... e-mail: scalh@cardiff.ac.uk...
Glasgow Earth First!... tel: 0860-728 244)

Earth Island
(environmental campaigns)

Econet
(resource link site)

The Envirolink Network
(resource directory, gallery, species list, plus links to all environmental information available on the net)

Environmental News Network
(as stated)

Friends of the Earth
(UK homepage)

Greenpeace International
(Amsterdam-based site... information, news, library resources... plus links)

The Land is Ours
(UK-based reclaim the land website)
"They are the Diggers-inspired organisation who squatted the Guinness site in Wandsworth...Among other things it has good links to pages on interesting simple and environmentally friendly building methods, straw bale housing for example." --John Hall (in a personal e-mail, 1997).

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(weather resource... US government site)

Netcast
("Weather forecast for the United States, its territories and Canada"... located at the NOAA)

One Earth Gallery
(listing of organisations... links to green, holistic, and new age... busy site)

PBS Online
(info about 'El Nino')

Planet Earth Home Page
(world maps... plus good links)

Project 2050 -- Save Earth
(haven't checked this link)

Rainforest Action Network
(practical action advice)

Reclaim The Streets
(PO Box 9656, London N4 4JY, England... tel: 0171-281 4621... e-mail: rts@gn.apc.org... road protest movement, direct action)

Road Alert!
(PO Box 5544, Newbury, Berks N4 4JY, England... e-mail: roadalert@gn.apc.org... road protest movement, direct action)

Sierra Club
(founded 1892... well-established nature club)

Surinam Rainforest
(Dutch site... a personal journey... although not an activist site, it should spur you on... check it)

The Treasured-Earth Network Experience
("to create an intimate connection between people and the environment while providing them with the means to enhance planet earth"... haven't checked this link)

UN World Meteorological Organisation
(weather resource)

WeatherNet
(worldwide weather... located at the University of Michigan, US)

Weather World 2010 Project
(weather projection... located at the University of Illinois, US)

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