Name: American Earth
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Bill McKibben

Author and activist McKibben gathers the essential American writings that changed the way the public looks at the natural world. "American Earth" features essays by Walt Whitman, Rachel Carson, Barbara Kingsolver, Michael Pollan, and dozens more.

Environmental Writing Since Thoreau

American Earth

A provocative anthology of top-selected American environmental writings from the past two centuries considers their influence on the ways in which people view the natural world and includes pieces by such figures as Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and John James Audubon. 30,000 first printing.

Sierra Nguyen

I read this book as a required textbook for my Intro to Environmental Thought and Philosophy in university, and it turned out to be a very good read. This extraordinary compilation of more than 100 essays on nature and the environment starting with Thoreau (1817–1862) until the present day offers readers a wide variety of environmental thought and exposes the reader to many different (and sometimes opposing) environmental philosophies.

This book really demonstrated the fact that even among a community of people who deeply care about protecting the environment, everyone has their own approach and philosophy on how best to make this world a better place (e.g., conservation vs. preservation). There isn't one ultimate right way to do things, and we, readers - learners, need to know to embrace just that.

American Earth Environmental Writing Since Thoreau

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