Unity with Nature Book/Resource List

(Updated 11/19/03)

This is a list that we hope will grow with time. It is composed of three parts:

  1. Books that contain beautiful photographs of their subjects, along with good commentary. The point here is to show some of the beauty and wonder of the creatures that live on this planet, besides human beings.
  2. Several books that describe the disastrous effect upon the natural world caused by the exploding human population growth and the industrialization/commercialization of the planet.
  3. Some of the many relevant Internet websites that contain further reading, references, etc.

PART 1. - BOOKS WITH BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS AND COMMENTARY

The Mountain Lion by Cox and Grambo. ISBN 0811819302
The spectacular photos of mountain lions in natural settings make it possible for you to imagine that you are seeing animals as they lived for millions of years before human beings arrived in North America, some 30 to 50 thous- and years ago.

Wings in the Wild by Vezo and Kerlinger. ISBN 0811729893
Beautiful photos of birds in the wild.

Wild Cats of the World by Wolfe and Sleeper. ISBN 0517799782
Stunning photographs by famous photographer Art Wolfe of the big and smaller wild cats, many severely endangered.

A World of Butterflies by Schappert. ISBN 1552095509
Both excellent photographs and commentary.

Music of the Birds by Elliott. ISBN 0618006974
Gorgeous photos of wild birds, excellent commentary plus an audio CD of bird songs recorded by Lang Elliott, a leading recorder of sounds in the natural world.

The World of the Monarch Butterfly by Grace (Sierra Club Books). ISBN 0871569817
Photos and discussion of the famous butterfly that migrates thousands of miles each year.

Forest Cats of North America by Kobalenko, Kitchen and Hurst. ISBN 1552091724
Covers cougars, lynx and bobcats, all extremely secretive and elusive creatures.

The Curious Naturalist by Ackerman, et al. (Natural Geographic Books). ISBN 0792273567
A nice introductory book.

PART 2 - BOOKS DEALING WITH HUMANKIND AND THE NATURAL WORLD

The Diversity of Life by the scholar/author, Edward O. Wilson. ISBN 0393319407

Requiem for Nature by the scholar/author John Terborgh. ISBN 1559635878

The Future of Life by Wilson. ISBN 0679768114

Where Have All the Birds Gone? By Terborgh. ISBN 0691024286

Life is a Miracle by Wendell Berry. ISBN 1582430586

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. A novel the theme of environmental sustainability.

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Living Downstream by Sandra Steingraber

Reason for Hope by Jane Goodall. ISBN 0445522252

A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold. Oxford University Press 1949.

The Universe is a Green Dragon - A Cosmic Creation Story by Brian Swimme. ISBN 0739680140.

The Great Work - Our Way Into the Future by Thomas Berry. ISBN 0609804995.

Thinking Like a Mountain - Towards a Council of All Beings by John Seed, Joanna Macy, Pat Flemming and Arne Naess. ISBN 0865711321.

World as Lover, World as Self by Joanna Macy. ISBN 0938077279.

Clean and Green - The Complete Guide to Nontoxic and Environmentally Safe Housekeeping by Annie Berthold-Bond. ISBN 0960613838.

Ecotherapy - Healing Ourselves - Healing the Earth by Howard Clinebell. ISBN 0800627695.

The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices - Practical Advice from the Concerned Scientists by Michael Brower and Warren Leon. ISBN 060980281X.

Divorce Your Car! By Katie Alvard. 2000 New Society Publications.

Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins. 1999 Little, Brown & Co.

PART 3 - SOME RELEVANT WEBSITES

www.fcun.org

   

Quaker Earthcare Witness (formerly FCUN)

www.fcun.org/ecowitness

 

Quaker Eco-Witness

www.nwf.org

 

National Wildlife Federation 

www.sierraclub.org

 

The Sierra Club 

www.audubon.org

 

National Audubon Society 

www.defenders.org

 

Defenders of Wildlife 

www.earthjustice.org

 

Earthjustice (the leading non-profit environmental law firm) 

www.naba.org

 

North American Butterfly Association 

www.monarchwatch.org

 

The Monarch Butterfly Site 

www.earthchartersummits.org

 

Earth Charter Community Summits

www.earthcharter.org

 

The Earth Charter Initiative

www.amnh.org/education/resources
/biocounts/index.php

 

Biodiversity Counts

 


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