Environmental Activists

(Hardback)

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The debates that surround our environment and conservation efforts are often complex and compelling. Student researchers can use this reference source to explore the many issues surrounding environmental matters through the lives of people who have become actively involved in supporting efforts to preserve our environment. This unique approach to the topic provides profiles of these individuals, highlighting the different reasons for each one's deep involvement in environmental concerns and the different elements involved in the environmental debate as a whole. Writers, teachers, scientists, and even teenage students are among those who put a human face to the complicated issues surrounding our environment and the needs to preserve it. Readers can expect to experience a range of emotions, and to question their own views, as they explore the complex issues of individual and business rights, the role of government in keeping our environment clean and safe, and public health questions from a variety of perspectives. A time line of important events concerning the environment and references to additional sources are additional tools this volume provides to help students understand the complexity of the arguments that surround the topic of our environment.

Reviews

.,."a good addition to any environmental collection. A well-done and highly recommended reference tool."-E-STREAMS
.,."it offers a broad look at 20th-century environmental activism, and some information on the younger activists is new. General readers; undergraduates."-Choice
...a good addition to any environmental collection. A well-done and highly recommended reference tool.-E-STREAMS
...it offers a broad look at 20th-century environmental activism, and some information on the younger activists is new. General readers; undergraduates.-Choice
Although it is easy to find information on Edward Abbey and Rachel Carson, this volume is valuable for its inclusion of individuals who are less well known. The message to the reader is that these were ordinary people who cared enough about some environmental issue or some place to dedicate themselves to publicizing or preserving it. This book will be useful for the general reader as well as middle- and high-school students who need information for reports.-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
This reference work is a solid addition to the literature on environmentalism....it contains a wealth of information and will be a valuable addition to senior high school and public library reference shelves.-VOYA
..."a good addition to any environmental collection. A well-done and highly recommended reference tool."-E-STREAMS
..."it offers a broad look at 20th-century environmental activism, and some information on the younger activists is new. General readers; undergraduates."-Choice
"This reference work is a solid addition to the literature on environmentalism....it contains a wealth of information and will be a valuable addition to senior high school and public library reference shelves."-VOYA
"Although it is easy to find information on Edward Abbey and Rachel Carson, this volume is valuable for its inclusion of individuals who are less well known. The message to the reader is that these were ordinary people who cared enough about some environmental issue or some place to dedicate themselves to publicizing or preserving it. This book will be useful for the general reader as well as middle- and high-school students who need information for reports."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

Author Bio

JOHN MONGILLO is a science writer and coauthor of The Encyclopedia of Environmental Science (Oryx Press, 2000) and coauthor of the series Reading About Science. BIBI BOOTH is an environmental education specialist with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.