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Updated 2/06/2007. This list will continue to be updated throughout the semester.

Instructor Reading
Jason Hamilton Lubchenco, J. 1998. Entering the century of the environment: A new social contract for science. Science 279: 491-496.

Palmer, M, Bernhardt, E. Chornesky, E.,Collins, S., Dobson, A., Duke, C. Gold, B. Jacobson,, R., Kingsland, S., Kranz R., Mappin, M., Martinez, M. L. Micheli, F., Morse, J., Pace, M., Pascual, M., Palumbi, S., Reichman, O. J., Simons, A., Townsend, A., Turner, M. 2005. Ecology for a crowded planet. Science 304: 1251-1252.
Per Pinstrup-Andersen Pinstrup-Andersen, Per. 2004. Achieving the 2020 Vision in the Shadow of International Terrorism. (World Food Prize Laureate Address) In Perspectives in World Food and Agriculture 2004. Scanes, Colin G. and Miranowski, John A. (eds). (Chapter 6, pp.87-95). Iowa State Press, Ames, Iowa.

Bread for the World Institute. 2004. "Are We on Track to End Hunger?: Hunger Report 2004". (pp.15-25, 38-51, 92-105". Bread for the World Institute, Washington, DC. Also available at www.bread.org/learn/hunger-reports/hunger-report-2004-download.html

Kennedy, D. et al. 2006. State of the Planet. Pp. 154-160.
Ross Welch Welch, R. M., G. F. Combs Jr., and J. M. Duxbury. 1997. Toward a “greener” revolution. Issues in Science and Technology 14: 50-58. Welch, R. M. and R. D. Graham. 2005. Agriculture: The real nexus for enhancing bioavailable micronutrients in food crops. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology 18: 299-307.
Rebecca Schneider State of the Planet, pp. 59-68, Global Freshwater Resources, Peter H. Gleick.
Mary Lou Zeeman
Lecture 1
“Summary for Policy Makers”, from the IPCC website
Stuart L. Hart Hart, S. L. 2005. Capitalism at the Crossroads: the Unlimited Business Opportunities in Solving the World’s Most Difficult Problems. Wharton School Publishing: Upper Saddle River, NJ. Chapter 1.
Katy Payne Opposing Views of the "Ecosystem Approach" to Fisheries Management, Peter J. Corkeron, Conservation biology, v.20 no.3, pp.617-619

Sinking the Flagship: the Case of Forest Elephants in Asia and Africa, Blake, Hedges, Conservation Biology, v.18 no.5, pp.1191-1202
Zellman Warhaft Warhaft, Z. 1998. Introduction to Thermal Fluid Engineering : The Engineer and the Atmosphere. Cambridge University Press: New York, NY. Chapter 1.

Browse the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (www.ipcc.ch) website and become familiar with the “Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis” before lecture.

Kennedy, D. et al. State of the Planet. Pp. 69-78.
Paul McEuen Kennedy, D. et al. State of the Planet. Pp. 69-78.
Eric Cheyfitz Cajete, Gregory. Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence. Ch. 1-3.

Ortiz, Simon. We have been told many things but we know this to be true. Citation not provided.

Silko, Leslie Marmon. Ceremony. Citation not provided.

Draft resolution on human rights for indigenous people. Resolution 2006/2, Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights to elaborate a draft declaration in accordance with paragraph 5 of the United Nations General Assembly resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994.

Kayapo of Brazil protect, preserve land with sustainable agriculture. Indian Country Today, February 19, 2007.

Thomas Eisner
Lecture 1

Angier, N. and T. Eisner. 1988. Use the media for your message. The Scientist, May 2, 1988, 18-19
Richard Baer Baer, R. A. Jr., 1985. Agricultural Ethics at State Universities: Why No Input from the Theologians?Agriculture and Human Values, 2: 41-46.

Eldridge, M. 1985. Theology and Agricultural Ethics in the State University: A Reply to Richard Baer, Agriculture and Human Values, 2: 47-53.

Baer, R. A. Jr., 1989. Theology and Agricultural Ethics at State Universities: A Rejoinder," Agriculture and Human Values, 4: 99-104.

Baer, R. A. Jr.,and James Carper/ 2000. To the Advantage of Infidelity',or How Not to Deal With Religion in America's Public Schools. Educational Policy, 14:600-621.

Baer, R. A. Jr., 2004. The Epicycles of the Church-State Debate, The Cornell Daily Sun, April 12, p. 5.
Harry Greene Greene, H. W. 2005. Organisms in nature as a central focus for biology. TREE 20: 23-27.
John Fitzpatrick
Supplemental reading
Naess, A. 1986. Intrinsic value: will the defenders of nature please rise? Ch. 25 (pp. 504-515) in Soule, M. E. (ed.) /Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and Diversity/. Sinauer and Assoc., Sunderland, MA.
Thomas Gilovich Angier, N. My God Problem. Free Inquiry, Vol 24 pp 48-50.
Anurag Agrawal Jones et al. 1998. Chains reactions linking acorns to gypsy moth outbreaks and lyme disease risk. Science 279 pp 1023-1026 (Agrawal)
Steve Strogatz Strogatz, S. Small World Networks. Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order, Chp.9
Lynn Leopold Cruise these websites:
Recycle Tompkins
EPA
NY DEC
Dump and Run Program
Laura Harrington Sutherst, R. W. 2004. Global change and human vulnerability to vector-borne diseases. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. January: 136-173.

Natural Enemies and Invasive Species (Ent 277)
Link on traveler's health
Medical Entomology opportunities and more info on courses
Global Health minor for undergraduates at Cornell

Art DeGaetano Browse the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (www.ipcc.ch) website and become familiar with the “Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis” before lecture
Mary Lou Zeeman Pacala, S. and R. Socolow. 2004. Stabilization Wedges: solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies. Science 305: 969-972.

DeWitt John George Monbiot, “Drastic Action is Needed on Climate Now ­ and Here’s the Plan”, Guardian, 10-31-06

Pacala, S. and R. Socolow. 2004. Stabilization Wedges: solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies. Science 305: 969-972.

Grabl, H., R. Schubert, J. Kkott, M. Kulessa, J. Luther, F. Nuscheler, R. Sauerborn, H-J Schellnhuber, and E-D Schulze. 2003. German Advisory Council on Climate Change (WBGU), Climate Protection Strategies for the 21stCentu:y: Kyoto and Beyond, “Defining dangerous climate change” and “Acceptable emissions”, pp. 1-2

Tyndall Center for Climate Change Research, Decarbonizing the UK: Energy for a Climate Conscious Future, 2005. Read the “Foreword”, “Summary for Policymakers”, and “Summary of the Tyndall Integrated Scenarios”, pp. 4-9, plus “Key issues for the asset management sector in decarbonization”, p. 69.
David Wippman Wippman, D. 2005. Introduction: Do New Wars Call for New Laws? New Wars, New Laws? D. Wippman and M. Evangelista (eds). Transnational Publishers.

Andy Zepp Elliott-Engel , A. 2006. Trust Keeps Land Pristine. Amaris, Auburn Citizen, August 7.

Burnett, L. 2006. Protecting the Natural Integrity of the Finger Lakes. Canandaigua Daily Messenger, May 14.

Allen, s. 2002. It's Always Going to be Protected. Canandaigua Daily Messenger, September 23.
Kurt Gottfried Nuclear power and global warming. Union of Concerned Scientists position paper.

Tom Eisner
Lecture 2
Eisner, T. 1994. Chemical prospecting: A global imperative. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 138: 385-392.

Kennedy, D. et al. State of the Planet. Pp. 183-193.

Kennedy, D. et al. State of the Planet. Pp. 22-28.
Jane Lubchenco Lubchenco, J. 1998. Entering the century of the environment: A new social contract for science. Science 279: 491-496.


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