Ecoviews: Snakes, Snails, and Environmental Tales
The authors offer a fun-to-read perspective on natural history, ecology as a field of study, and the current environmental issues that face our communities and the world.
This lively and entertaining book provides a fascinating and thought-provoking look at the ecology of animals, plants, and their habitats and promotes awareness of pressing environmental issues. The eight informative chapters deliver effective environmental messages and supply compelling insight into the natural world and the ecologists who investigate its many mysteries.
From a concerned ecological stance, the authors show that human relationship with other organisms and the environment is always complex and can be exhilarating, inspiring, humorous, and irritating, depending on perspectives and circumstances. Writing truly to inform and delight, they give a captivating variety of examples from the natural world in hopes of making readers of all ages more compassionate, more tolerant, and more sensitive to other living organisms and their interrelationships. The book celebrates the intrinsic worth of all plants and animals in order to motivate people in a unified effort to preserve the Earth's rich array of life forms. The preservation of the integrity of our planet's biodiversity is, the authors illustrate, critical to our own survival.
This lively and entertaining book provides a fascinating and thought-provoking look at the ecology of animals, plants, and their habitats and promotes awareness of pressing environmental issues. The eight informative chapters deliver effective environmental messages and supply compelling insight into the natural world and the ecologists who investigate its many mysteries.
From a concerned ecological stance, the authors show that human relationship with other organisms and the environment is always complex and can be exhilarating, inspiring, humorous, and irritating, depending on perspectives and circumstances. Writing truly to inform and delight, they give a captivating variety of examples from the natural world in hopes of making readers of all ages more compassionate, more tolerant, and more sensitive to other living organisms and their interrelationships. The book celebrates the intrinsic worth of all plants and animals in order to motivate people in a unified effort to preserve the Earth's rich array of life forms. The preservation of the integrity of our planet's biodiversity is, the authors illustrate, critical to our own survival.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0817309195
ISBN13:9780817309190
Release Date:March 1998
Publisher:University Alabama Press
Length:168 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.1" x 8.4"
Age Range:12 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 7 to Postsecondary
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
I live by this!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This one of the best books I have ever read! It is humorous and never once loses the attention of the reader. I highly reccomend this for yourself or as a gift.
Important Environmental Perspectives in a Readable Format
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Whit Gibbons does an excellent job of presenting some of the most critical issues our world faces today (e.g., loss of biodiversity, impacts of humans on the environment) in a extremely easy to read and enjoyable format. A must read for anybody truly concerned about the environment in which they, and their children, live.
A worthy message, told with a sense of humor
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Many of Dr. Gibbons anecdotes and reminiscences are extremely funny, however the real reason to read this book is for the simple, plain-spoken justifications for the preservation of biodiversity.
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