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Living in the Environment/Infotrac: Principles, Connections, and Solutions

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I used this book for the DANTES test: Environment and Humanity, it covered everything that was asked on the test and I believe I passed because of it's great detail. It also changed the way I look at the world and how we treat it. Really really educational, I'm glad I was made to read it.

....and a clearly written blend of ecology, systems theory, and environmental science, with interesting Enrichment sections and Guest Editorials by a variety of influential figures.

I like the "liberal" slant--in other words, the call to quit being the world's biggest consumer and polluter and create a sustainable society with more realistic values than the dream of unlimited expansion--but then I can't think of anything more insane than allowing the world to overheat so the oil empires can go on making money.

Anyway, major sections covered include:

Humans and Nature: An Overview
Some Concepts of Ecology
Population, Resources, and Pollution
Environment and Society

I'm glad I bought mine used; the publisher is nuts for charging this much money for a textbook, no matter how well-crafted.

This is the book used by the majority of High School Advanced Placement (college credit in high school by exam) Environmental Science Courses. Though it is a liberal text, I believe it reflects the core issues of the current environmental movement in a manner which is understandable for high school students. Teachers who are teaching a lab science course will necessarily have to supplement the text with some sort of lab component.

This was the text book for an Environmental Science course that I took during college. After reading the book and watching the videos that complement the series I developed a passion for environmental issues that I never had before. I am currently pursuing a Master's in Environmental Management and I credit it in part to this book.

This is an awesome text especially for AP students and level 1 and 2 college students! It helped me score a 5 on the AP exam and test out of my first two semesters of Environmental Science.

I used this text book in my Environmental Biology course. I was prepared for another awful Science text book. The author of this book does a good job covering all the topics necessary. It is written well. The chapters are long, but that is because he doesn't leave out important material. It was expensive, but that's how text books are. And the cover is a nice bonus.

I have just finished reading this book in my environmental science class. I feel as though this book has redefined the way I feel about the world and how it is connected. I now realize the scope of the problems that our exponentially enlarging global society is facing, and the solutions that are already present. I understand some believe the book to be too biased, and perhaps too liberal, I believe it is the tone of anyone who has spent a great deal of time studying the environment who also feels concern for the unsustainable philosophy of the current generation of people on the earth. This book will play a critical role in educating the future generations of America and perhaps the world on how to create a fully functional society that is ecologically sustainable, something that should be a goal every member of the earth should strive for.

This is the book used by the majority of High School Advanced Placement (college credit in high school by exam) Environmental Science Courses. Though it is a liberal text, I believe it reflects the core issues of the current environmental movement in a manner which is understandable for high school students. Teachers who are teaching a lab science course will necessarily have to supplement the text with some sort of lab component.

This is the book used by the majority of High School Advanced Placement (college credit in high school by exam) Environmental Science Courses. Though it is a liberal text, I believe it reflects the core issues of the current environmental movement in a manner which is understandable for high school students. Teachers who are teaching a lab science course will necessarily have to supplement the text with some sort of lab component.

Of the half-a-dozen environmental science texts I read in preparing a 10th grade environmental science block, this is by far the best written, with the clearest figures. Highly recommended.