Required Texts
Worster, Donald. Nature's Economy: A History of Ecological Ideas. 2nd ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780521468343.
Duane, Daniel. Caught Inside: A Surfer's Year on the California Coast. New York, NY: North Point Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780865475090.
Wilson, Edward, and Stephen Kellert, eds. The Biophilia Hypothesis. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1995. ISBN: 9781559631471.
Kolbert, Elizabeth. Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change. New York, NY: Bloomsbury U.S.A., 2006. ISBN: 9781596911307.
Sullivan, Robert. Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants. Reprint ed. New York, NY: Bloomsbury U.S.A., 2005. ISBN: 9781582344775.
Films
Grizzly Man. Directed and written by Werner Herzog, 2005.
Nausicaä. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, 1984.
Readings and Films by Session
| SES # | READINGS AND FILMS |
|---|---|
| 2-5 |
Nature's Economy Film: Grizzly Man |
| 8-10 | Caught Inside |
| 13-14 | Rats |
| 15-16 | The Biophilia Hypothesis |
| 17-18 |
Field Notes from a Catastrophe |
| 19-21 | Film: Nausicaä |
| 22-23 |
The Book of Revelation (from the Bible) |