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February 25, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Conserving words : how American nature writers shaped the environmental movement
Philippon, Daniel J.
Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2004.
Hodges Library / Stacks: QH13.45 .P55 2004
Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:32 AM
February 24, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Labor and the environmental movement : the quest for common ground Brian K. Obach.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2004.
Hodges Library / Stacks: HD6508 .O2 2004
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Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:21 AM
February 23, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Environmental movements in minority and majority worlds : a global perspective
Doyle, Timothy
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005.
Hodges Library / Stacks: GE195 .D76 2005
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Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:14 PM
February 22, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Prof. Wangari Maathai was awarded the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.
Wangari Maathai has been tireless in her work in Africa on good governance, human rights and responsibilities and environmental issues. She was born in Nyeri, Kenya in 1940 and became the first black woman in Eastern/Central Africa to receive a Doctorate.
Wangari Maathai Foundation
The Green Belt Movement
An interview with Wangari Maathai
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:00 PM
February 21, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
To save the land and people : a history of opposition to surface coal mining in Appalachia
Chad Montrie.
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.
Hodges Library / Stacks: TD195 .S75 M56 2003
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Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:48 PM
Documentary Series: Culture Jam this Wednesday
Culture Jam: Hijacking Commercial Culture
February 23, 2005 :: 7:00 PM :: Lindsay Young Auditorium :: Hodges Library
Discussion with Chris Holmlund, Lindsay Young Professor; French, Cinema Studies and Women's Studies. Dr. Holmlund's areas of interest and scholarship include contemporary film and video, including documentary, avant-garde, independent and mainstream feature work produced in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and Francophone Africa.
Recent publications include:
>> 2004. Contemporary American Independent Film: From the Margins to the Mainstream, ed. Chris Holmlund and Justin Wyatt. London and New York: Routledge. (Primary editor.)
>> 2002. Impossible Bodies: Femininity and Masculinity at the Movies. London and New York: Routledge.
>> 1997. Between the Sheets, In the Streets: Queer, Lesbian, Gay Documentary, ed. Chris Holmlund and Cynthia Fuchs. Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press. (Primary editor.)
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:41 PM
February 16, 2005
E.O. Wilson Reading Group Meets Tonight
TONIGHT's discussion (Feb 16) will be on
Wilson's concept of interdisciplinary consilience. Dr. John Nolt, UT
philosophy professor, will moderate.
Hodges Library, Room 127
7 pm
Wilson will speak at 3 pm Tues, Mar
15, Alumni Memorial Building. An Environmental Semester event.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:28 AM
February 14, 2005
E.O. Wilson Reading Group - Consilience & Interdisciplinarity
The second meeting of the E.O. Wilson Reading group will be held on Wednesday.
Date: Feb 16, 2005
Time: 7:00 pm
Topic: Consilience & Interdisicplinarity
Location: Hodges Library, Rm 127
Moderator: John Nolt, Dept. of Philosophy, UT
Readings are online.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:07 PM
Kennedy's Lecture Online
Robert F. Kennedy's lecture, "Our Environmental Destiny" presented on
January 26, 2005 is now available for viewing on-line.
NetID and password is required.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:04 PM
February 11, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Biodiversity II: Understanding and Protecting Our Biological Resources
Marjorie L. Reaka-Kudla, Don E. Wilson, and Edward O. Wilson, editors.
Ag-Vet. Med Library / Stacks: QH75 .B5228 1997
Hodges Library / Stacks: QH75 .B5228 1997
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This book is also available electronically.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:03 AM
February 10, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Encyclopedia of biodiversity
editor-in-chief, Simon Asher Levin.
San Diego : Academic Press, 2001.
Hodges Reference / Reference: QH541.15.B56 E53 2001
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Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:30 AM
February 09, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Albert "Dutch" Roth Photograph Collection
Albert Gordon "Dutch" Roth, born September 20, 1890 in Knoxville, Tenn., is recognized as one of the most prolific early photographers of the Great Smoky Mountains' Greenbrier and Mount Le Conte sections.
What began in 1913 as a diversion soon developed into a serious avocation as Roth perfected his penchant for photography while avidly hiking the unexplored regions near his home. He worked exclusively with a Kodak 122 camera, and, often carrying a heavy tripod, would climb twenty to thirty feet up a tree or venture hundreds of yards off the trail to capture the landscape images for which he would later be noted.
Roth remained an amateur photographer, and, consequently, his photographs were never highly distributed. Because of his frequent travels in the mountains and early association with a local hiking club, he left a valuable collection of images that illustrate the pioneer way of life before the advent of the national park.
The collection is part of the University Libraries' Great Smoky Mountains Regional Project.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:30 AM
February 08, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Environmental Literature : An Encyclopedia of Works, Authors, and Themes
Patricia D. Netzley.
Hodges Reference / Reference: GE35 .E58 1999
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Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:44 AM
February 07, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
One with Nineveh : politics, consumption, and the human future
Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich.
Library / Stacks: HC79.E5 E354 2004
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This book is now featured in the Culture Corner.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:35 AM
February 04, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Women pioneers for the environment
Breton, Mary Joy, 1924-
Library / Stacks: GE55 .B74 1998
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Currently featured at the Culture Corner.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 09:26 PM
February 03, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Encyclopedia of Energy
Hodges Reference / Reference: TJ163.28 .E53 2004
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Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:08 AM
February 02, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
The Great Smokies : from natural habitat to national park Author Pierce, Daniel S.
Imprint Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2000.
Hodges Library / Stacks: F443.G7 P54 2000
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This book is currently featured in the Culture Corner.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:53 PM
February 01, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Confronting environmental racism : voices from the grassroots / edited by Robert D. Bullard ; foreword by Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
Imprint Boston, Mass. : South End Press, c1993.
Hodges Library / Stacks: HC110.E5 C665 1993
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This book is currently on display in the Culture Corner.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:06 PM