May 04, 2005
Environmental Semester Concludes
2005 UTK Environmental Progress Report
For more Information, Visit the
Committee on the Campus Environment website.
Committee on the Campus Environment was organized as a standing committee at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) in August 1999. Its mission is to advise the Administration on institutional policies and behaviors that promote environmental stewardship at UTK. As a Research I university, UTK has both the qualifications and the responsibility to demonstrate leadership as a "living laboratory" for environmental stewardship.
To fulfill its mission, the Committee will provide advice on ways to:
improve the physical environment of UTK;
incorporate environmentally sustainable principles into design, construction, operation, and maintenance decisions and practices at UTK; and
increase the day-to-day environmental awareness and knowledge of students, faculty, and staff at UTK.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 07:52 AM
April 29, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Good News: Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Lives!!
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has video footage, photos, and articles about the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker.
Books in the UT Libraries about the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker:
The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, by James T. Tanner.
New York, Dover Publications
Hodges Library / Stacks: QL696.P5 T3 1966
Hope Is The Thing With Feathers : A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds, by Christopher Cokinos.
New York : J.P. Tarcher/Putnam, c2000.
Ag-Vet. Med Library / Stacks: QL676.8 .C65 2000
In search of the ivory-billed woodpecker, by Jerome A. Jackson.
Washington : Smithsonian Books, c2004.
Hodges Library / Stacks: QL696.P56 J24 2004
The race to save the Lord God Bird, by Phillip Hoose.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2004.
Hodges Reserves / Juvenile Coll.: 598.7H66ra
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:10 AM
April 28, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Energy to 2050 : scenarios for a sustainable future
International Energy Agency.
Paris, France : OECD/IEA, 2003.
Hodges Library / Stacks: HC79.E5 E563 2003
Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:32 AM
April 27, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Cultures of environmentalism : empirical studies in environmental sociology
Steven Yearley
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Hodges Library / Stacks: GE195 .Y43 2005
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:30 AM
April 26, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
The ecological economics of consumption
edited by Lucia A. Reisch, Inge Røpke.
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2004.
Hodges Library / Stacks: HB801 .E27 2004
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:28 AM
April 25, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
How clean is the air? : air quality in the Tennessee Valley region Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville, Tenn. : Tennessee Valley Authority, 2003.
Hodges Library / Stacks: TD883.5 .T42 H68 2003
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:25 AM
April 21, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Earth Day : the beginning : a guide for survival
compiled and edited by the national staff of Environmental Action.
New York : Arno Press & the New York times, 1970.
Hodges Library / Stacks: HC110.E5 E2 1970
Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:46 AM
April 19, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
History of Earth Day from EnviroLink.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:35 AM
April 18, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Earth Day is April 22, the 35th Anniversary!
Enjoy Knoxville's EarthFest!
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:31 AM
April 01, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
A Land Imperiled : The Declining Health of the Southern Appalachian Bioregion
by John Nolt (UT Professor)
Dr. Nolt will be signing copies of this book on Earth Day (April 22) at the UT bookstore from Noon until 2:00.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:50 AM
March 25, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Environmental Semester Lectures (streaming video)
Speaker: Dr. Edward O. Wilson
Topic: The Future of Life
March 15, 2005
Speaker: Betsy Damon
Topic: Keepers of the Waters: artists, scientists, and citizens collaboration
February 23, 2005
Speaker: Lance Gundersen,, Emory University
Topic: Panarchy: Rethinking the framework of natural resource management.
February 3, 2005
Speaker: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Topic: Our Environmental Destiny
January 26, 2005
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Speaker: Paul Ehrlich
Seminar: Checkerspots: A Model System in Population Biology
Earth Day Address: One With Nineveh: Politics, Consumption and the Human Future
April 22, 2004
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:57 AM
March 24, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Arctic refuge : a circle of testimony
compiled by Hank Lentfer and Carolyn Servid.
Hodges Library / Stacks: QH545.O57 A74 2001
[table of contents][excerpt]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:40 AM
March 23, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Mathew T. Cogwell, editor.
Hodges Library / Stacks: KFA1653.8.A73 A73 2002
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:29 AM
March 22, 2005
World Day for Water
UNESCO World Day for Water (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization)
Books at the University Libraries on:
Water Rights
Water Law and Regulation
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:32 PM
March 18, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
What have we done?
John Nolt (UT Faculty)
Washburn, TN : Earth Knows Publications, 1997.
Ag-Vet. Med Library / Stacks: GE155.A522 W53 1997
Hodges Library / Stacks: GE155.A522 W53 1997
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:33 PM
March 17, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Demographic Shifts and Green Values in Rural America : a Southern Appalachian Case
James R. Talley
Library / Thesis / Dissertation: Thesis 2001b .T34
Special Collections / Thesis / Dissertation: Thesis 2001b .T34
This book is currently in our Culture Corner: Culture & the Environment
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:30 PM
March 16, 2005
Environmental Reource of the Day
"Lord, we're just trying to save your water" : Environmental Activism and Dissent in the Appalachian South
Marshall, Suzanne
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2002.
Hodges Library / Stacks: GE198.A33 M37 2002
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:19 PM
March 15, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Culture, Environment, and Conservation in the Appalachian South Benita J. Howell.
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2002.
Ag-Vet. Med Library / Stacks: F217.A65 C85 2002
Hodges Reserves / Reserve stacks: F217.A65 C85 2002
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:12 PM
March 14, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Extracting Appalachia : Images of the Consolidation Coal Company, 1910-1945
Buckley, Geoffrey L.
Athens : Ohio University Press, 2004.
Hodges Library / Stacks: TN805.Z6 B83 2004
[book homepage] [table of contents] [introduction]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:04 PM
March 11, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Environmental Abstracts {Search Now}
Search a wide range of topics, including:
Energy
Air pollution
Toxicology
Land use and pollution
Water pollution
Wildlife/Biodiversity
Population/Sustainable development
Global warming
Waste management
Agriculture
Source types:
Journals
Conference papers and proceedings
Federal and state government reports
Major daily newspapers
Consumer and trade magazines
Newsletters
Law reviews
Environmental codes
Case law
Regulatory agency decisions
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:59 PM
March 10, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Silent Spring
Carson, Rachel
Ag-Vet. Med Library / Stacks: SB951 .C47
Hodges Library / Stacks: SB951.C47
[table of contents] [excerpt]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:13 PM
March 09, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Opportunities in environmental careers [electronic resource]
Author Fanning, Odom.
Imprint Chicago : VGM Career Books, c2002.
[catalog record] [table of contents] [excerpt]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:27 PM
March 08, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
New perspectives on environmental justice : gender, sexuality, and activism
edited by Rachel Stein.
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2004.
Hodges Library / Stacks: GE220 .N48 2004
[catalog record] [table of contents] [excerpt]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:19 PM
March 07, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Environmental Statistics from the United States Government.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:15 PM
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
[catalog record]
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
[catalog record] [table of contents]
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
[catalog record] [table of contents]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 06:48 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
[table of contents] [excerpt]
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
[catalog record]
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
[catalog record] [table of contents] [excerpt]
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
[card catalog] [excerpt]
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
[catalog record]
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
[catalog record] [table of contents]
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
[catalog record] [table of contents] [excerpt]
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
[catalog record] [table of contents]
This book is currently on display in the Culture Corner.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:06 PM
January 31, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
MicroCosmos [videorecording] : le peuple de l'herbe / a Miramax Films release ; presented by Jacques Perrin ; directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou.
Imprint [S.l.] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Burbank Calif. : Buena Vista Home Video [distributor], 1996.
Hodges Media Center / Videocassette: QL466 .M53 1996
[catalog record]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:21 PM
January 28, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
The Atlas of U.S. and Canadian Environmental History
Char Miller, editor.
Hodges Reference / Reference: GF503 .A84 2003
[catalog record] [table of contents]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:04 PM
January 27, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Encyclopedia of World Environmental History
Shepard Krech III, J.R. McNeill, Carolyn Merchant, editors.
Imprint New York : Routledge, 2004.
Hodges Reference / Reference: GF10 .E63 2004
[catalog record] [table of contents]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:19 PM
January 26, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
The riverkeepers : two activists fight to reclaim our environment as a basic human right
John Cronin and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Imprint New York, NY : Scribner, c1997.
Hodges Library / Stacks: GE197 .C76 1997
[catalog record] | [table of contents] | [excerpt]
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:29 PM
January 25, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Crimes against nature : how George W. Bush and his corporate pals are plundering the country and high-jacking our democracy
Robert F. Kennedy.
New York : HarperCollins, c2004.
Hodges Library/Stacks: HC110.E5 K46 2004
[catalog record] | [table of contents] | [excerpt]
note: Kennedy will be speaking at UT on January 26.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:48 AM
January 24, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Transforming the Appalachian Countryside: Railroads, Deforestation, and Social Change in West Virginia, 1880-1920
Lewis, Ronald L. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1998.
This book is featured in the Culture Corner's list of electronic resources.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:34 AM
January 21, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
The Tennessee Valley Authority
1995, DVD, 50 mins.
Rare photographs, films and firsthand accounts tell the complete story of the TVA and its creators. From the challenges of controlling the flood-prone Tennessee River to the construction of nearly 50 power-generating dams, this is a look at one of the public works projects.
(catalog record)
Posted by Donna Braquet at 02:45 PM
January 20, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
The Diversity of Life
by E.O. Wilson
View the ToC
Hodges Library / Stacks: QH313 .W55 1992
note: E.O. Wilson will be visiting UT on March 15, 2005.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:00 AM
January 19, 2005
Environmental Resource of the Day
Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash
Strasser, Susan
HD4482.S77 1999 (catalog record)
This book is featured in the Culture Corner: Culture and the Environment, located on the 1st floor adjacent to Reference.
See the Table of Contents>>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 09:31 AM