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Book Review: Galapagos at the Crossroads by Carol Ann Bassett

September 29, 2019May 26, 2017 by Midge Raymond

Galápagos at the Crossroads: Pirates, Biologists, Tourists, and Creationists Battle for Darwin’s Cradle of Evolution by Carol Ann Bassett should be on the reading list for anyone traveling to the archipelago, …

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Categories Birds, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Education, Endangered Species, Essays, National Geographic, Nonfiction, Oceans

Book Review: Force of Nature by Arthur Melville Pearson

September 29, 2019May 5, 2017 by John Yunker

Reviewed by James Ballowe, Engagement Advisor for the Center for Humans and Nature and Distinguished Professor English Emeritus from Bradley University. The bastions of environmental protection that have been erected over the years …

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Categories Book Reviews, Conservation, Nonfiction, University of Wisconsin Press

ASLE announces 2017 book award finalists

April 2, 2017 by John Yunker

The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment has announced the finalists for their bi-annual book awards. The ASLE book awards “in the areas of ecocriticism and environmental creative …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Anthropocene, Birds, Book Publishers, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Essays, Fiction, Nonfiction, Oceans, Pollution, Trees, Veganism

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

September 29, 2019March 2, 2017 by John Yunker

Peter Godfrey-Smith has a passion for cephalopods, the class of sea animals that includes the octopus, cuttlefish, and nautilus, among others. Animals that among the oldest creatures on this planet. Measured in numbers of …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, Nonfiction, Oceans

Wolf Haven: Sanctuary and the Future of Wolves in North America

September 29, 2019February 21, 2017 by John Yunker

After finishing Wolf Haven I went straight to the Internet and looked up Wolf Haven International. I had been aware of the California Wolf Center, located outside San Diego, but was not aware …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Sasquatch Press

Q&A with Florence Williams, author of The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative

February 16, 2017February 15, 2017 by John Yunker

Florence Williams is a journalist and Fellow at the Center for Humans and Nature who often writes about the connections between people, health, and nature. She is a contributing editor …

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Categories Birds, Conservation, Insects, Nonfiction, Oceans, Trees

Q&A with Mary Woodbury of Moon Willow Press and Eco-Fiction.com

January 31, 2017January 30, 2017 by John Yunker

I’m pleased to welcome to EcoLit Books an interview we conducted recently with Mary Woodbury, founder of Moon Willow Press and Eco-Fiction.com. Mary also played an instrumental role in getting …

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Categories Book Publishers, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Fiction, For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Nonfiction, Pollution, Writing Opportunities

Announcing the 2016 Siskiyou Prize finalists

January 23, 2017 by John Yunker

This is the third year of the Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature (which is sponsored by Ashland Creek Press, which also sponsors EcoLit Books). We’re pleased to see the Siskiyou Prize gaining …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Publishers, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Fiction, For Writers, Nonfiction, Oceans, Trees

Book Review: Stories from the Leopold Shack by Estella Leopold

September 29, 2019January 18, 2017 by John Yunker

Reviewed by James Ballowe, Engagement Advisor for the Center for Humans and Nature and Distinguished Professor English Emeritus from Bradley University. In Stories from the Leopold Shack: Sand County Revisited, Estella Leopold takes …

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Categories Book Reviews, Conservation, Nonfiction, Oxford University Press

Book Review: What a Fish Knows by Jonathan Balcombe

January 16, 2017January 16, 2017 by Midge Raymond

It’s difficult to think of another title that is more important to the oceans—and therefore to the earth’s entire ecosystem—than What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Book Publishers, Nonfiction, Oceans

Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon

January 11, 2017January 11, 2017 by John Yunker

In Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon author Michael Engelhard has crafted a richly illustrated, authoritative and eye-opening testament to our evolving and often tragic relationship with the polar …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Oceans
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