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Great Environmental Books for Adults
 Compiled by Paul Mayes, Eastern Iowa Community College


Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, Barbara Kingsolver
Biophilia, E.O Wilson
The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey
The Emerald Horizon, Cornelia F. Mutel
Flush, Carl Hiaason
The Future of Life, E.O. Wilson
Galapagos, Kurt Vonnegut
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster, Jon Krakauer
Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv
The Mind of the Raven, Bernd Heinrich
Moby Dick, Herman Melville
The Mosquito Coast, Paul Theroux
My Antonia, Willa Cather
1984, George Orwell
Oh! Pioneers, Willa Cather
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard
Prodigal Summer, Barbara Kingsolver
The Return of the Native, Thomas Hardy
A River Runs Through it, Norman Maclean
Round River, Aldo Leopold
Run River Run: A Naturalist’s Journey Down One of the Great Rivers of the West, Ann Zwinger
Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold
A Sense of Place, Wendell Berry
Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
Slickrock, Edward Abbey
The Valley of the Horses, Jean Auel
Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau
A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson
The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth, Tim Flannery
White Noise, Jon Delillo
Young Men and Fire, Norman Maclean
Z is for Zachariah, Robert C. O'Brien
 
Highlights
2010-11 Explorer Awards Entry
2010-11 Explorer Awards EntryFull-time (as of September 1, 2010) K-12 classroom teachers at Saints Mary and Mathias Catholic School or within the Muscatine Community School District may enter the drawing that will determine ten finalists. Learn more.
 
Courier
CourierA quarterly publication, Courier provokes thought on world affairs by giving readers insight into issues driving foundation programming.
Fall 2010 issue PDF (287 KB)
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Review and Vitalization of Peacebuilding
The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission is undergoing its first, five-year comprehensive review. The Stanley Foundation recently convened a meeting to examine key areas of consensus and significant questions remaining in the review process. Read the Policy Memo and the full conference report.
 
The 1540 Hub
The 1540 HubIn 2004, the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1540 aimed at keeping the ingredients for weapons of mass destruction out of the wrong hands. The 1540 Hub centralizes the various international and NGO resources relevant to 1540 in a single website.
 
Three Voices

Representatives of the Stanley Foundation, the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations examine Leadership and the Global Governance Agenda. Also read their keynote remarks.

 
G-8 and G-20 Resources
G-8 and G-20 ResourcesThe Stanley Foundation's David Shorr, Keith Porter, and Sean Harder attended the G-8 and G-20 Summits in Canada. These resources on the meetings are now available.
 
Policy Analysis
John Blaney, Jacques Paul Klein, and Sean McFate examine peacebuilding lessons from Liberia. Bonnie Jenkins reviews the future of the G-8 Global Partnership. And Bruce Jones asks how the G-20 can help the United Nation perform and reform. See all Policy Analysis Briefs.
 
Now Showing
Now ShowingA new Now Showing event-in-a-box toolkit features Radioactive Challenge, a DVD that helps viewers examine the challenge of securing all vulnerable nuclear materials globally. It aims to encourage discussion of the complexities of the “world’s greatest security challenge,” keeping nuclear material out of the hands of terrorists. Sign Up
 
think.

think., a monthly e-newsletter for today’s global citizens with articles that motivate.
August 2010 issue(12KB)
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Watch and LearnStanley Foundation events, talks, video reports, and segments from our Now Showing event-in-a-box series can now be viewed on YouTube. To receive regular updates on our video posts, please subscribe today.
 
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