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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
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| 2010-11 Explorer Awards Entry |
Full-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. |
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| Courier |
A 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. |
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| The 1540 Hub |
In 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. |
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| 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. |
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| G-8 and G-20 Resources |
The 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Now Showing |
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think., a monthly e-newsletter for today’s global citizens with articles that motivate.
August 2010 issue(12KB)
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