Classic books on the environment/ecology?

[Guest Virginia Dawn]

The only one I can think of is Silent Spring.

 

Ds2 is thinking of eventually getting a forestry degree of some type.

 

I thought it would be a good idea for him to read some of the books that have made an impact on the study of the environment over the last century or so. Any suggestions?

[Sebastian (a lady)]

The only one I can think of is Silent Spring.

 

Ds2 is thinking of eventually getting a forestry degree of some type.

 

I thought it would be a good idea for him to read some of the books that have made an impact on the study of the environment over the last century or so. Any suggestions?

 

Farley Mowat, I remember reading Never Cry Wolf as a teen and thinking it was very good.

 

I also really like Edwin Way Teale, who wrote A Naturalist Buys an Old Farm and A Walk Through the Year

[Melissa B]

A Sand County Almanac - Leopold

[kokotg]

I read Michael Pollan's Second Nature a few months back. It's his pre-Omnivore's Dilemma take on how humans and nature intersect...he talks a lot of trash about Thoreau in it (you know, in a intellectual sort of way); I think it would be interesting to read Walden followed by Second Nature.

[Nicole M]

I read Michael Pollan's Second Nature a few months back. It's his pre-Omnivore's Dilemma take on how humans and nature intersect...he talks a lot of trash about Thoreau in it (you know, in a intellectual sort of way); I think it would be interesting to read Walden followed by Second Nature.

 

Did you not just love the section on roses?!

[Jeanne in MN]

I second the Sand County Almanac.

 

A Sand County Almanac - Leopold

[mcconnellboys]

Carson also has some other good books, too!

 

http://www.rachelcarson.org/BooksBy.aspx

 

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is another good one....

[Sara R]

Freckles and The Girl from the Limberlost by Gene Simmons Porter

[LibraryLover]

"Talked trash about Thoreau'. LOL It's true.

[Jane in NC]

Sue Hubbell has written some terrific natural history books. If your son is interesting in forestry, he might enjoy Broadsides from the Other Orders: A Book of Bugs. Her essays on gypsy moths, lady bugs, even black flies, goes beyond the informative to include stories of how people interact with insects. She is a wonderful writer.

 

And I'll also give another vote for A Sand County Almanac. Love this book.

[Karenciavo]

Wendell Berry, he has many. I recently read The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry and it was very good.