Books and References
General:
Environmental
Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology Edited by M.E.
Zimmerman, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1993
Main Currents in Western Environmental Thought
Peter Hay, Indiana University Press, 2002.
A comprehensive, thoughtful and enjoyable guide that includes topics not
dealt with in similar introductions. In addition to discussions on eco-philosophy,
Hay explores spirituality, place, politics, epistemology and economics.
- Nature's
Web. An exploration of ecological thinking
Peter Marshall, Simon and Shuster, 1988
A useful overview of the history of ecological thought from Taoism to
modern movements like Social Ecology. Although Marshall's own Libertarian
views influence his critiques and occasionally cloud his judgment, in
general a balanced approach.
The
Historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis
Lynn White, Science, 155,3767.
10 March 1967.
Gaia.
A new look at life on Earth
J E Lovelock, Oxford University Press, 1979.
- Green
Dictionary
Colin Johnson, Macdonald Optima, 1991.
Described as 'Key words,
ideas and relationships for the future'. Occasionally insightful, often
irritating. Many of the definitions are very personal and are sometimes
inaccurate. Remains worthwhile
as a tool for discussion and cautious reference until someone writes
a better version.
- Millennium.
Tribal wisdom and the Modern world
David Maybury-Lewis, Viking Penguin, 1992.
Fascinating anthropological
investigation of how the modern West can learn from indigenous Tribal
societies worldwide.
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Deep Ecology:
Thinking
Like a Mountain
John Seed, Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming and Arne Naess, Heretic Books
1988
Useful source book on Deep Ecology as it relates to activism. Contains
guidelines for running a 'Council of All Beings' workshop.
Deep Ecology for the Twenty-First
Century
George Sessions, (Ed.), Boston, Shambala, 1995.
An anthology of Deep Ecological writings
Ecology, Community and Lifestyle
Arne Naess, Cambridge, CUP 1989
Toward a Transpersonal Ecology:
Developing New Foundations for Environmentalism
Warwick Fox, Shambala, Boston & London, 1990
Deep Ecology and Anarchism
Murray Bookchin, Graham Purchase, Brian Morris, Rodney Aitchtey, Robert
Hart, Chris Wilbert. Freedom Press, London 1993
Includes an excellent critique of Deep Ecology, a less well argued one
of Murray Bookchin, and a response to both from the latter.
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Ecofeminism:
Reweaving
the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism
Irene Diamond and Gloria
Feman Orenstein, ed., San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1990.
This multicultural collection of
essays was one of the first anthologies on ecofeminism available. It's a
very accessible introduction to deeper levels of ecofeminist thinking. The
contributors include Starhawk, Paula Gunn Allen, Susan Griffin, Marti Kheel,
Ynestra King, Vandana Shiva, Michael Zimmerman, Riane Eisler, Carolyn Merchant,
Cynthia Hamilton, and Charlene Spretnak. The
Death of Nature
Carolyn Merchant, New York, Harper and Row, 1990
Healing The Wounds:The Promise
of Ecofeminism
Edited by Judith Plant, Green Print, 1989
Full
contents list 
Review
of this book
Women
and Nature
Judith Plant, GreenLine, not dated
(extract)
What is Ecofeminism?
Davies, Katherine. Women and Environments. Vol. 10 (Spring 1988) pp. 4-6.
Gyn/Ecology:The
meta-ethics of Radical Feminism
Mary Daly. Beacon
Press, Boston, 1978
The
Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory
Cynthia Eller. Beacon Press, Boston, 2000
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Social
Ecology:
Deep Ecology
and Anarchism
Murray Bookchin, Graham Purchase, Brian Morris, Rodney Aitchtey, Robert
Hart, Chris Wilbert. Freedom Press, London 1993
Includes an excellent critique of Deep Ecology, a less well argued one
of Murray Bookchin, and a response to both from the latter.
The Ecology
of Freedom:The Emergence and Dissolution
of Hierarchy
Murray Bookchin. Palo
Alto , Cheshire, 1982
Renewing the Earth:The Promise
of Social Ecology
John Clark, Green Print, 1990
Towards
an Ecological Society
Murray Bookchin, Black Rose Books, Montreal, 1980.
Extract: Open Letter to the the Ecology Movement
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Social
Change Movements:
A
Movement of Movements: Is Another World Really Possible?
Edited by Tom Mertes. Verso, London & New York, 2004.
The Movement of Movements
charts the strategic thinking behind the mosaic of movements currently
challenging neoliberal globalization. Contributors range from activists
like Zapatista Subcomandante Marcos and theorists including Naoimi Klein.
The Movement of Movements on Google
Books
Senseless Acts of Beauty: Cultures of Resistance, George
McKay. Verso, London & New
York, 1996.
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Eco-Spirituality:
Ecology and Religion: Ecological
Spirituality in Cross-Cultural Perspective
David R. Kinsley, (McMaster University), Prentice
Hall, 1995.
A cross-cultural, historical exploration of the spiritual,
religious and moral implications of ecological issues being discussed in
North America. The
Spiral Dance (revised edition)
Starhawk. HarperCollins, New York, 1989.
In my opinion this is the
best introduction to modern witchcraft. Starhawk weaves a fascinating
web of politics & spirituality, and her work is essential for a full
understanding of eco-spirituality. Also very relevant to ecofeminism.
Sacred
Ecology
Adrian Harris, published in Paganism Today (Ed. Harvey and
Hardman) HarperCollins. Full text online
Religious
Experience in Contemporary Society
Graham Harvey, Religious Experience Research Centre, Oxford, 1997.
Judaism
and Ecology
Hadassah and Shomrei Adamah 1993
Publisher Hadassah and Shomrei Adamah
ISBN 7/93:3000 12/93:1500
Order direct from Hadassah, 50 W.58th St. NY NY 10019 USA
The Splendor of Creation: A Biblical Ecology
Ellen Bernstein, Pilgrim Press, 2005. Read a full review in Tikkun
magazine.
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Heidegger:
The Question Concerning Technology
in Basic Writings
Martin Heidegger, edited by David Krell, Routledge, London, 1993
Being and
Time
Martin Heidegger, trans. Macquirrie and Robinson, Blackwell, Oxford,
1962
Being in the World
Hubert Dreyfus , MIT Press, Massachusetts, 1997
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