ABSTRACT

First Published in 2004. Written by one of the most highly regarded U.S. ecologists, this book presents basic ecological principles in a series of vignettes, illustrated by cartoons and simple diagrams, covering such subjects as growth, energy, ecological change, diversity, economics and technology, among others. Drawing upon essays written during a forty-year career as a teacher, research and ecologist, this volume about environmental literacy is written for the general reader and understandable at any level from grade school to senior citizen.

chapter 1|12 pages

What We Learn From Ecology About Growth

ByEugene Odum

chapter 2|9 pages

What We Learn From Ecology About Energy

ByEugene Odum

chapter 3|4 pages

What We Learn From Ecology About Organization

ByEugene Odum

chapter 4|5 pages

What We Learn From Ecology About Change

ByEugene Odum

chapter 5|5 pages

What We Learn From Ecology About Behavior

ByEugene Odum

chapter 6|2 pages

What We Learn From Ecology About Diversity

ByEugene Odum

chapter 7|14 pages

Human Ecology

What We Don't Learn From Nature
ByEugene Odum

chapter 8|4 pages

Bottom Lines

ByEugene Odum

part 1|190 pages

Essays and Commentaries for Further Reading

chapter 1|11 pages

Harmony Between Man and Nature

An Ecological View
ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 2|6 pages

Optimum Population and Environment: A Georgian Microcosm

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 5|4 pages

How Universities Should Grow

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 6|7 pages

Energy: The Common Denominator

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 7|2 pages

Production, Maintenance and Environmental Law

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 8|11 pages

Ecosystem Management:A New Venture for Humankind

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 9|5 pages

The Watershed as an Ecological Unit

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 10|11 pages

Natural Areas as Necessary Components of Man's Total Environment

ByEugene P. Odum, Howard T. Odum

chapter 11|18 pages

Energy, Ecosystem Development,and Environmental Risk

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 12|5 pages

The Transition from Youth to Maturity in Nature and Society

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 13|4 pages

Reduced-Input Agriculture Reduces Nonpoint Pollution

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 14|4 pages

When to Confront and When to Cooperate

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 15|4 pages

The Search For The Evil Kingdom

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 16|5 pages

Diversity in the Landscape: The Multilevel Approach

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 17|5 pages

Diversity and the Survival of the Ecosystem

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 18|6 pages

The Pricing System

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 19|17 pages

Energy, Ecology, and Economics

ByHoward T. Odum

chapter 20|4 pages

Prerequisites for Sustainability

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 21|4 pages

Environmental Degradation and the Tyranny of Small Decisions

ByWilliam E. Odum

chapter 23|4 pages

Biotechnology Presents a Challenge to the Campus

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 24|2 pages

Source Reduction, Input Management, and Dual Capitalism

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 25|4 pages

Earth Stewardship

ByEugene P. Odum

chapter 26|8 pages

Ecology: The Common-Sense Approach

ByEugene P. Odum