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More than ever, students are thinking about their choices in a changing environment. Environmental Science and Sustainability gives students a scientific understanding of the environment while helping them practise decision-making.
The Second Edition now integrates the role environmental justice plays in decisions, and new insights gained from the pandemic and IPCC Sixth Assessment.
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Environmental Science and Sustainability by David R. Montgomery and Daniel J. Sherman is often praised for its comprehensive approach to tying environmental science with real-world sustainability issues. Reviewers appreciate its clear explanations and how it effectively integrates scientific concepts with practical sustainability practices. The text is noted for being well-structured and accessible to a wide range of readers, making it a valuable resource in educational settings.
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ISBN: 9781324043485
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Multiple-component retail product
Date Published: 01 July 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Edition: Second Edition
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 246.0mm
Height: 274.0mm
Weight: 1416g
Pages: 696
About the Author
Daniel Sherman is the Luce-Funded Professor of Environmental Policy and Decision Making at the University of Puget Sound. He received B.A. degrees from Canisius College (’95, Political Science) and Victoria University of Wellington (’96, Maori Studies), M.A. degrees from Colorado State University (’99, Political Science) and Cornell University (’02, Government), and a Ph.D. from Cornell University (’04, Government). He sits on the same hall as our author Patrick O’Neil. Sherman has written Not Here, Not There, Not Anywhere: Politics, Social Movements and the Disposal of Low-level Radioactive Waste published by the environmental publisher RFF. He has won the Tom Davis Teaching Excellence Award: University of Puget Sound, and won the Best Conference Paper Award, Annual Conference of the Society for Values in Higher Education for “Sustainability as a Way of Thinking: Tools for Understanding Sustainability?as Critical Inquiry and Achieving Integration Across the Higher Education Curriculum.” Sherman also worked for two years in the Ecology group at the Los Alamos Natural Laboratory. David R. Montgomery is a professor at the University of Washington and a MacArthur Fellow. He is the author and coauthor of several previous books about soil and agriculture, including Dirt, Growing a Revolution, and What Your Food Ate. He lives with his wife in Seattle.
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