Author: J. Baird Callicott
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: mediterranean, basin, australian, outback, ethics, ecological, insights, multicultural, survey, earth
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 1997-12-29
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0520085604
ISBN-13: 9780520085602

The environmental crisis is global in scope, yet contemporary environmental ethics is centered predominantly in Western philosophy and religion. Earth’s Insights widens the scope of environmental ethics to include the ecological teachings embedded in non-Western worldviews. J. Baird Callicott ranges broadly, exploring the sacred texts of Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Zen Buddhism, as well as the oral traditions of Polynesia, North and South America, and Australia. He also documents the attempts of various peoples to put their environmental ethics into practice. Fina

Authors:Michael P. Nelson, J. Baird Callicott,
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Keywords: wilderness, debate, new, rages, continuing
Number of Pages: 704
Published: 2008-10-15
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0820331716
ISBN-13: 9780820331713

Ten years ago, The Great New Wilderness Debate began a cross-disciplinary conversation about the varied constructions of "wilderness" and the controversies that surrounded them. The Wilderness Debate Rages On will reinvigorate that conversation and usher in a second decade of debate.Like its predecessor, the book gathers both critiques and defenses of the idea of wilderness from a wide variety of perspectives and voices. The Wilderness Debate Rages On includes the best work done on the concept of wilderness over the past decade, underappreciated essays from the early twentieth century that off

Authors:J. Baird Callicott, Michael P. Nelson,
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Keywords: debate, wilderness, new
Number of Pages: 712
Published: 1998-06-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0820319848
ISBN-13: 9780820319841

The Great New Wilderness Debate is an expansive, wide-ranging collection that addresses the pivotal environmental issues of the modern era. This eclectic volume on the varied constructions of “wilderness” reveals the recent controversies that surround those conceptions, and the gulf between those who argue for wilderness "preservation" and those who argue for "wise use."J. Baird Callicott and Michael P. Nelson have selected thirty-nine essays that provide historical context, range broadly across the issues, and set forth the positions of the debate. Beginning with such well-known authors a

Authors:J. Baird Callicott, Fernando J. R. Da Rocha,
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Keywords: postmodern, education, series, constructive, thought, environmental, philosophy, summit, ethics, reconstructive, earth
Number of Pages: 247
Published: 1996-08
List price: $52.50
ISBN-10: 0791430537
ISBN-13: 9780791430538

Authors:Aldo Leopold, J. Baird Callicott, Eric T. Freyfogle,
Publisher: Island Press
Keywords: essays, writings, unpublished, previously, land, health
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2001-06-01
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 1559637641
ISBN-13: 9781559637640

Aldo Leopold’s classic work A Sand County Almanac is widely regarded as one of the most influential conservation books of all time. In it, Leopold sets forth an eloquent plea for the development of a "land ethic"-a belief that humans have a duty to interact with the soils, waters, plants, and animals that collectively comprise "the land" in ways that ensure their well-being and survival.For the Health of the Land, a new collection of rare and previously unpublished essays by Leopold, builds on that vision of ethical land use and develops the concept of "land health" and the practical mea

Authors:Robert M. Baird, M. Katherine Baird,
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Keywords: issues, contemporary, debating, homosexuality
Number of Pages: 282
Published: 1995-11
List price: $22.98
ISBN-10: 1573920037
ISBN-13: 9781573920032

This could be the most controversial book yet. Its balanced approach could risk the wrath of advocates and critics alike, offering powerful essays on four key issues: the causes of homosexuality, disputes about the role the courts should play, gays and the military, and religious attitudes toward homosexuality.

Author: Ed Baird
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: racing, laser
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2006-07-31
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0906754054
ISBN-13: 9780906754054

Laser Racing is essential reading for all Laser sailors who want to win in this highly competitive class. Top US racer Ed Baird - Laser World Champion in 1980 - explains in words and pictures how to prepare your boat, practice your boat handling skills and how to sail the race itself. Ed gives invaluable advice on line and gate starts, handling the Laser upwind in waves, adjusting the vang, gybing in heavy air and all the other problems frequently raised at his Laser racing clinics. Plus insights into the psychology of winning a series - while discouraging your opponents from doing the