Principles of Environmental SCIENCE Inquiry & Applications

• Main Authors: Cunningham, William P. (Author), Cunningham, Mary Ann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boston McGraw Hill Higher Education 2008
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Subjects: Environmental sciences
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 "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. This stirring challenge from President John E Kennedy's 1961 inaugural address calls on all of us to contribute to our communities and to the needs of future generations. Increas ingly, environmental quality is recognized as part of this caretak ing task. The environment affects our health, our food and water, our politics, and our economy. What can you do to ensure that these effects are positive? That question is a central theme for this book Much has been written in recent years about the failure of en vironmental advocacy groups and environmental scientists to reach out to the public and convince people that threats to our nat ural resources are real and important. People claim that environ mental protection is important, but few act on this conviction. One cause of this disconnect is that the public has become over whelmed by gloom and doom stories. There's so much bad news that many people become overwhelmed and apathetic. We sympa thize with the desire for some good news for a change. We've al ways emphasized positive stories and opportunities to take action, but in this edition we've increased the focus on positive actions and the ways environmental science can help us understand and resolve current problems.