Encyclopedia of Environment and Society

One of our newest reference acquisitions is the Encyclopedia of Environment and Society published by Sage Publications. This fascinating 5-volume set covers a wide variety of topics, all written by specialists within each field. Subjects include agriculture, animals, biology and chemistry, climate, conservation and ecology, country profiles, geography, history, movements and regulations, organizations, people, politics, pollution, and society. The introduction states that "despite (and in part because of) the diversity of entries assembled here, it is possible to identify some constant global themes that thread throughout the encyclopedia. Two of the most prominent are: 1) the emerging socio-environmental problems that we face in the next century, and 2) the shifting and expanding theoretical tools available for explaining tackling these problems." Perusing through the encyclopedia you will find articles on the Butterfly Effect (this principle became the cornerstone to the science of chaos theory), consumption, the Green Revolution and literally hundreds of other articles. This set will appeal to the environmentally literate citizen and to the student studying the complex interrelationship of society and the environment.