Environment

60	"Feeding People versus Saving Nature" Holmes Rolston III	click on an author's name to go to her/his web page (if available)
61	"Land Ethic" Aldo Leopold
62	"Challenges of Ecofeminism: from 'Should' to 'Can'" Gail Stenstad
63	"Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments" Thomas E. Hill Jr.
64	"Hume and Nature" Alan Carter

Web Resources

Assorted links

Ecology and the Environment. From Marcelo Vásconez's superb Business Ethics page.

Philosophical Essays

Brook, Andrew. "The Structure of Ethical Positions on the Environment." In Research Methods and Ethical Issues Associated with Resource Extraction and Resource Management in Forestry and Mining. ed. Wesley Cragg, Laurentian.
E. Meinberg. "Environmental Destruction: A Philosophical-Anthropological Perspective." Paideia Project on Line.
Thompson, Paul. "Sustainability as a Norm." Techné.
Warren, Karen J. "Environmental Justice: Some Ecofeminist Worries About a Distributive Model."
Weir, Jack. "Case-Based Environmental Ethics." Paideia Project on Line.

Popular discussion and empirical information

Alaska Rainforest Campaign. To find out more about the state of the environment in the U.S. principal remaining wilderness area.
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development. A site by the U.S. Department of Energy. Includes links and papers.
EcoNet. A progressive site concerned to preserve the environment.
Environment news from Lycos.
Environmental Protection Agency - the U.S. governmental agency required to enforce environmental laws. Includes all relevant laws and regulations.
European Environment Agency. Perspectives on environmental issues from the continent.
Greenpeace. The first environmental activist organization.
Information center for the environment, from the University of California-Davis. Describes various environmental projects throughout California.
Institute for Biodiversity. From Costa Rica.
Nordic countries perspectives on environmental issues. Site begins in Sweden.
"Policing the Oceans." Radio interview with Paul Watson, one of the founders of Greenpeace, and now the Captain of the Sea Shepherd. Watson uses direct action to try to stop whaling and the killing of other sea mammals. [RealAudio]
Population and Agriculture. Radio interview with Paul Waggoner on the possible effects on the environment of increasing populations. [RealAudio]
SeaShepherd Society. This group, founded by Captain Paul Watson, is an activist group that takes direct action to save marine line -- especially whales and sea lions. Click here to hear an interview with Watson.
Sierra Club. One of the oldest environmental organizations.
UK national environment research council.
United Nations Environment Programme, with links to environmental efforts around the world.
Web Server at the University of North Texas, dedicated to listing web links on environmental issues.
World Wide Fund for Nature. International organization concerned about the environment.

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