ENVR E-200
20 November 2006

Timothy C. Weiskel

Outline
What is the Purpose of Environmental Writing?
Evidence:
  Conducting Research
  Note-taking Tools and Techniques
Argumentation:
  Remember the Audience
  Remember the "4 Ps"
Presentation:
  Speak Softly & Carry Lots of Bibliography & Multimedia
  Circular Structure of Presentation
Writing Samples:
  “From Sidekick to Sideshow—Celebrity, Entertainment, and the Politics of Distraction Why Americans Are ‘Sleepwalking Toward the End of the Earth,’” American Behavioral Scientist,
  "Rubbish and Racism: Problems of Boundary in an Ecosystem"
  ''"While Angels Weep..." Doing Theology on A Small Planet,'
  "Selling Pigeons in the Temple: The Danger of Market Metaphors in an Ecosystem"
  "Denying the Evidence: Science and the Human Prospect"
Maurice Strong Tribute
'Imagining the Unthinkable'
Nature's Context
Agents of Empire...
The Need for Miracles...
In Dust and Ashes...
New World, New Values...
Designing Within The Possible...
Bad Samaritans on a Small Planet...
Some Notes from Belshaz'zar's Feast...
Doing Theology on a Small Planet
Rev. Wm. Sloane Coffin, Jr. Tribute

 

Related Courses
Global Climate Change: Science, Social Impact, Diplomacy
Environmental Ethics and Land Management
The West and the Rest
American Dream - Global Nightmare
News from Nowhere
Humans Microbes and the Ecosystem

 

Other Resources
The Climate Consortium
The Climate Talks Project
The Climate Research Exchange
Harvard Seminar on Environmental Values
The Harvard Working Group on Environmental Justice
Subject Bibliographies in Environmental Ethics
Short Titles List in Environmental Ethics