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A 1995 piece featured in the Atlantic by Bill McKibben that discusses the environmental history of the United States and argues that considering the progress the US has experienced in terms of reforestation can give hope for future success in…

Discussion of the earth's carrying capacity and the ecological economics.

A scientifically approached understanding of knowledge of introductory-level students.

While working to strengthen the Environmental Studies program at Middlebury, Elder seeks ways to blend the sciences with the humanities

In 1991, Middlebury established a new branch of the Bread Loaf School of English in Santa Fe. John Elder, a join English and environmental professor at Middlebury, was named on-site director the Santa Fe School. The Santa Fe school embodied the…

This is a movie review of "Soylent Green" that is a "suspenseful futuristic drama set in New York in the year 2022..concerned with man’s destruction of his own environment through overpopulation and lack of concern for ecology." The movie aims to…

This is a book review of Farley Mowat's book "A Whale for the Killing," and it lauds Mowat for the book's "outstanding contributions to the conservation battle" and ability to convey scientific information about whales in a way for laypeople to…