Environmental Science: Toward A Sustainable Future

by Richard T. Wright, Dorothy Boorse

For introductory courses in Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, and Environmental Biology. Equipping Learners to Understand the Roles of Science, Sustainability, and Stewardship The 13th Edition of Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future retains its current content and memorable themes of Science, Sustainability and Stewardship while expanding on the reader-friendly approach with built-in tools that make Wright/Boorse a bestseller. Presenting the most current and relevant Environmental Science issues and research along with new Concept Check questions and Understand the Data questions, the text and Mastering Environmental Science work together to help readers understand the science behind environmental issues. Also available with Mastering Environmental Science MasteringTM Environmental Science is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment system designed to improve results by helping students quickly master concepts. Students benefit from self-paced tutorials that feature personalized wrong-answer feedback and hints that emulate the office-hour experience and help keep students on track. With a wide range of interactive, engaging, and assignable activities, students are encouraged to actively learn and retain tough course concepts. For the 13th Edition , Mastering Environmental Science has been significantly updated to include new video assignments that expose students to real environmental issues and new coaching activities that help students build science literacy skills. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; Mastering Environmental Science does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with Mastering Environmental Science, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and Mastering Environmental Science, search for: 013394591X / 9780133945911 Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future Plus Mastering Environmental Science with eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of: Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future , 13 th Edition is also available via Pearson eText , a simple-to-use, mobile, personalized reading experience that lets instructors connect with and motivate students ― right in their eTextbook. .

Genres: Environment, Textbooks, School, Sustainability, Geography, Nonfiction

672 pages, Paperback

First published June 5, 2001

Reviews

[Sadiqi Sayed Jan]

Ecosystems: Basic Units of the Natural World
(Chapters 2-4) explores natural ecosystems—what they are, how they function, and how they change. I no longer employ the five Sustainability Principles (an approach that has outlived its usefulness), although the actual processes they drew attention to are still very much in place. Chapter 5 (Ecosystems and Evolutionary Change) from the older editions have been removed, but the material on natural selection and speciation has been kept in Chapter 4 (Ecosystems: How They Change). Some of the new material that appears in these chapters includes the work of the Heinz Center on the State of the Nation's Ecosystems, the concepts of top-down and bottom-up regulation of populations, and a guest essay by biologist David Lahti on the village weaverbird. The end of Chapter 4 returns to the idea of the ecological footprint to address the issue of human carrying capacity.

[Porter Sprigg · Rating 3 out of 5]

A well-written text book.

[Belle Meade School]

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[delievi]

didnt actually finish this one but the one that I did finish ain't on here

[CrystalIsReading on StoryGraph]

I read an earlier edition for an environmental science class I took in college. I remember loving the textbook and learning a lot from it, which says something for someone who normally does not enjoy science. a thoughtful, intelligent, detailed book that is worth a read if you have any interest in the topic.

[Jenness Jordan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was very educational and not because it was a required textbook for school. It was educational and helping me to understand more about the environment around me and how I can help to ensure our environment's longevity.

[Iv · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a good text book. Very clear and consise.

[Charlie]

Very useful book. teaches how to care for the environement1

[Sandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The etext was hard to follow as far as chapters. It's all laid out as sections. The instructor skipped around chapters a lot so that made it extra challenging.

[Md. Imran]

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[Marlene]

Dropped the class.

[Rámshá Faísàl]

i need the soft copy of ths book

[Mandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and eye opening. This was particularly applicable for me, living in the middle of one of the country's largest agricultural regions.

[Adelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a textbook for a class and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Abhishek]

nice book