Fifty Key Thinkers of the Environment

by Joy A. Palmer

A team of over twenty expert contributors summarise and analyse the thinking of fifty diverse and stimulating figures from all over the world and from ancient times to the present day.

Genres: Environment

Kindle Edition

First published December 7, 2000

Reviews

[Meg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Useful introduction to a broad range of figures that have contributed to our current ways of thinking about the environment. Some of the entries on the earlier figures (Buddha, Chuang Tzu, Virgil) are a little lame, and some of the entries on a few of the key American figures (John Muir, Thoreau) don't really contribute much from what you pick up reading environmental literature generally. However, the choice to include people who, while not environmental philosophers, have nonetheless greatly altered our conception of the environment (like Frederick Law Olmsted), is helpful in creating a much better understanding of the history of environmental thought, as is the inclusion of many non-Western thinkers (Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore).

[elise anderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit dry but a solid collection of big brains and historical/spiritual figures. Each section summarizes a different single thinker's philosophies and work in regards to nature.