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Preserving Healthy Soil for Future Generations

ssilverman — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:46:31 +0000

David R. Montgomery, author of Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations and professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington, was recently profiled as one of Sunset Magazine’s “10 Visionaries, Trendsetters, and Innovators” who are “redefining every aspect of gardening in the West—and changing the way we live, eat, and connect with one another.”

Montgomery was [more...]

Travelling the 38th Parallel: What’s Happening Now?

ssilverman — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:38:56 +0000

Three years ago, David and Janet Carle, authors of the new book Traveling the 38th Parallel, embarked on the trip of a lifetime. The former state park rangers from Mono Lake, California journeyed around the world along the 38th parallel in search of water-related environmental and cultural intersections.

We’ve followed their adventures before here on the UC Press [more...]

A Case for Expensive Oil

ssilverman — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:01:14 +0000

While Barack Obama and Mitt Romney seemed to argue in last night’s debate over which was better, cheap oil or cheaper oil, it can be refreshing to hear another perspective. In an op-ed entitled “Three Cheers for Expensive Oil,” published in Monday’s Wall Street Journal, UC Press author David Montgomery argues that “Scarce oil may [more...]

An Acquiring Eye: Chuck Crumly on Freshwater Ecology Books and Journals

ssilverman — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:59:07 +0000

Here’s the second Acquiring Eye post from Executive Editor Chuck Crumly, this time taking a good look at our Freshwater Ecology books and journals.

“The times, they are a changin’ “ — this cultural mantra is now becoming an ecological and environmental reality. Climate change is creating challenges that cross almost every imaginable barrier. The University of [more...]

UC Press Authors to participate in The White House Summit on Environmental Education

ssilverman — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:34:42 +0000

Charles Saylan

Dan Blumenstein (Credit: Reed Hutchinson)

Congratulations to Charles Saylan and Dan Blumenstein, the authors of The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix It) for being invited to The White House Summit on Environmental Education this Monday, April 16, 2012.

They’ll be participating in the panel discussion “21st Century Environmentalism – Shaping [more...]

An Acquiring Eye: Chuck Crumly on Ornithology Books and Journals

ssilverman — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:57:01 +0000

For the second post in our Acquiring Eye series, Executive Editor Chuck Crumly has written about the Ornithology books and journals he has his eye on:

Almost all of us have experienced the delight of watching birds – listening to birds calling mournfully or happily or even unexpectedly, and enjoying their antics. For many, birds are [more...]

UC Podcast: Game Changer

ssilverman — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:53:40 +0000

Are conservation and protecting animals the same thing? In Game Changer, award-winning environmental reporter Glen Martin takes a fresh look at this question as it applies to Africa’s megafauna. Martin assesses the rising influence of the animal rights movement and finds that the policies championed by animal welfare groups could lead [more...]

Award Won: Jonathan Losos wins the Daniel Geraud Elliot Medal

ssilverman — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:58:28 +0000

Rose Lincoln/Harvard News Office

Congratulations to Jonathan Losos, the author of Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles, for being awarded the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal by the National Academy of Sciences.

Here’s the copy from the NAS announcement: Jonathan B. Losos, the Monique and Philip Lehner Professor for the Study of Latin [more...]

UC Press Podcast: How Not to Be Eaten

ssilverman — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:21:36 +0000

We’re kicking off the podcast series for the Spring 2012 season with Gilbert Waldbauer talking with Chris Gondek about his newest book, How Not To Be Eaten.

All animals must eat. But who eats who, and why, or why not? Because insects outnumber and collectively outweigh all other animals combined, they comprise the largest amount of [more...]

Local Hero: Robin Grossinger

ssilverman — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:00:05 +0000

Congratulations to Robin Grossinger, author of the Napa Valley Historical Ecology Atlas, for winning one of the coveted Bay Nature Local Hero awards. Robin was recognized in the Environmental Educator category.

Robin is the Senior Scientist and Director at the Historical Ecology Project of the San Francisco Estuary Institute.

In the words of Bay Nature publisher David [more...]