ES 10 Reading List - First Semester, SY 2001- 2002
 
* Copies of all materials listed below are placed at the
Rizal Library reserve section 
     under the teacher's name   (Shih, Karen S. - ES 10).


Books

Title                                                                                               Author/Publisher

The Philippine Environment in the Eighties                                          EMB-DENR
Philippine Environmental Quality Report 1990-1995                              EMB-DENR


Folder: ES 10 Handouts


ES 10 Syllabus
Critical Thinking in the Science Classroom
Introduction to Environmental Science
Chapter II: Concepts of Ecology
Population Characteristics                                                                 Enger, E.D., et al.
Framework for Understanding Environmental Problems
The Air We Breathe
Soils and Their Preservation
Chapter VI: Water Resources and Management
Solid, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste
Energy Resources
Response to Environment Development Issues
The Need for Environmental Management


Folder: Environmental Issues

Intersect: Return the Land (June 2000)                                ICSI
Haring Ibon: Pop Goes the World                                       
Haribon Foundation
Managing and Conserving Our Diminishing Resources                Philippine Development
Impact: Degradation of Critical Resources
Environmental Variables in Development Planning
Experts lament lack of study on reefs                                                 PDI, 28 October 2000
One cause of floods in Legazpi cited                                                  MB, 10 December 2000
An answer to Metro Manila's garbage problem                                 Neal H. Cruz / Opinion PDI, 5 December 2000
Ecology vs. economics: The new limits to growth                           
PDI, 23 April 2000


Folder: Required Readings

Songbird shows how evolution works                                                    BBC, 18 January 2001
Lake use threatens world’s smallest edible fish                       PDI, 4 March 2001
Population set to decline                                                       Nature , 2 August 2000
Scientist Finds That Plants Regulate Elephant Population                              NG, 5 March 2001
The Environmental Resource Base and Human Welfare           Dasgupta, Folke, Mäler
Birth defect link to landfill sites                                              BBC, 16 August 2001
Tunisia Plants Trees, Builds Home to Revitalize Sahara                                 NG, 14 February 2001
Erosion, Bad Construction Heightened El Salvador Quake Tragedy                NG, 16 February 2001
An Ounce of Precaution                                                        TomPaine.common sense
Endangered Climate                                                              Jose T. Villarin, SJ
Children in Philippine capital lose IQ points to leaded gasoline  US-AEP

 


Folder: "Encouragements" (for bonus papers)


Toxic toads threaten north Australia                                       BBC, 19 January 2001
Oil Threatens 'Extraordinary Ecosystem' in Galapagos             NG, 23 January 2001
Galapagos 'Out of Danger' - For Now                                       NG, 26 January 2001
New Camel Species Emerges from Western China                  NG, 7 February 2001
India Girds for Famine Linked with Flowering of Bamboo           NG, 22 June 2001
Asian birds under threat                                                         BBC, 6 June 2001
Scientist Uncovers Secrets of Metal-Eating Plants                   NG, 16 August 2001
State of the Earth Study Launched                                          BBC, 5 June 2001
Lightning jumpstarts evolution                                                 Nature , 1 August 2001
Artificial Reefs: Trash to Treasure                                            NG, 5 February 2001




* Abbreviations:
   BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
   EMB-DENR - Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment
           and Natural Resources, Government of the Philippines
   MB - Manila Bulletin
   NG - National Geographic
   PDI - Philippine Daily Inquirer
   US-AEP - United States-Asia Environmental Partnership

 

 

 

 

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