Bibliographies

Resources for Environmental and Science Writing

 

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999
To: asle@unr.edu
From: "Karla M. Armbruster" <armbruka@webster.edu>
Subject: environmental writing resources

I wanted to post this list that I put together in conjunction with the query I made about environmental writing several weeks ago.  It's pretty dry - people did send more lively descriptions of their own work in environmental writing, job postings, etc., but they were hard to boil down for something like this.  If anyone's extremely interested in the postings themselves, let me know and I'll forward them to you (I think some were posted to the whole list anyway, but perhaps some were not).

Karla


 

Books on Environmental Careers

Basta, Nicholas.  The Environmental Career Guide.  New York:  John Wiley and Sons, 1991.

Beyond the Green:  Redefining and Diversifying the Environmental Movement. Boston: The Environmental Careers Organization, 1992.

DeAngelis, L., ed.  The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers. Washington, DC:  Island Press, 1989

Fanning, Odom.  Opportunities in Environmental Careers.  Lincolnwood, IL: VGM Career Horizons, 1996.

Graham, Ada.  Careers in Conservation.  San Francisco:  Sierra Club Books, 1980.

The New Complete Guide to Environmental Careers.  The Environmental Careers Organization.  Washington, DC:  Island Press, 1993.

Quintana, Debra. 100 Jobs in the Environment. New York:  Macmillan, 1996.

Warner, David J.  Environmental Careers:  A Practical Guide to Opportunities in the 90s.  Boca Raton, FL:  Lewis Publishers Inc., 1992.


 

Books on Environmental and Science Writing

Blum, Deborah, and Mary Knudson.  A Field Guide for Science Writers. New York:  Oxford UP, 1997.

Day, Robert A.  How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper.  Fourth Edition.  Phoenix, AZ:  Oryx Press, 1994.

Frome, Michael.  Chronicling the West:  30 Years of Environmental Writing. CITY: Mountaineers, 1996.

Frome, Michael.  Green Ink:  An Introduction to Environmental Journalism. Salt Lake City:  U of Utah P, 1998.

Gannon, Robert, ed.  Best Science Writing:  Readings and Insights.  Phoenix, AZ:  Oryx Press.  1991.

Lindsay, David.  A Guide to Scientific Writing.  Second Edition.  Sydney: Longman Australia, 1995.

McRae, Murdo William, ed.  The Literature of Science:  Perspectives on Popular Scientific Writing.  Athens:  U of Georgia P, 1993.



Professional Organizations

American Planning Association
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-872-0611
http://www.planning.org/

Association of Earth Science Editors
http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/AESE/index.html

Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
http://www.asle.org

Society of Environmental Journalists
Executive Director Beth Parke
P.O. Box 27280
Philadelphia, Pa. 19118
Phone: (215) 836-9970
Fax: (215) 836-9972
http://www.sej.org/

National Association of Professional Environmental Communicators
P.O. Box 06 8352
Chicago, IL 60611
312-661-1700

National Association of Science Writers
P.O. Box 294
Greenlawn, NY 11740
516-757-5664
http://nasw.org/

Outdoor Writers Association of America
2017 Cato Avenue, Suite 101
State College, PA
814-234-1011


Society for Technical Communication
815 Fifteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-737-0035
http://www.stc-va.org/



Other Organizations

Environmental News Service.  http://ens-news.com

Free subscriptions to the monthly newsletter Environmental Writer can be
obtained by writing to:
Environmental Health Center
1019 19th Street, NW, Suite 104
Washington, DC 20036
202-293-2270. ext. 6271

The Environmental Careers Organization.  http://www.eco.org/



Federal Agencies

Environmental Protection Association.  http://www.epa.gov/epahrist/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/noaa/noaa.htm

National Institutes of Health. http://www.nih.gov/index.html

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/

National Science Foundation. http://www.nsf.gov/
 See NSF Science and Technical Information Service in particular

U.S. Department of Agriculture. http://www.usda.gov/

U.S. Department of Energy. http://home.doe.gov/

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. http://www.fws.gov/

U.S. Geological Survey. http://www.usgs.gov/

U.S. Department of Interior. http://www.doi.gov/ 


 

Journals and Magazines

Amicus Journal
Air & Waste Management Association
Audubon
Biocycle, The Journal of Waste Recycling
Buzzworm, The Environmental Journal
Chemical and Engineering News
Clean Yield Publications
E: The Environmental Magazine
Earth
Earth First!  The Radical Environmental Journal
Earthwork Magazine
The Ecologist
ECOSOURCE
Environmental Business Journal;
Garbage:  The Practical Journal for the Environment
The Green Business Letter
Hazardous Waste Material
In Business, The Magazine for Environmental Entrepreneuring
Journal of Environmental Health
National Parks
Organic Times
Orion:  The Magazine of People and Nature
Outside
Pulp & Paper
Rachel's Hazardous Waste News
Research Reports
Science
Science News
Sierra
Wastelines
WorldWatch
Whole Earth Catalogue
High Country News


Publishing Companies

Island Press
Natural Resources Defense Council
Sierra Club Books
World Resources Institute


 

Karla Armbruster
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Webster University
470 East Lockwood
St. Louis, MO 63119

314-961-2660. ext. 7577
FAX:  314-968-7173
armbruka@webster.edu

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