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American Environmental History: From Open Textbook Library, a book "about how the environment of the Americas influenced the actions of people here and how people affected their environments, fromm prehistory to the present."
Environmental History Timeline
Environmental History Websites (from the American Society for Environmental History)
The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920. The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920documents the historical formation and cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage, through books, pamphlets, government documents, manuscripts, prints, photographs, and motion picture footage drawn from the collections of the Library of Congress....The collection consists of 62 books and pamphlets, 140 Federal statutes and Congressional resolutions, 34 additional legislative documents, excerpts from the Congressional Globe and the Congressional Record, 360 Presidential proclamations, 170 prints and photographs, 2 historic manuscripts, and 2 motion pictures.
H-Environment. This website is intended as a general resource for people interested in environmental history. Much of its content is compiled from the discussion list H-Environment and includes book reviews, conference announcements, a course syllabus library, and a survey of films. There are also links to other organizations and websites where you can find materials of interest.
Nature Transformed : The Environment in American History. This website explores the relationship between the ways men and women have thought about their surrounding and the ways they have acted toward them. It asks how Native Americans conceptualized nature and saw themselved in it and how they lived and are now living upon the land. It studies the shifts in perception that transformed nature from wilderness to ecosystem and considers how these transformations affected the forests, plains, and deserts of North America. Nature Transformed enables teachers to show their students how the forces that shaped the American landscape also shaped the American past. Courtesy of the National Humanities Center.
Learning to Do Historical Research : A Primer for Environmental Historians and Others. William Cronan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of History.
Use one these web sites to calculate your carbon footprint:
Bronco Carbon Footprint Calculator (SCU Markkula Center for Applied Ethics)
Calculate your Carbon Footprint (from the Nature Conservancy)
Terrapass Calculator for Individuals