Key Thinkers on the Environment is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy A. Palmer Cooper and David E. Cooper, themselves distinguished authors on environmental matters, have assembled a team of expert contributors to summarize and analyse the thinking of diverse and stimulating figures from around the world and from ancient times to the present day.

Table of Contents

• Notes on contributors
• Preface
• CONFUCIUS, 551–479 BCE - YUE ZHUANG
• BUDDHA, FIFTH CENTURY BCE - PURUSHOTTAMA BILIMORIA
• ZHUANGZI, c.370–c.286 BCE - DAVID E. COOPER
• ARISTOTLE, 384–322 BCE - DAVID E. COOPER
• VIRGIL, 70–19 BCE - PHILIP R. HARDIE
• SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI, 1181/2–1226 - ANDREW LINZEY AND ARA BARSAM
• WANG YANG-MING, 1472–1528 - T. YAMAUCHI
• MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE 1533–1592 - ANN MOSS
• FRANCIS BACON, 1561–1626 - PAUL S. MACDONALD
• BENEDICT SPINOZA, 1632–1677 - PAUL S. MACDONALD
• BASHŌ, 1644–1694 - DAVID J. MOSSLEY
• JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU, 1712–1778 - PAUL S. MACDONALD
• IMMANUEL KANT, 1724–1804 - EMILY BRADY
• JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, 1749–1832 - COLIN RIORDAN
• ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, 1769–1859 - NICOLAAS A. RUPKE
• WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, 1770–1850 - W. JOHN COLETTA
• JOHN CLARE, 1793–1864 - W. JOHN COLETTA
• RALPH WALDO EMERSON, 1803–1882 - HOLMES ROLSTON III
• CHARLES DARWIN, 1809–1882 - ALAN HOLLAND
• HENRY DAVID THOREAU, 1817–1862 - LAURA DASSOW WALLS
• KARL MARX, 1818–1883 - RICHARD SMITH
• JOHN RUSKIN, 1819–1900 - RICHARD SMITH
• FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED, 1822–1903 - R. TERRY SCHNADELBACH
• JOHN MUIR, 1838–1914 - PETER BLAZE CORCORAN
• ANNA BOTSFORD COMSTOCK, 1854–1930 - PETER BLAZE CORCORAN
• RABINDRANATH TAGORE, 1861–1941 - KALYAN SEN GUPTA
• BLACK ELK, 1862–1950 - J. BAIRD CALLICOTT
• JAKOB VON UEXKÜLL, 1864–1944 - CARLO BRENTARI
• FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, 1867–1959 - ROBERT McCARTER
• MAHATMA GANDHI, 1869–1948 - PURUSHOTTAMA BILIMORIA
• ALBERT SCHWEITZER, 1875–1965 - ARA BARSAM AND ANDREW LINZEY
• ALDO LEOPOLD, 1887–1948 - J. BAIRD CALLICOTT
• ROBINSON JEFFERS, 1887–1962 - MICHAEL McDOWELL
• MARTIN HEIDEGGER, 1889–1976 - SIMON P. JAMES
• EVE BALFOUR, 1898–1990 - ERIN GILL
• RACHEL CARSON, 1907–1964 - PETER BLAZE CORCORAN
• LYNN WHITE, JR, 1907–1987 - MICHAEL PAUL NELSON
• MAURICE MERLEAU-PONTY, 1908–1961 - BRYAN E. BANNON
• E.F. SCHUMACHER, 1911–1977 - SATISH KUMAR
• JOHN CAGE, 1912–1992 - PETER JAEGER
• ARNE NAESS, 1912–2009 - DAVID E. COOPER
• JOHN PASSMORE, 1914–2004 - DAVID E. COOPER
• JUDITH WRIGHT, 1915–2000 - NICHOLAS BIRNS
• BARRY COMMONER, 1917–2012 - PETER DREIER
• JAMES LOVELOCK, 1919– - MICHAEL ALLABY
• MARY MIDGLEY, 1919– - ELIZABETH McKINNELL
• MURRAY BOOKCHIN, 1921–2006 - JOHN BARRY
• THICH NHAT HANH, 1926– - ELLI WEISBAUM
• EDWARD OSBORNE WILSON, 1929– - PHILLIP J. GATES
• YI-FU TUAN, 1930– - PAUL C. ADAMS
• PAUL EHRLICH, 1932– - IAN G. SIMMONS
• HOLMES ROLSTON III, 1932– - JACK WEIR
• SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR, 1933– - SARAH E. ROBINSON-BERTONI
• WENDELL BERRY, 1934– - JASON PETERS
• JANE GOODALL, 1934– - MARC BEKOFF
• RUDOLF BAHRO, 1935–1997 - JOHN BARRY
• RODERICK NASH, 1939– - GREGORY GRAVES
• VAL PLUMWOOD, 1939–2008 - NICHOLAS GRIFFIN
• PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW, 1940– - JOHN CHRYSSAVGIS AND FREDERICK W. KRUEGER
• WANGARI MAATHAI, 1940–2011 - MIA MACDONALD
• J. BAIRD CALLICOTT, 1941– - MICHAEL PAUL NELSON
• BOB HUNTER, 1941–2005 - THOMAS E. HART
• SUSAN GRIFFIN, 1943– - CHERYLL GLOTFELTY
• CHICO MENDES, 1944–1988 - JOY A. PALMER COOPER
• BARRY LOPEZ, 1945– - DIANE WARNER
• PETER SINGER, 1946– - PAULA CASAL
• AL GORE, 1948– - THOMAS E. HART
• VANDANA SHIVA, 1952– - LYNETTE J. DUMBLE
• BILL McKIBBEN, 1960– - THOMAS E. HART
• PAVAN SUKHDEV, 1960– - PAUL KNIGHTS AND STIJN NEUTELEERS