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Make environmental science personal

More than ever, students are thinking about their choices in a changing environment. The Second Edition of Environmental Science and Sustainability gives students a scientific understanding of the environment while helping them practice decision-making.

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Features of the NEW Second Edition

A new focus on Environmental Justice and its role in
decision-making

A new theme examines the role of environmental justice in past, present, and future environmental decision-making. This theme is in addition to the existing themes of science, sustainability, and context.

Modern and updated coverage, including
IPCC updates

The new IPCC temperature projections and NOAA temperature anomalies data appear in Chapter 11. Chapter 8 covers how decreased pollution levels from COVID lockdowns, created a natural experiment in CO2 levels.

A more personal
learning experience

Sherman and Montgomery make big concepts like climate change and sustainability feel more personal.  Students are asked, “What Would You Do?” and “What Can I Do?” throughout the text to help them realize their own impact.

About the Authors

Daniel Sherman

Daniel Sherman is the Luce-Funded Professor of Environmental Policy and Decision-Making at the University of Puget Sound. Sherman has written Not Here, Not There, Not Anywhere: Politics, Social Movements, and the Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste published by the environmental publisher RFF. He has won the Tom Davis Teaching Excellence Award: University of Puget Sound, and won the Best Conference Paper Award, Annual Conference of the Society for Values in Higher Education for “Sustainability as a Way of Thinking: Tools for Understanding Sustainability as Critical Inquiry and Achieving Integration Across the Higher Education Curriculum.

David Montgomery

David Montgomery is a Professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington. His books, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, King of Fish, and The Rocks Don’t Lie have all won the Washington State Book Award in General Nonfiction. Montgomery’s book, Growing a Revolution, Bringing Our Soil Back to Life, was a finalist for the Penn/E.O. Wilson award for Literary Science Writing. His latest work with W. W. Norton, What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim our Health, published in 2022.

What Instructors Are Saying

“It’s an impressive text that does everything we want it to do. It works well for our online course and in-person courses. This is an accessible interdisciplinary introduction to environmental science and environmental studies.”

—Libby Lunstrum, Boise State University

“I like how the themes are appropriate, up-to-date, and visually stunning.”

—Christopher Murphy, Community College of Philadelphia

“So often, students want to know how to apply knowledge from the chapter to their own lives to improve the planet, even if only in small ways. These "What Can I Do?" sections address this issue and make it personal to the student. The visuals are excellent, catching the reader's eye and emphasizing the core themes throughout the text.”

—Joseph Merdian, Illinois Central College

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