Environmental Science (Centripetal Softcover)
Environmental Science (Centripetal Softcover)
Environmental science is an important study for all upper-level students. The environmental challenges we face today from pollution, resource exploitation, and climate change require a new generation of people who care about the Earth. Helping students to know and love the natural world has never been more important than it is today. To nurture this love, Environmental Science is grounded in the wonder we experience when we encounter the natural world.
Environmental Science covers all the topics included in the AP Environmental Science syllabus and gives significant attention to historical milestones, the roles of governmental and nonprofit organizations, and the complexities of politics and policy. The text emphasizes what we know and what we can do, while exhorting students to have hope while working to care for the world in which they live.
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Specifications
Specifications
Paperback
ISBN: 9781600517778
Pages: 628
Dimensions:6.75in x 9.75in
Contributors
Contributors
Mark McReynolds PhD, Author
Mark McReynolds has been interested in the natural world for a long time. Rockhounds and Webb School’s paleontology museum introduced Mark to geology as a high school student. A BS in Recreation Resource Management from Northern Arizona University expanded his interests to include all of nature. Karen, his wife of 45 years in 2025 and mother of three great kids, introduced Mark to birdwatching, which spawned a passion for world travel to add new species to his lifetime bird list and a PhD focused on birds.
Mark attended what is now Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary, earning a three-year Master of Divinity degree with a Christian Education major. Combining nature and faith led to many summers of camping and seven years directing Mission Springs’ residential outdoor education. There were shorter stints at a nature center, directing three summers of USFS-funded forestry camps for teachers, and salmon fieldwork with California Fish and Game. That led to four years of work in Belize’s rainforest co-directing Jaguar Creek, a solar-run conference center and research site run by an environmental organization. Mark and his wife had previously served five years in the Dominican Republic.
Mark earned a doctorate in environmental studies from Antioch University New England, working with a flashy overseas endangered species, Scarlet Macaws in Belize. The PhD led to starting and leading an environmental science major at a large university for seven years. Mark then became an A Rocha USA staff member for three years, conducting beach plastic research and teaching environmental education at the local ministry, Pomona Hope. While teaching, he spent seven years on the A Rocha USA Board. Mark is an ordained pastor in the Mennonite Church, an Audubon Society member, and a board member for a Sierra Club lodge. Most recently, Mark coordinates Pomona Hope’s Center Street Community Garden program and leads the water company that services his 6,000-ft-elevation cabin in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Karen Edminster McReynolds MS, Author
Karen has been a lover of nature since she was a child; she still has notebooks recording bird observations from when she was seven. Growing up in the countryside of rural Merced County in the center of California allowed lots of space for curiosity and observations, which have served her well in studying science. She completed a bachelor’s degree in Physical Geography from Northern Arizona University and a Master’s in Natural Science from San Jose State University. These degrees prepare her well for the multi-disciplinary field of Environmental Science.
Karen comes from a teaching family, and teaching about this natural world comes easily for her. She has taught at Merced College, Yuba College, William Jessup University, Biola University and Hope International University where she is currently an Associate Professor of Science. She teaches General Biology, Biology for Educators, Earth Science and Environmental Science regularly, and Tropical Ecosystems as often as possible. This course includes travel to Belize, where Karen was co-director with Mark for four years of a rainforest conference and retreat center called Jaguar Creek. Going to sleep to the roars of howler monkeys was a highlight from those years.
Karen met her husband Mark at Northern Arizona University, which they both attended despite being native Californians. She has three adult children who all have excellent spouses and have produced a total of seven marvelous grandchildren so far. Her favorite things to do include relaxing at the family’s cabin in the San Gabriel Mountains, traveling, swimming, and looking for birds.
