The Lewis Mumford Collection contains several volumes of interest, including the following:
Gutkind, Erwin A.
THE EXPANDING ENVIRONMENT; THE END OF CITIES, THE RISE OF COMMUNITIES - HT 361 G88 - Annotated by Lewis Mumford and inscribed to him by the author. -Published in London by Freedom Press in 1953.
REVOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENT - HN 18 G8 - Annotated by Lewis Mumford. - Published in London by K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd. in 1946.
Glikson, Artur
THE ECOLOGICAL BASIS OF PLANNING EDITED BY LEWIS MUMFORD - HT 391 G54 - Annotated and autographed by Lewis Mumford. -Published in The Hague by Nijhoff in 1971.
Carbon Nation by
A documentary movie about climate change SOLUTIONS. Even if you doubt the severity of the impact of climate change or just don't buy it at all, this is still a compelling and relevant film that illustrates how SOLUTIONS to climate change also address other social, economic and national security issues
Journey to Planet Earth by
The programs in the Journey to Planet Earth series explore the fragile relationship between people and the world they inhabit. A common thread runs throughout all the programs: the necessity to achieve a balance between the needs of people and the needs of the environment. Topics covered in the series include the loss of farmland to urban development, the pollution of the Earth's rivers, and inadequate housing and water resources for those living in the world's mega-cities.
Shored Up by
Portrays the complex relationship between humans and the environment, particularly the social, economic, and ecological issues. Focusing on the tragedy of Hurricane Sandy, interprets the depths of these multiple perspectives.
There Once Was an Island by
Set in the unique Pacific community of Takū, the film follows the lives of Satty, Telo and Endar as they face the first devastating effects of climate change. Two visiting scientists offer advice but in the wake of a terrifying flood the islanders must decide whether to stay with their island or move to an unfamiliar land, leavingtheir culture and language behind forever."
A Naturalist along the Jersey Shore by
Come for a journey along the Jersey shore with naturalist and ecologist Joanna Burger! In these deeply felt, closely observed personal essays, Burger invokes the intertwined lives of naturalist and wild creatures at the ever-changing edge of ocean and land. Discover with her the delicate mating dances of fiddler crabs, the dangers to piping plovers, the swarming of fish communities into the bays and estuaries, the trilling notes of Fowler's toads, and the subtle green-grays of salt marshes. Joanna Burger knows the shore through all its seasons--the first moment of spring when the herring gulls arrive on ice-gouged salt marshes, the end of spring when the great flocks of shorebirds come to feed on horseshoe crab eggs at Cape May, the summer when the peregrine hunts its prey, the fall when the migrations of hawks and monarch butterflies attract watchers from around the world, and the depths of winter when a lone snowy owl sweeps across snow-covered dunes and frozen bay. This is a book that anyone who loves the Jersey shore will cherish! And because so many of these wonderful creatures live all along the Atlantic coast, it will be of equal interest to beach-lovers, naturalists, bird-watchers, fishermen, and coastal and marine scientists from North Carolina to Maine.
Seven Superstorms of the Northeast by
From the Blizzard of 1888 to the Great Appalachian Storm of 1950, this storm book reveals the majesty and terror of the major storms to hit the mid-Atlantic region and New England. Truly a book for weather buffs--analysis of storms, filled with meteorological facts and details, this book is also for anyone who finds it impossible to turn away from breathtaking accounts of natural forces at their most powerful. Blizzards, hurricanes, northeasters and compelling stories are illustrated with historical weather maps and photographs, showing weather in all its worst fury and beauty.
