Sustaining the Earth

Sustaining the Earth, 11th Edition, provides basic scientific tools for analyzing and critically understanding modern environmental problems. The textbook explores how ecological challenges and natural resource dilemmas interconnect with practical solutions.

Organized into 14 chapters, the text uses sustainability as an overarching integrating theme. It applies a concept-centered approach that translates complex environmental topics into accessible core principles framed around sustainable lifestyles and human communities.

Instructional features include Connections boxes, which illustrate surprising relationships between broad environmental issues and facets of daily life to help students connect course concepts to the wider world.