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CEJ relies on a variety of disciplines to better define and understand the emerging field of Earth Jurisprudence. Take some time to consult the resources below and if you have a title of your own to recommend, let us know! Additional articles and resources, including papers by students of Earth Jurisprudence, are available on our Publications page, and our series of Viewpoints pages: Earth Jurisprudence, Cosmology, and a Sense of Place.

 
 

ARTICLES
Berry, Thomas. "The Ecozoic Era"
Cullinan, Cormac. "Wild Law and the Challenge of Climate Change."
Originally printed in the journal Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture (London, UK), Issue 37 Winter 2007:116-126.
Eaton, Heather. "Cosmological Ethics? The Great Work." Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion (Brill Academic Publishers) Vol. 5, No. 2-3, July, 2001: pages 157-169.
Harding, Stephan. "Earthly Rights"
Macy, Joanna. "The Great Turning"
Stutzin, Godofredo. "Nature's Rights"
United Nations, World Charter for Nature, 1982
JOURNALS
The Ecologist
a wide-ranging environmental affairs magazine
Orion
reconnects human culture with the natural world, blending scientific thinking with the arts, engaging the heart and mind, and striving to make clear what we all have in common, publishing the work of the writers who are shaping a relationship between nature and a new emerging cultural ethic
features articles on the endangered environment, renewable energy and ecological economics, inspired by E. F. Schumacher who wrote regularly about the perils of chemicals in our food, the simplicity of Buddhist economics and the strength of "Small is Beautiful" and promoting creativity, ecology, spirituality and frugality
World Watch Magazine
explores current issues in energy, population, biodiversity, agriculture, climate change, the economy, politics, and sustainability
Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion
a multi-disciplinary scope on major religious traditions, traditions of indigenous peoples, new religious movements, philosophical belief systems, nature spiritualities, and other worldviews in relation to the environment
Yes! Magazine
supporting a more just and sustainable world with articles on agriculture, arts, community, environment, globalization, health, spirituality, human rights, government, race, science, and education
BOOKS
Barnes, Peter. Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2006.
Barnett, Cynthia. Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S. University of Michigan Press, 2007.
Berry, Thomas. The Dream of the Earth. Sierra Club, 1989.

Berry, Thomas. Evening Thoughts. Sierra Club Books, 2006.
Berry, Thomas. The Great Work: Our Way into the Future. Bell Tower, 1999.
Boff, Leonardo. Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor. Orbis Books, 1997.
Brown, Brian E. Religion, Law, and the Land: Native Americans and the Judicial Interpretation of Sacred Land. Greenwood Press, 1999.
Brown, Lester R.Outgrowing the Earth. W. W. Norton & Co., 2005.
Brown, Lester R. Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble (expanded & updated edition). W. W. Norton & Co., 2006.
Callicott, J. Baird, and Fernando J. R. Da Rocha, editors. Earth Summit Ethics: Toward a Reconstructive Postmodern Philosophy of Environmental Education (S U N Y Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought). State University of New York Press, 1996.
Cullinan, Cormac. Wild Law: A Manifesto for Earth Justice. Green Books (UK), 2002.
Diamond, Michael. If You Can Keep It: A Constitutional Roadmap to Environmental Security. Brass Ring Press, 1996.
Dimento, Joseph. The Global Environment and International Law. University of Texas Press, 2003.
Douglas, Marjory Stoneman. The Everglades: River of Grass. Pinapple Press, 1997 (50th anniversary ed.).
Goldsmith, Edward. The Way: An Ecological Worldview. University of Georgia Press, 1998.
Grunwald, Michael. The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise.* Simon & Schuster, 2006.
*The Swamp was selected as Barry University's 2007-08 common reader
Hartmann, Thom. Unequal Protection. Rodale, 2004.
Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There. Oxford University Press, 1987 (1949).
Murphy, Jeffrie G. and Coleman, Jules L. Philosophy of Law: An Introduction to Jurisprudence. Westview Press, 1990.
Myers, Nancy J., and Carolyn Raffensperger, editors. Precautionary Tools for Reshaping Environmental Policy. The MIT Press, 2005.
Nash, Roderick Frazier. The Rights of Nature. University of Wisconsin Press, 1989.
Orr, David W. The Last Refuge: Patriotism, Politics, and the Environment in an Age of Terror. Island Press, 2004.
Ortega, Roque Roldán, trans. Efraín Sánchez. Indigenous Peoples of Colombia and the Law. The Gaia Foundation (UK).
Raffensperger, Carolyn and Joel Tickner, editors, with foreword by Wes Jackson. Protecting Public Health and the Environment: Implementing The Precautionary Principle. Island Press, 1999.
Reichel-Dolmatoff, Gerardo. The Forest Within: The World-view of the Tukano Amazonian Indians. Themis Books (UK), 1996.
Stone, Christopher D. Should Trees Have Standing? And Other Essays on Law, Morals and the Environment. Oceana Publications, 25th Anniversary Edition, 1996.