Environmental Communication Books

This bibliography is a list of books that deal substantially with matters of environmental communication, broadly defined. This list should serve as a good overview of the field.

Table of Contents

• General Environmental Communication Textbooks
• General Environmental Communication Anthologies
• Conference Proceedings
• Environmental Language, Rhetoric and Discourse
• Mass Media and Environmental Affairs
• Popular Culture / Green Cultural Studies
• Public Participation / Environmental Conflict
• Public Relations / Greenwashing
• Environmental Communication Skills
• Environmental Journalism Handbooks

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General Environmental Communication Textbooks

Corbett, Julia B. (2006) Communicating Nature: How We Create and Understand Environmental Messages. Washington: Island Press. Publisher's Web Page

Cox, Robert. (2010) Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. Publisher's Web Page

Hendry, Judith. (2010) Communication and the Natural World. State College, PA: Strata Publishing. Publisher's Web Page

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General Environmental Communication Anthologies

Cantrill, James G. and Oravec, Christine L. (eds.). (1996) The Symbolic Earth: Discourse and Our Creation of the Environment. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. Publisher's Web Page

Herndl, Carl G. and Brown, Stuart C. (eds.). (1996) Green Culture: Environmental Rhetoric in Contemporary America. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. Publisher's Web Page

Moser, Susanne C. and Dilling, Lisa (eds.). (2006) Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating Social Change. New York: Cambridge University Press. Publisher's Web Page

Muir, Star A. and Veenendall, Thomas L. (eds.). (1996) Earthtalk: Communication Empowerment for Environmental Action. Westport: Praeger Press. Publisher's Web Page

Waddell, Craig (ed.). (1997) Landmark Essays on Rhetoric and the Environment. Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associate. Publisher's Web Page

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Conference Proceedings

Aepli, Marie-France; Delicath, John W. and Depoe, Stephen P. (eds.). (2001) Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference on Communication and Environment. Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati. Web Page

Cantrill, James and Killingsworth, M.J. (eds.). (1993) Proceedings of The Conference on Communication and Our Environment. Marquette, MI: Northern Michigan University. Web Page

Oravec, Christine and Cantrill, James G. (eds.). (1992) Proceedings of The Conference on the Discourse of Environmental Advocacy. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Humanities Center. Web Page

Sachsman, David B.; Salomone, Kandice, and Senecah, Susan (eds.). (1995) Proceedings of The Conference on Communication and our Environment. Chattanooga: The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Web Page

Scott, Daniel, et al (eds.). (2000) Climate Change Communication: Proceedings of an International Conference. Waterloo: University of Waterloo. PDF file

Seitz, Eleanor; Wagner, Travis P.; and Lindenfeld, Laura (eds.). (2010) Environmental Communication as a Nexus: Proceedings of the 10th Biennial Conference on Communication and the Environment. Orono, ME: University of Maine, Department of Communication & Journalism. Web Page

Senecah, Susan (ed.). (1997) Proceedings of The Conference on Communication and Environment. Syracuse: State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Web Page

Short, C. Brant and Hardy-Short, Dayle (eds.). (2001) Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial Conference on Communication and Environment. Flagstaff: Northern Arizona University School of Communication. Web Page

Sowards, Stacey (ed). (2012) Across Borders and Environments: Communication and Environmental Justice in International Contexts (proceedings of the Eleventh Biennial Conference on Communication and the Environment). Cincinnati: International Environmental Communication Association. Publisher's Web Page

Walker, Gregg B. and Kinsella, William J (eds.). (2005) Finding our Way(s in Environmental Communication: Proceedings of the Seventh Biennial Conference on Communication and the Environment. Corvalis: Department of Speech Communication, Oregon State University. Web Page

Willard, Barb and Green, Chris (eds.). (2008) Communication at the Intersection of Nature and Culture: Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial Conference on Communication and the Environment. Chicago: College of Communication, DePaul University. Web Page

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Environmental Language, Rhetoric and Discourse

Benton, Lisa M. and Short, John R. (1999) Environmental Discourse and Practice. Oxford: Blackwell. Publisher's Web Page

DeLuca, Kevin. (1999) Image Politics: The New Rhetoric of Environmental Activism. New York: Guilford Press. Publisher's Web Page

Dryzek, John S. (2005) The Politics of the Earth: Environmental Discourses (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. Publisher's Web Page

Ehrlich, Paul and Ehrlich, Anne. (1996) Betrayal of Science and Reason: How Anti-Environmental Rhetoric Threatens Our Future. Island Press. Publisher's Web Page

Endres, Danielle, Sprain, Leah and Peterson, Tarla Rai (eds.). (2009) Social Movement for Climate Change: Local Action for Global Change. Amherst, NY: Cambria. Publisher's Web Page

Fill, Alwin and Mühlhäusler, Peter (eds.). (2001) The Ecolinguistics Reader: Language, Ecology, and Environment. London: Continuum. Publisher's Web Page

Hannigan, John. (1995) Environmental Sociology: A Social Constructionist Perspective. New York: Routledge. Publisher's Web Page

Hannigan, John. (2006) Environmental Sociology (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge. Publisher's Web Page

Harré, Rom; Brockmeier, Jens and Mühlhäusler, Peter. (1999) Greenspeak: A Study of Environmental Discourse. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. Publisher's Web Page

Killingsworth, M.J. and Palmer, Jackie. (1992) Ecospeak: Rhetoric and Environmental Politics in America. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. Publisher's Web Page

Larson, Brendon. (2011) Metaphors for Environmental Sustainability: Redefining Our Relationship with Nature. New Haven: Yale University Press. Publisher's Web Page

Myerson, George and Rydin, Yvonne. (1996) The Language of Environment: A New Rhetoric. Vancouver: UBC Press. Publisher's Web Page

Peterson, Tarla Rai. (1997) Sharing the Earth: The Rhetoric of Sustainable Development. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. Publisher's Web Page

Peterson, Tarla Rai (ed.). (2004) Green Talk in the White House: The Rhetorical Presidency Encounters Ecology. College Station: Texas A and M University Press. Publisher's Web Page

Pezzullo, Phaedra C. (2007) Toxic Tourism: Rhetorics of Pollution, Travel, and Environmental Justice. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. Publisher's Web Page

Sandler, Ronald D. and Pezzullo, Phaedra C. (eds.). (2007) Environmental Justice and Environmentalism: The Social Justice Challenge to the Environmental Movement. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Publisher's Web Page

Short, Brant. (1989) Ronald Reagan and the Public Lands: America's Conservation Debate, 1979-1984. College Station: Texas A and M University Press. Publisher's Web Page

Taylor, Bryan C.; Kinsella, William J.; Depoe, Stephen P. and Metzler, Maribeth S. (eds). (2007) Nuclear Legacies: Communication, Controversy, and the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex. Lanham: Lexington Books. Publisher's Web Page

Waddell, Craig. (2000) And No Birds Sing: Rhetorical Analyses of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. Publisher's Web Page

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Mass Media and Environmental Affairs

Allan, Stuart; Adam, Barbara and Carter, Cynthia. (1999) Environmental Risks and the Media. New York: Routledge. Publisher's Web Page

Anderson, Alison. (1997) Media, Culture and the Environment. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Publisher's Web Page

Backes, David. (1991) Canoe Country: An Embattled Wilderness. Minocqua, WI: NorthWord Press, Inc.

Boyce, Tammy and Lewis, Justin (eds.). (2009) Climate Change and the Media. New York: Peter Lang. Publisher's Web Page

Chapman, Graham; Kumar, Keval; Fraser, Caroline and Gaver, Ivor. (1997) Environmentalism and the Mass Media: The North-South Divide. London: Routledge. Publisher's Web Page

Clow, Michael and Machum, Susan. (1993) Stifling Debate: Canadian Newspapers and Nuclear Power. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing. Publisher's Web Page

Dale, Stephen. (1996) McLuhan's Children: The Greenpeace Message and the Media. Toronto: Between the Lines. Publisher's Web Page

Friedman, Sharon; Dunwoody, Sharon and Rogers, Carol. (1986) Scientists and Journalists: Reporting Science as News. New York: Free.

Gauntlett, David. (1996) Video Critical: Children, the Environment and Media Power. Luton: John Libbey Media. Publisher's Web Page

Hansen, Anders. (2010) Environment, Media and Communication. London: Routledge. Publisher's Web Page

Hansen, Anders (ed.). (1993) The Mass Media and Environmental Issues. Leicester: Leicester University Press.

LaMay, Craig and Dennis, Everette (eds.). (1991) Media and the Environment. Washington: Island Press. Publisher's Web Page

Lester, Libby. (2010) Media and Environment: Conflict, Politics and the News. Cambridge: Polity. Publisher's Web Page

McKibben, Bill. (1992) The Age of Missing Information. New York, Random House. Publisher's Web Page

Nelkin, Dorothy. (1987) Selling Science: How the Press Covers Science and Technology. New York: W.H. Freeman. Publisher's Web Page

Neuzil, Mark and Kovarik, Bill. (1996) Mass Media and Environmental Conflict: America's Green Crusades. Thousand Oaks: Sage. Publisher's Web Page

Neuzil, Mark and Train, Russell. (2008) The Environment and the Press: From Adventure Writing to Advocacy. Evanston: Northwestern University Press. Publisher's Web Page

Priest, Susanna Hornig. (2001) A Grain Of Truth: The Media, The Public, and Biotechnology. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield. Publisher's Web Page

Rose, Tom. (1989) Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World's Greatest Non-Event. London: Birch Lane Press.

Rubin, David and Sachs, David. (1973) Mass Media and the Environment: Water Resources, Land Use and Atomic Energy in California. London: Praeger. Publisher's Web Page

Sachsman, David B.; Simon, James; Valenti, JoAnn Myer. (2010) Environment reporters in the 21st century. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, Inc. Publisher's Web Page

Sandman, Peter; Sachsman, David; Greenberg, Michael and Gochfeld, Michael. (1987) Environmental Risk and the Press: An Exploratory Assessment. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, Inc. Publisher's Web Page

Shanahan, James and McComas, Katherine. (1999) Nature Stories: Depictions of the Environment and their Effects. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. Publisher's Web Page

Smith, Conrad. (1992) Media and Apocalypse: News Coverage of the Yellowstone Forest Fires, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, and Loma Prieta Earthquake. Westport: Greenwood Press. Publisher's Web Page

Smith, Joe. (2000) The Daily Globe: Environmental Change, The Public and the Media. London: Earthscan. Publisher's Web Page

Walters, L.M.; Wilkins, Lee and Walters, T. (eds.). (1989) Bad Tidings: Communication and Catastrophe. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Publisher's Web Page

Wilkins, Lee. (1987) Shared Vulnerability: The Media and American Perceptions of the Bhopal Disaster. New York: Greenwood Press. Publisher's Web Page

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Popular Culture / Green Cultural Studies

Bousé, Derek. (2000) Wildlife Films. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Publisher's Web Page

Brereton, Pat. (2004) Hollywood Utopia: Ecology in Contemporary American Cinema. Bristol: Intellect. Publisher's Web Page

Burgess, Jaquelin and Gold, J.R. (eds.). (1985) Geography, the Media and Popular Culture. London: Croom-Helm. Publisher's Web Page

Davis, Susan G. (1997) Spectacular Nature: Corporate Culture and the Sea World Experience. Berkeley: University of California Press. Publisher's Web Page

Dobrin, Sidney I. and Morey, Sean (eds.). (2009) Ecosee: Image, Rhetoric, Nature. Albany: State University of New York Press. Publisher's Web Page

Hochman, Jhan. (1998) Green Cultural Studies: Nature in Film, Novel, and Theory. Moscow, ID: University of Idaho Press.

Ingram, David. (2000) Green Screen: Environmentalism and Hollywood Cinema. Exeter: University of Exeter Press. Publisher's Web Page

Jagtenberg, Tom and McKie, David. (1997) Eco-Impacts and the Greening of Postmodernity: New Maps For Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, And Sociology. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. Publisher's Web Page

Meister, Mark and Japp, Phyllis M. (2002) Enviropop: Studies in Environmental Rhetoric and Popular Culture. Westport: Praeger. Publisher's Web Page

Mitman, Gregg. (1999) Reel Nature: America's Romance with Wildlife on Film. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Publisher's Web Page

Murray, Robin L. and Heumann, Joseph K.. (2009) Ecology and Popular Film: Cinema on the Edge. Albany: State University of New York Press. Publisher's Web Page

Murray, Robin L. and Heumann, Joseph K.. (2011) That's All Folks? Ecocritical Readings of American Animated Features. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Publisher's Web Page

Murray, Robin L. and Heumann, Joseph K.. (2012) Gunfight at the Eco-Corral: Western Cinema and the Environment. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Publisher's Web Page

Parker, Lea, J. (2002) Ecoculture: Environmental Messages in Music, Art, and Literature. Dubuque: Kendall Hunt. Publisher's Web Page

Price, Jennifer. (1999) Flight Maps: Adventures with Nature in Modern America. New York: Basic Books. Publisher's Web Page

Wilson, Alexander. (1991) The Culture of Nature: North American Landscape from Disney to the Exxon Valdez. Toronto: Between The Lines. Publisher's Web Page

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Public Participation / Environmental Conflict

Beierle, Thomas C. and Cayford, Jerry. (2002) Democracy In Practice: Public Participation in Environmental Decisions. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins. Publisher's Web Page

Daniels, Steven E. and Walker, Gregg B. (2001) Working Through Environmental Conflict: The Collaborative Learning Approach. Westport: Praeger. Publisher's Web Page

Depoe, Stephen P.; Delicath, John W. and Elsenbeer, Marie-France Aepli. (2004) Communication and Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making. Albany: State University of New York Press. Publisher's Web Page

O'Leary, Rosemary and Bingham, Lisa B. (2003) The Promise And Performance Of Environmental Conflict Resolution. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins. Publisher's Web Page

Pickerill, Jenny. (2003) Cyberprotest: Environmental Activism Online. Manchester: Manchester University Press. Publisher's Web Page

Richardson, Mary; Sherman, Joan and Gismondi, Michael. (1993) Winning Back the Words: Confronting Experts in an Environmental Public Hearing. Toronto: Garamond Press. Publisher's Web Page

Williams, Bruce A. and Matheny, Albert R. (1995) Democracy, Dialogue, and Environmental Disputes: The Contested Languages of Social Regulation. New Haven: Yale University Press. Publisher's Web Page

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Public Relations / Greenwashing

Beder, Sharon. (2002) Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism (revised ed.). White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishing. Publisher's Web Page

Flattau, Edward. (1998) Tracking the Charlatans: An Environmental Columnist's Refutational Handbook for the Propaganda Wars. Washington: Global Horizons Press.

Greer, Jed and Bruno, Kenny. (1996) Greenwash: The Reality Behind Corporate Environmentalism. New York: Apex Press. Publisher's Web Page

Hager, Nicky and Burton, Bob. (2000) Secrets and Lies: The Anatomy of an Anti-Environmental PR Campaign. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press. Publisher's Web Page

Hoggan, James and Littlemore, Richard. (2009) Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming. Vancouver: Greystone Books. Publisher's Web Page

Oreskes, Naomi and Conway, Erik. (2010) Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. New York: Bloomsbury. Publisher's Web Page

Smith, Toby M. (1998) The Myth of Green Marketing: Tending Our Goats at the Edge of Apocalypse. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Publisher's Web Page

Stauber, John and Rampton, Sheldon. (1995) Toxic Sludge is Good for You!: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press. Publisher's Web Page

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Environmental Communication Skills

Beamish, Richard. (1995) Getting the Word Out in the Fight to Save the Earth. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Publisher's Web Page

Biodiversity Project. (2002) Ethics for a Small Planet: A Communications Handbook on the Ethical and Theological Reasons for Protecting Biodiversity. Madison: Biodiversity Project. Publisher's Web Page

Crompton, Tom, and Kasser, Tim. (2009) Meeting Environmental Challenges-The Role of Human Identity. Godalming, Surrey: WWF-UK's Strategies for Change Project. Publisher's Web Page

Day, Brian A. and Monroe, Martha C. (eds.). (2000) Environmental Education and Communication for a Sustainable World: Handbook for International Practitioners. Washington: Academy for Educational Development. PDF file

Hayes, Richard and Grossman, Daniel. (2006) A Scientist's Guide to Talking with the Media: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Publisher's Web Page

Jacobson, Susan K. (1999) Communication Skills for Conservation Professionals. Washington: Island Press. Publisher's Web Page

Jurin, Richard; Roush, Donald; and Danter, Jeff. (2010) Environmental Communication: Skills and Principles for Natural Resource Managers, Scientists, and Engineers (2nd ed.). New York: Springer-Verlag. Publisher's Web Page

Leal Filho, Walter. (2000) Communicating Sustainability. New York: Peter Lang. Publisher's Web Page

McKenzie-Mohr, Doug. (1996) Promoting a Sustainable Future: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing. Ottawa: National Roundtable on Environment and Economy. PDF file

McKenzie-Mohr, Doug and Smith, William. (1999) Fostering Sustainable Behaviour: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers. Publisher's Web Page

McKenzie-Mohr, Doug; Lee, Nancy; Schultz, P. Wesley; and Kotler, Philip. (2012) Social Marketing to Protect the Environment: What Works. Los Angeles: Sage. Publisher's Web Page

Oepen, Manfred and Hamacher, Winfried. (2000) Communicating the Environment: Environmental Communication for Sustainable Development. New York: Peter Lang. Publisher's Web Page

Olson, Randy. (2009) Don't be such a Scientist. Washington: Island Press. Publisher's Web Page

Parker, Lea J.. (1997) Environmental Communication: Messages, Media and Methods: A Handbook for Advocates and Organizations. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. Publisher's Web Page

Tyson, Ben and Hurd, D. Mercedes. (2009) Social Marketing Environmental Issues. Bloomington: iUniverse. Publisher's Web Page

Whitmarsh, Lorraine; O'Neill, Saffron and Lorenzoni, Irene. (2010) Engaging the Public with Climate Change: Behaviour Change and Communication. London: Routledge. Publisher's Web Page

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Environmental Journalism Handbooks

Friedman, Sharon and Freidman, Kenneth. (1988) Reporting on the Environment: A Handbook for Journalists. Bethlehem, PA: Department of Journalism and Communication, Lehigh University.

Frome, Michael. (1998) Green Ink: An Introduction to Environmental Journalism. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. Publisher's Web Page

Goldberg, David. (1999) Covering Urban Sprawl: Rethinking the American Dream. Washington: RTNDF. Publisher's Web Page

Keating, Michael. (1992) Covering the Environment: A Handbook on Environmental Journalism. Ottawa: National Roundtable on Environment and Economy. Publisher's Web Page

Luechtefeld, Lori. (2004) Covering Pollution: An Investigative Reporter's Guide. Columbia, MO: Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. Publisher's Web Page

Ward, Bud. (2003) Reporting on Climate Change: Understanding the Science (3rd. ed.). Washington: Environmental Law Institute. Publisher's Web Page

Ward, Bud. (2008) Communicating on Climate Change: An Essential Resource for Journalists, Scientists, and Educators. Narragansett, RI: Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography. Web Page

West, Bernadette; Sandman, Peter M. and Greenberg, Michael R. (1995) The Reporter's Environmental Handbook. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Publisher's Web Page