[PEN-L:30173] Press to issue complimentary copies of Shoveling Fuel

[Brian M Czech <brianczech@xxxxxxxx>]

The University of California Press will be sending 30 complimentary exam
copies of the new paperback edition of Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train
to professors or teaching assistants who are teaching appropriate
courses, contingent upon my providing the Press with the names and
addresses of the 30.  So please let me know if you are in instructor who
may be interested in using Shoveling Fuel for a course.  You may check
out the Press website, 

http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9057.html 

to get a better idea of the subject matter.  

The hardcover edition has been used in a variety of courses so far, but
basically, these are the following types of courses for which Shoveling
Fuel is most relevant:	

Ecological Economics
Environmental Ethics
Environmental Psychology
Human Dimensions of Conservation Biology
Political Economy 
Politics of Biodiversity Conservation
Politics of Sustainability 
Social Ecology
Sustainability Science 
Transdisciplinary Studies

Of course, I?m hoping courses on the Steady State Revolution will be
taught some day!  

Shoveling Fuel is a fairly equal mix of ecology, economics, and political
science.  It is written at the undergrad/ grad level.  The ecological
focus is on the application of trophic theory and population dynamics to
the human economy.  The economic focus is the historical development of
economic growth theory and the new paradigm of ecological economics.  In
political science terms, it falls under the rubric of ?critical theory?
because it hypothesizes the political corruption of economic growth
theory and policy.  

Shoveling Fuel has also generated some interest among feminists because
of the chapters on the importance of mate selection to sustainability.

I?ll personally send interested instructors a free copy of my 15-minute
video (The Steady State Revolution: Uniting Scientists and Citizens for a
Sustainable Society), which would be a good way to introduce Shoveling
Fuel in a course or to summarize it at the end.

Please include a shipping address in your response.

Brian Czech 
Www.steadystate.org