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ENS237 Ecopsychology and the Crisis of Relationship
Masaryk University
 
 
 
 
 
 
 October 2008
Available reading materials ­ library books and papers
There's a LOT of literature available to you here, even without searching for
more yourself (which of course you can do). Of course, you do not have to read more
than the book chapters I have put on the web site. Everything else is there so that those
of you who develop a particular interest or want to know more about one particular
thing can do so more easily. You'll see I've included a number of references to people's
relationships to animals, which is an area we have not had time to go into but which
you might still find interesting.
If you look up any of these references and cannot find them either in the library
catalogue or as PDF copies (papers or selected chapters) on the course web site, they
are either on order and still to arrive or exist as paper copies in the yellow folder in
office 3.14 ­ ask Dr Johanisova or Ivona Tolarová when you want to borrow them
(please return them after you have read them).
Books are in larger type size; the three in bold are the critical set texts
and you should definitely look at them.
Aldridge, J. and J. Sempik (2002). Social and Therapeutic Horticulture: evidence and
messages from research. Loughborough, Centre for Child and Family Research,
Loughborough University: 4.
Arluke, A. (2001). "Children Who Supernurture Animals: A Call for Sociological (and
Other) Study." Anthrozoos 14(2): 66-71.

Baenninger, R. (1995). "Some consequences of animal domestication for humans."
Anthrozoos 8(2): 69-.
Barnes, S. (2008). How To Be Wild. London, Short Books.
Bell, P. A., T. C. Greene, et al. (1996). Environmental psychology. Fort
Worth, Harcourt Brace.
Bird, W. (2007). Natural Thinking: Investigating the links between the Natural
Environment, Biodiversity and Mental Health, RSPB: 116.
Canter, D. M. E. (1999). Journal of Environmental Psychology 19(2): 101-207.

Chawla, L. (1999). "Life paths into effective environmental action." Journal of
Environmental Education 31(1): 15-26.
Chawla, L. and R. A. Hart (1995). "The roots of environmental concern." NAMTA
journal 20(1): 148-157.
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Chipeniuk, R. (1995). "Childhood foraging as a means of acquiring competent human
cognition about biodiversity." Environment and Behavior 27: 490-512.

Clayton, S. and S. Opotow (2003). Identity and the Natural Environment:
The Psychological Significance of Nature, MIT Press.

Clinebell, H. (1996). Ecotherapy : healing ourselves, healing the earth;
a guide to ecologically grounded personality theory, spirituality,
therapy, and education. Minneapolis, Fortress Press.
Cobb, E. (1993). The ecology of imagination in childhood, Spring Publications.

Conn, S. A. "The Self-World Connection." Woman of Power(20): 71-77.

Cooper Marcus, C. (1997). "Nature as Healer: Therapeutic Benefits in Outdoor
Places." Nordic Journal of Architecture Research (Nordisk Arkitekturforskning) 10(1):
8-20.

Countryside Recreation Network A Countryside for Health and Wellbeing: The
Physical and Mental Health Benefits of Green Exercise; Executive summary. Sheffield,
Countryside Recreation Network: 4.
Cushman, Philip (1990). "Why the Self is Empty: Toward a Historically Situated
Psychology." American Psychologist: 599-611.
Dunlap, R. E. and K. D. Van Liere (1978). "The 'New Environmental Paradigm' : A
proposed measuring instrument and preliminary results." Journal of Environmental
Education 9: 10-19.

Fiedeldey, A. C. (1994). "Wild animals in a wilderness setting : An ecosystemic
experience?" Anthrozoos 7(2): 113-123.
Fisher, A. (1996). "Toward a more radical ecopsychology." Alternatives 22(3): 20-26.
Francis, M. (1995). "Childhooďs garden : Memory and meaning of gardens." Childrens
Environments 12(2): 183.

Gage, M. G. and S. Magnuson-Martinson (1988). "Intergenerational continuity of
attitudes and values about dogs." Anthrozoos 1(4): 232-239.
Gosling, S. D. and O. P. John (1999). "Personality dimensions in non-human animals :
A cross-species review." Current Directions in Psychological Science 8(3): 69-75.
Guisinger, S. and S. J. Blatt (1994). "Individuality and relatedness: Evolution of a
fundamental dialectic." American Psychologist 49(2): 104-111.
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Harrison, C., J. Burgess, et al. (1995). Accessible natural greenspace in towns and
cities: A review of appropriate size and distance criteria. English Nature Research
Report. Peterborough, English Nature: 1-49.

Hendee, J. C. E. i. C. (2001). "International Journal of Wilderness." International
Journal of Wilderness 7(3): 1-48.
Higgins, P. (1996). "Connection and consequence in outdoor education." Journal of
Adventure Education and Outdoor Leadership 13(2): 34-39.

Hines, J., H. Hungerford, et al. (1986). "Analysis and synthesis of research on
responsible environmental behavior : A meta-analysis." Journal of Environmental
Education 18(2): 1-8.

Jorgenson, D. O. (1978). "Measurement of desire for control of the physical
environment." Psychological Reports 42(22): 603-608.
Kahn Jr., P. H. (2001). The human relationship with nature : Development
and culture. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press.
Kaplan, R. and S. Kaplan (1989). The experience of nature : a
psychological perspective. Cambridge; New York, Cambridge UP.
Keepin, W. (1991). "Toward an ecological psychology." ReVision : a Journal of
Consciousness and Transformation 14(2): 90-100.

Kempton, W., J. S. Boster, et al. (1995). Environmental values in American culture.
Cambridge, MA, MIT.
Kidner, D. W. (2001). Nature and psyche : Radical environmentalism and
the politics of subjectivity. Albany, SUNY.
Lane, M. "Environmentally Responsible Behavior: Does it Really Matter What We
Believe?" Planning Forum 6: 33-39.
Leopold, A. (1949). The Land Ethic. A Sand County Almanac: 201-228.
Lewis, C. A. (1996). Green nature/human nature : The meaning of plants
in our lives, University of Illinois Press.
Louv, R. (2008). Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From
Nature-Deficit Disorder, Algonquin Books.

Mack, J. E. (1991). "Inventing a psychology of our relationship to the earth."
ReVision : a Journal of Consciousness and Transformation 14(2): 102-107.

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Maguire, E. A., D. G. Gadian, et al. (2000). "Navigation-related structural change in
the hippocampi of taxi drivers." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97:
4398-4403.
Maloney, M. P. and M. P. Ward (1973). "Ecology : Leťs hear from the people."
American Psychologist 28: 583-586.
Mathews, F. (1991). The ecological self. London, Routledge.
Mayer, F. S. and C. M. Frantz (2004). "The connectedness to nature scale: A measure
of individuals' feeling in community with nature." Journal of Environmental
Psychology 24(4): 503-515.
Melson, G. F. (1990). "Studying children's attachment to their pets : A conceptual and
methodological review." Anthrozoos 4(2): 91-99.
Milton, K. (2002). Loving nature : Towards an ecology of emotion.
London, Brunner-Routledge.

MIND. Ecotherapy ­ the green agenda for mental health, Mind: 36.
Morris, N. (2003). Health, well-being and open space : Literature review. Edinburgh,
OPENspace: the research centre for inclusive access to outdoor environments,
Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt University: 40.
O'Riordan, T. (1977). "Environmental ideologies." Environment and Planning A 9(1):
3-14.

Palmer, J. A. and J. Suggate (1996). "Influences and experiences affecting the proenvironmental
behaviour of educators." Environmental Education Research 2(1):
109-123.

Parkin, D. (1998). "Is outdoor education environmental education?" International
Journal of Environmental Education and Information 17(3): 275-286.

Paul, E. S. and J. A. Serpell (1993). "Childhood pet keeping and humane attitudes in
young adulthood." Animal Welfare 2(4): 321-337.

Pelletier, L. G., S. Dion, et al. (1999). "Why do people fail to adopt environmental
protective behaviors? Toward a taxonomy of environmental motivation." Journal of
Applied Social Psychology 29(12): 2481-2504.
Plotkin, B. (2008). Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness
and Community in a Fragmented World. Novato, CA, New World Library.
Reser, J. P. (1995). "Wither environmental psychology? : the transpersonal
ecopsychology crossroads." Journal of Environmental Psychology 15(3): 235-257.

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Rohde, C. L. E. and A. D. Kendle (1994). Human well-being, natural landscapes and
wildlife in urban areas : a review, English Nature.

Roszak, T., M. E. Gomes, et al., Eds. (1995). Ecopsychology :
Restoring the earth, healing the mind. San Francisco, Sierra Club.

Schroeder, H. W. (1996). Psyche, nature and mystery : some psychological
perspectives on the values of natural environments. Nature and the human spirit :
toward an expanded land management ethic. B. L. e. a. Driver: 81-95.
Seymour, L. (2003). Nature and psychological well-being. English Nature Research
Reports. Peterborough, English Nature: 20.
Sigman, A. (2004). A plant a day keeps the doctor away : The case for an RDA for
plants, Horticultural Trades Association: 11.
Sivek, D. J. and H. R. Hungerford (1989/90). "Predictors of environmentally
responsible behavior in members of three Wisconsin conservation organizations."
Journal of Environmental Education 21(2): 35-40.

Thomas, G. and G. Thompson (2004). A chilďs place : Why environment matters to
children. London, Green Alliance/DEMOS: 21.
Triebenbacher, S. L. (1998). "Pets as transitional objects : Their role in children's
emotional development." Psychological Reports 82(1): 191-200.
Ulrich, R. S. (1983). "View through a window may influence recovery from surgery."
Science 224(4647): 420-421.
Vaske, J. J. and K. C. Kobrin (2001). "Place attachment and environmentally
responsible behavior." Journal of Environmental Education 32(4): 16-22.

White, R. (2003). Benefits for children of play in nature. Kansas City, MO, White
Hutchinson Leisure & Learning Group: 3.
Williams, K. and D. Harvey (2001). "Transcendent Experience in Forest
Environments." Journal of Environmental Psychology 21: 249-260.
Wilson, C., F. Netting, et al. (1988). "The pet attitude inventory." Anthrozoos 1(2):
76-84.

Winter, D. D. N. (1996). Ecological psychology : healing the split
between planet and self. New York, HarperCollins.