What is Education For?: A Review Essay

Reviewed Titles: Orr, David W. Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect (Island Press, 1994; 2004); Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World (SUNY, 1992); and The Nature of Design: Ecology, Culture, and Human Intention (Oxford University Press, 2002)

The Vascular Flora of Gitchie Manitou State Preserve, Lyon County, Iowa

Gitchie Manitou State Preserve in Lyon Co., Iowa is unique for its relict prairie and quartzite flora. The vascular flora inventoried in 1974-1976 includes 328 species from 66 families. Seven plant communities are described: native prairie, plants of quartzite outcrops, secondary succession grassland, Jasper Pool woods, plants of Jasper Pool mudbank and littoral zone, Big Sioux River flood plain woodland, plants of disturbed areas. Species reported by others are noted and discussed

Rosalind Franklin and DNA (Book Review)

Reviewed Title: Rosalind Franklin and DNA by Anne Sayre, W. W. Norton & Co., 1975, 221 pages

Environment and the Christian: What Can We Learn from the New Testament? (Book Review)

Reviewed Title: The Environment and the Christian: What Can We Learn from the New Testament? edited by Calvin B. De Witt (Grand Rapids: Baker) 1991. 156 pages

Whatever Happened to Eden? (Book Review)

Reviewed Title: Whatever Happened to Eden? by John R. Sheaffer and Raymond H. Brand, 1980, Tyndale

Christians, the Care of Creation, and Global Climate Change (Book Review)

Reviewed Title: Scott, Lindy (ed). Christians, the Care of Creation, and Global Climate Change. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2008. 144pp. ISBN 13:978-1-55635-844-9

Living the Good Life on God\u27s Good Earth (Book Review)

Reviewed Title: Koetje, David S. (ed). Living the Good Life on God’s Good Earth. Grand Rapids: Faith Alive Christian Resources, 2006. 83 pages. ISBN 1-59255-292-7

Economics, Ecology, and the Roots of Western Faith: Perspectives from the Garden

Reviewed Title: Economics, Ecology, and the Roots of Western Faith: Perspectives from the Garden, a book by Robert R. Gottfried (Rowman and Littlefield, 1995). 165 pages

Bioethics: Overview and Context, a Landscape of Issues

This article is based on Dr. Vander Zee\u27s opening presentation at the Dordt College Bioethics Conference held February 19-20, 1996