March 8, 1995 Contact: Barbara McKenna (408/459-2495) Eric Schoeck (408/462-4415)

FOUR AUTHORS TO DISCUSS ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SANTA CRUZ, CA--Four scholars from the University of California, Santa Cruz, who have recently published books exploring aspects of the environment and environmental politics will gather for a talk and booksigning on Tuesday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave.

The talk, titled "Changing Views of Politics, Science, and the Environment," features Ed Grumbine, Gary Lease, Daniel Press, and Michael Soule of the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Gary Lease and Michael Soule are the editors of Reinventing Nature? Responses to Postmodern Deconstruction (Washington, D.C., and Covelo, Calif.: Island Press, 1995)--a collection of essays addressing conflicting perceptions of nature and their influences on such policy issues as land management, hunting regulation, and habitat protection. Lease is a professor of history of consciousness and dean of the Division of Humanities at UCSC. He served for three years as chair of UCSC's Environmental Studies Board. Michael Soule is professor and current chair of environmental studies. He is founding president of the Society for Conservation Biology and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Ed Grumbine is the author of Environmental Policy and Biodiversity (Island Press, 1994), which is written to present recent developments in the field of conservation science to environmental policy makers and to explain the environmental decision-making process to scientists. He is the director of the Sierra Institute at UC Extension and has written frequently on federal land-management issues. He is best known for his book Ghost Bears: Exploring the Biodiversity Crisis (Island Press, 1992).

Daniel Press is the author of Democratic Dilemmas in the Age of Ecology: Trees and Toxics in the American West (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1994), an exploration of the dynamic between the democratic decision-making process and the management of environmental crises. An assistant professor of environmental studies, Press teaches environmental politics and policy, law, and ethics.

The day before their booksigning, Grumbine, Lease, Press, and Soule will participate in a panel discussion on KUSP radio 88.9 FM. The talk takes place from noon to 1 p.m. on Monday, March 20, on KUSP's Radiogram with host Eric Schoeck.

For more information, call (408) 462-4415.

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