Human Ecology in higher education in Poland (II)

Research into and teaching of Human Ecology have a long tradition in several European countries, and both are undertaken from many different perspectives (economic, social, biological, technological, etc.) which have contributed to an integrated approach to this field of knowledge.

Poland is one of the countries with a great tradition of research and teaching of Human Ecology in science faculties, with the support of specific scientific journals (like Human Ecology) and excellent books like Professor Napoleon Wolanski’s which appears in the picture.

Over its 15 chapters this work offers a complete and updated view of the paths followed by Human Ecology in Poland, with special mention for the following seven chapters on biocultural interaction: “Cultural adjustments: culture as a way of non-biological adaptation”, “Cultural adjustments to different biomes: tropical forest, savannah, temperate rainforest, boreal forest and tundra”, “Civilisation as an adaptive strategy: evolution of cultural behaviour”, “Industrial civilisation of the city and environmental problems: air pollution, nutrition and drinking water”, “Future, post-industrial society”, “Globalisation: sustainable development”, and, finally “Ecological aspects of bioethics”.

Anna Siniarska Wolanska, professor and researcher at the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences of the University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, and Napoleon Wolanski, Professor Emeritus in Human Ecology at the Jagellonian University, both in Warsaw (Poland)