now know it. However, his dedication in his 1963 book, Ecology, expressed that his father had inspired him to "seek more harmonious relationships between man and nature". By 1970, when the first Earth Day was organized, Odum's conception of the living Earth as a global set of interlaced ecosystems became one of the key insights of the environmental movement that has since spread through the world. He was, however, an independent thinker who was at times, gently critical of the slogans and fashionable concepts of the environmentalist movement. Legacy Odum's will stipulated that, after his death, his on the Middle Oconee River in Athens, Ga. would be sold and developed according to plans he laid out before his death. He would often show friends and colleagues hand sketched plans for his vision of this green community. Plans included that over 50 percent of the property would be protected greenspace and walking trails, managed by the Oconee River Land Trust. Profits from the sale of the land would go to the Eugene and William Odum Ecology Fund, after $1 million is set aside for a professorial chair at UGA in Odum's name. The land was sold to builder John Willis Homes who is honoring Odum’s wishes at Beech Creek Preserve. Odum's financial contributions were focused on not only the University of Georgia, but also the University of Virginia given his son's faculty appointment there, and the University of North Carolina where his father was a prolific scholar. Ultimately, his wealth—partly the product of book royalties—benefited those institutions that he respected. The Ecological Society of America offers the Eugene P. Odum Award for Excellence in Ecology Education, which was endowed by, and named for, Odum. Publications Books 1939. Variations in the heart rate of birds: a study in physiological ecology 1953. Fundamentals of Ecology. With Howard T. Odum. 1963. Ecology 1975. Ecology, the link between the natural and the social sciences 1983. Basic Ecology 1993. Ecology and Our Endangered Life Support Systems 1998. Ecological Vignettes: Ecological Approaches to Dealing with Human Predicament 2000. Essence of Place (co-authored with Martha Odum) Articles, a selection 1969. The Strategy of Ecosystem Development Comparison of population energy flow of a herbivorous and a deposit-feeding invertebrate in a salt marsh ecosystem (with Alfred E. Smalley) About Odum Rotabi, K. S. (2008). Ecological theory origin from natural to social science or vice versa? : A brief conceptual history