ENVS 160 is a challenging course, though it is a course, I would argue, that will provide students with useful skills and knowledge that can be applied outside of the classroom. ENVS 160 is all about challenging perceptions and developing new ones; what you think you know can and will change, just don’t be afraid […]
The world is ours… Now take it!
ENVS 160 has taught me a variety of interesting and useful ways to engage with environmental discourse. Below, I will outline a few of the ways I hope to conduct myself both personally and academically over the course of my life after taking this class. My newfound appreciation for hybridity has urged me to rethink […]
New Horizons: Where Should We Go With Social Rules?
The objective of Paul Steinberg’s book, ‘Who Rules The Earth?’ can be summarized in the following quotation: “All forms of social organization, from the European Court of Justice to your favorite restaurant, operate through that other mode of human connectedness: social rules.” (Steinberg 2015, 266). Steinberg has attempted to show the reader how to engage […]
Weaving Together the Threads: An Exploration into Connections
The text, ‘Why We Disagree About Climate Change,’ and the article, ‘The Shallow and the Deep, Long Range Ecology Movements,’ explore spirituality as a way of combatting global environmental issues. Both Mark Hulme and Arne Naess argue that spiritual consciousness can result in significant environmental action. In, ‘Why We Disagree About Climate Change,’ Professor Hulme […]
Lessons Learnt: A Snapshot of Self-Improvement
In ENVS 160, I have come to learn that “Presaging Apocalypse” (Hulme 2009, 345) is not an effective way to rally public support when tackling climate change issues. Before I had entered the ENVS class of 160, I believed that scare tactics, such as those employed by the eco-terrorist group, ‘Earth Liberation Front,’ were […]