You’re new here, so allow me to fill you in on some of the basics of ENVS 160. We don’t spend much of the class really focused in any one discipline. At first, this may seem frustrating. You will find yourself either thinking, “man, that was cool, I hope we stay on this for […]
Who Could Have Guessed?
At the end of every class I always struggle to remember what I have learned. All the lessons run together and it is usually impossible to distinguish everything again for the end of the year exams. In a way, I am grateful for the opportunity to synthesize and compile everything into one final post. This […]
An Unexpected Takeaway
The ideas that Paul Steinberg illustrates in his book Who Rules the Earth? (2015) are controversial to say the least. To many, it seems farfetched to take a social sciences stance within the discussion of climate change, but Steinberg manages to not only defend his ideas, but to even make the reader question their personal […]
An Environmental Studies Jigsaw Puzzle
The Environmental Studies introductory class here at Lewis & Clark College was designed knowing that it is important to expose students to as many credible viewpoints as possible to begin to understand the breadth of knowledge this area of study operates within. To achieve this, we alternated between studying published papers, books, podcasts, documentaries, […]
Applying Soft Ideas to Hard Science
This semester has been…unexpected. If there is a more accurate description of my time in Environmental Studies 160, I have yet to find it. I walked into lecture on the first day imagining that my high school AP Environmental Science class would coast me through, but I was proven wrong within […]