I have always cared about how the world works, our place in it, and how we can save it for future generations. Because of this, I took a chance and enrolled in A.P. Environmental Science my junior year of high school. I learned about how the world interacts with humans, plants, and other animals. This class […]
You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
ENVS 160 has been a whirlwind of new experiences, learning opportunities, and real life applications. It may seem like another environmental science class from the outside, but remember, never judge a book by its cover. ENVS 160 adds so many more aspects of environmental theory and ideas to the class. Over the course of the […]
Do Rules Run Our World?
The final focus of ENVS 160 has been the book Who Rules The Earth? By Paul F. Steinberg. In this book, we have learned about social rules, constructs, and norms that shape the way the world works and interacts. Steinberg’s main argument is that if there is to be environmental change in this world, we must think institutionally […]
Connections With Emotions and Concepts
Over the course of the ENVS 160 class, we have read many enlightening texts but mainly focused on four certain sections. I have found connections in Paul Steinberg’s Who Rules the Earth with the ideas of social constructs, emotional and moral appeals in Why We Disagree About Climate Change by Mike Hulme, and the ideas of […]
Examining Concepts and Realities
My ideas of the way the world works and the way people interact with the environment has been changed dramatically upon taking ENVS 160. Instead of looking at many of the environmental issues literally, it has been enlightening to learn about theories behind a lot of ideas swirling around in the environmental studies world. There […]