Coming into Environmental Studies 160 I had no idea what to expect in terms of content for the class, but I was excited hoping that this class would predict my major for the next four years. I assumed that we would be covering similar topics to the AP environmental science class that I had taken […]
Never A Simple Answer
After taking this class, I feel I have gained a much broader understanding of how to view environmental thought with a critical lense. Coming into this class I felt confidant thinking about problems with the natural world and ways in which we as a society could go about solving them, feeling that the […]
Questioning Childhood Values
Throughout reading Who Rules the Earth by Paul Steinberg I felt that I was constantly questioning all of the values that I have always held strongly regarding what to do about the changing climate. Growing up in an upper middle class politically conscious and fairly liberal minded community people were definitely concerned about the state […]
A Connection is a Connection
My time so far in Environmental Studies 160 I had not stopped to think about the connections between the texts that we had been reading. This post made me have a deeper understanding of the texts we have read as well as some of the larger concepts. I have made three comparisons, one about who […]
Diversity of Opinion
The overarching theme of something I have learned so far this semester would probably be the diversity of opinion regarding how to fix, but also value and perceive our current natural world. Learning about classic and contemporary environmentalism really broadened my view on how our society’s opinion appears to have changed from the past, but […]
Portland on Climate: How does it add up?
By Ania Wright – Emma Cooley – Heather Shaw – Zoey Steel Procedure / Overview: For this assignment, we went to downtown Portland to discuss the issue of climate change with a few locals. We went downtown into Powell’s Bookstore Cafe to find some willing participants. Though it was tricky to get people to take […]