I’m taking this course as a declared biology major and as someone with an undeniable preference for the natural and hard rather than social sciences. This course has been challenging and frustrating. It hasn’t been easy to adapt my true / false mentality of scientific facts to the complicated interwovenness of an environmental studies course. […]
Progress Isn’t Always Linear
I’m not going to major in environmental studies. But as a biology major hoping to work in the field of conservation biology there are many relevant themes that I’ll carry with me. Before taking this class, my understanding of the issues regarding the implementation of applied biology practices were quite one-sided. I’ve always been more […]
All Sides of the Conservation Story
The last section of our ENVS 160 course has been focused on the text Who Rules the Earth by Paul Steinberg, and built off our discussions throughout the course demonstrating the importance of scaling up in order to solve environmental problems. He addresses the importance of institutional thinking, as well as how much social rules […]
A Slow Process
There have been several recurring themes present throughout the readings of our ENVS 160 course. To extend upon my last post, which identified three key themes of the course, I will demonstrate the connectivity between the course’s texts in relation to three key concepts. Throughout this post I will use the term ‘environmental problem’ in reference […]
Curing the Disease
Why ENVS 160? I’m taking this environmental studies course to improve my communication and application of biology and conservation material learned throughout my studies as part of the biology major. I have progressed through this course with the specific goal of relating the material towards my future career in conservation biology. In order to answer […]