Coming out of ENVS 160, I have learned quite a great deal about environmental theory and many of the intricacies that form its ideas in conjunction with some environmental and social phenomena as a whole. Through these and other lessons which I have described within my last three reflection posts, I have developed scholarly tools […]
Social Rules Rule on a Global Scale
“Who rules the Earth?” asks Paul Steinburg, whose book ENVS students like myself have been studying rigorously throughout the last portion of the semester. The answer to this question is not a simple one that can be meticulously picked apart in a short reflection post, but Steinburg makes sure to develop a theme throughout his […]
Excavating Value in ENVS 160: Key Connections
The absorption of novel information presented throughout the short semester of ENVS 160 in the form of books, articles, essays, and other scholarly publications can easily send an ENVS student into a whirlwind of confusion. Often I have asked myself: how is this new reading relevant to other scholarship we have studied? What conclusions, if […]
Mapping Out Wisdom: Lessons Learned in ENVS 160
When enrolling in ENVS 160, I had a minuscule if not nonexistent idea of what this course would be about and how it would challenge me as a freshly formed college student. I approached the class with what I thought was a pretty definitive idea of what environmentalism was and what it had to offer. […]