As I’ve come to understand it, being successful in environmentally-oriented discussions means that, despite the never-ending onslaught of contradictions, one must just try to hang onto the notion that there is a chance at making progress somewhere. Unfortunately, even progress is subjective. Finding a catch-all to make everyone happy when addressing large-scale, multifaceted issues such […]
Rules, Conflicts, and Misunderstandings
Following a few overwhelming discussions on classic and contemporary approaches to environmental discussion, Who Rules the Earth, by Paul Steinberg, provides a more conclusive approach. While integrating the contradictions prevalent in environmentally-oriented discourse, Steinberg moved past the bickering of individual researchers and provided, while still opinion-based, offers different approaches in addressing issues such as climate […]
Recurring Themes in Environmental Discourse
It is clear that discourse surrounding anything environmental is highly contested. Some themes, however, have shown to be far more universal than others. Agricultural workers feed the hungry masses, economists try to maximize welfare and environmentalists agree that something needs to change. One of these trends is the usage of stuff, referring to materialism and […]
My Newfound Confusion Surrounding Everything Environmental
When I was younger, I owned a U.S. Forest Service shirt. I wore it when my elementary school had a day that let us share what we wanted to be when we grew up. At that point, I was far too young to understand the complexities of ‘the environment’ or ‘climate change.’ All I knew […]