Throughout ENVS 160, we studied concepts broken down into four different categories including the book Why We Disagree About Climate Change, the book Making the Modern World, many articles on Classic and Contemporary Environmental Thought, and the book Who Rules the Earth?. We kicked off the class with Mike Hume’s fairly long and pretty complex […]
The Oceans are Rising and We Are Too
Going into college, I truly did not think I was that interested in studying the concept of the environment. I knew I was concerned for the our world and its people, and I wanted to do something to help make the world a better place, but I was afraid I wouldn’t like a class about […]
Who Rules the Earth and Analyzing my Actions as an Individual
Steinberg’s Who Rules the Earth is about about the importance of institutional and governmental action in creating social rules across the globe. He discusses governmental actions at all levels, and despite the fact that governmental control can in some cases be bad, it is essential, especially at federal or central levels. One aspect that Steinberg […]
Connecting the Dots of Environmental Thought
Why We Disagree About Climate Change was very broad, and a little bit overwhelming, ending on a slightly disconcerting note that basically left me with more questions than answers and somewhat unsure of how to proceed or how I felt. As we progressed in the class, the author’s points of view and ideas that we […]
My Shifting Environmental Thoughts
Three lessons I have learned so far from taking ENVS 160 are that individual actions are not always possible for everyone, they are not necessarily very impactful, and that the ideas and classic environmental thought and pure nature are not as effective or efficient as I, and many others, once thought. Individual actions are not […]
Climate Change in Portland:Voices from the Streets
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