I have soaked up plentiful amounts of information and lessons from Environmental Studies 160, but I doubt that many will stick with me in the same way as the lesson of institutional power. Institutional power is woven into every thread of discussion or reading in ENVS 160 and I have finally developed a view of […]
Road of Rules
Who Rules the Earth centers around the common theme of how social rules and practices work to solve issues of environmental degradation. Steinberg attempts to evaluate the methods that social rules can bring about real change in the long-run. His end goal for this book is to encourage readers to initiate methods for following certain […]
Connecting Concepts
Through reading the texts presented in environmental studies certain patterns and connections emerge. These connections reinforce the points made by the different authors by building upon one another. As our class reads more literature, our arsenal of common themes and connections of environmental thought grows deeper. My first connection is the method of situating oneself […]
Three Tricks to be Instantly Intellectual!
Throughout the semester of ENVS 160 I have learned a vast amount of knowledge and gained new insights into environmental thought. Previously I have studied environmental science, but that was especially focused on specific mechanisms of species and how biological processes work. Rather, environmental studies is the investigation of how political, religious, and economic institutions […]