Like many of my fellow students, ENVS 160 helped me dive deeper into the various issues surrounding related to our idea of ‘the environment’, what is ideal and what is undesirable. To say my perspective has not changed so far would be dishonest and I am left with more questions than solutions but I am […]
How rules perpetuate chaos.
In continuing our search for knowledge and the understanding of various complex environmental issues, the final book which concludes our ENVS160 journey gives more hope to the despair produce by the facts from earlier texts. In our collective quest to find solutions to the various social, economic, cultural and environmental issues that face us people […]
Keystones and Repeaters
In his book Why We Disagree About Climate Change, Professor Mike Hulme eloquently explores and explains the reasons and perspectives from which intellectuals and consequently members of the public may disagree about the issue of climate change. These reasons are based on differences in the following viewpoints which may influence our approach to problems and solutions. […]
Reflections: It’s far more complex than you think.
Having studied Geography throughout high school and taken Environmental Systems and Societies in the IB programme, my Introduction to Environmental Studies has broadened my perspective, expanded and built upon previous knowledge and of course introduced me to totally new concepts and theories. One of the most significant and provoking insights I have been exposed to […]