By Maxwell Lorenze ENVS 160: Intro to ENVS spring semester 2017, has been a fascinating exploration into environmental theory and philosophy. It has been a introductory examination of overarching ideas and themes that are facets of Environmental studies. A seemingly large aspect of the course is dedicated to introducing students to the debated between classical […]
Steinberg’s Overarching Constraints
By: Max Lorenze For eons humans have fought for control of land, water, minerals, in the end for the end goal of power. Who Rules the Earth? by Paul Steinberg asks the very question who rules the world? Paul Steinberg is the Malcolm Lewis Professor of Sustainability and Society and Professor of Political Science and […]
The Underlying Themes of ENVS 160
By Max Lorenze The various sources we have examined when looking at how the world interacts with the environment. To this point in the year the two sources that have held the largest impact for me have been “Why We Disagree About Climate Change” by Mike Hulme and “Making the Modern World” by Vaclav Smil. […]
EVNS 160: Delving Deeper into Common Knowledge and the Surprise of Hulme
By: Max Lorenze Spring semester of ENVS 160 opens up as an examination and explanation of various ideas, policies, and philosophies. Overall it has been rather fascinating to delve deeper into topics and issues I had preexisting knowledge in. Specifically thru Vaclav Smil’s work Making the Modern World. His work went more in-depth to the […]
Reductionism: Can the Part Represent the Whole?
By: Sophie Henry, Max Lorenze, Anna Tobin, and Summer Watkins, Definition Reductionism is the thinking that an idea, field of study, or specific issue can be broken down into smaller parts which are then looked at as depicting or describing the idea as a whole (Haverford College Introductory Psychology Fall, 2015). That is a general […]
Mining Copper: From the Bronze Age to 21st Century Tech Boom
By: Maxwell Lorenze, Jesse McDermott-Hughes, and Anna Tobin Overview Copper is one of the oldest and most important minerals used in human history. It was the first metal worked by humans and the color gave the Bronze Age its name. Copper is still used today in worldwide; it is now ranked the third highest consumed […]