In ENVS 160, a lot of reading has been done. This class will structure your mind in a way that enhances concentration and promotes articulation. A quiz (almost) every morning percolates the mind, and prepares one for discussion and “environmental” discourse. Throughout the course, we have covered many varying topics. All of these topics have […]
A Reflecting Reflection of Reflection
This course, ENVS 160, was a definite eye-opener. One of the most influential things I have been exposed to, among others, has been not the topic of climate change but of the ways people and scholars can think about climate change. For instance, in the media, what we hear is “the climate is changing for […]
Great Ideas Come In System-Altering Packages
Social rules are what I like to call “important.” In Who Rules the Earth?, Paul Steinberg explains to his readers how socially constructed rules shape and govern different areas of the earth (Steinberg 2015). He claims that “… these rules — which social scientists call institutions — are the machinery that makes coordinated social activity […]
Amalgamating Upwards
Multi-national politics often result in countries not cooperating with one another. One would expect that concerns such as the implementation of environmental policies in governments would especially be overlooked in the means of capitalism or socialism. However, such is not the case for Europe, as Who Rules the Earth? presents (Steinberg, 2015). Because of the […]
Words As Ideas? Or Ideas As Words…
Environmental thought, I thought, could not have possibly been so vast. I came to ENVS 160 assuming I would be looking at different graphs, images, systems, and global wind patterns. I did not realize how in depth we would be considering the many different styles of thinking available to humans under an environmental studies lens. […]