The interdisciplinarity of ENVS 160 could not be more important. In this course we learned to look at things from many different frameworks. Continuing on with the rest of my college career and life in general I will try to apply these frameworks of thinking to help guide my thinking in one direction while understanding […]
Focusing In On Social Rules
Paul F Steinberg the author of “Who Rules the Earth” emphasizes the presence of social rules in relation to current environmental thought and policy. The common trend in environmental thinking today focuses on “the small changes we can make as individuals, which (we are told) will add up to something big” (Steinberg 2015,5), while making […]
Dancing Around the Climate Change Dilemma
In the small bubble that encompasses the beliefs of most Lewis and Clark college students one might think that there should be no disagreement about climate change. There are things we LC students believe: climate change is real, it’s a threat, and it is high time to do something about it. However, this course has […]
Do We Have the Weapons to Fight a Climate Battle?
I’ve always considered myself very earth friendly. My mom shopped at Whole Foods, used reuseable shopping bags, we carpooled to school, I rode my bike to soccer, I was teased by peers for washing and reusing ziploc baggies, and my dad waited till Thanksgiving every year before he would turn the heat on in my […]