Overview As I navigate the post-ENVS world, I want to take what I’ve learned and integrate it into both my scholarly and personal life. I plan to focus on the scholarly throughout my school-career at Lewis and Clark but also extend this learning beyond college and Portland. I believe that as I graduate and move […]
Who Really Rules the Earth?
The main theme within Paul Steinberg’s Who Rules the Earth: How Social Rules Shape Our Planet and Our Lives is the difference of impact in relation to incremental individual change compared to change on an institutional level. He encourages individual day-to-day tasks however even though he believes they are good things, he doesn’t believe that individual […]
Reflecting Through Synthesis
While studying and discussing our readings for this course, three key connections came to the forefront in my mind: an emphasis on the relationship of environmental action and religion, the need for institutional change in place of incrementalism, and the tragedy of the commons. 1. Religion: Both Mike Hulme and Lynn White agree that religion, […]
I transferred to Lewis and Clark in the fall to further my education in Environmental Studies and Asian Studies. Although, I had to lower my initial ENVS major to a minor, I’m glad I will still be pursuing it throughout my time at LC. ENVS 160 has taught me three key lessons: Interdisciplinarity is key. […]
Stepping Towards Change: Incrementalism in Environmental and Public Policy
By: Jesse Milman, Sofi Ronning, Curtis Hall, Kurt Barbara Definition Method of working by adding to a project using small incremental changes instead of a few large jumps (Wikipedia). This is incredibly relevant to the ideas of environmentalism, where small, incremental changes to things such as wind turbines, where the designs (especially in Denmark) were […]
Minerals, Mercury, and Mining
The team members in this project are: Curtis Hall and Sofi Ronning About Mercury Though Mercury can be found in its native state, it is very rare and only lightly covers certain mercury ores, predominantly Cinnabar. Almost all production of mercury comes from cinnabar, which is heated by a current of air in order to […]