At the beginning of the semester, I thought ENVS 160 would give me the tools needed to save the planet and from there, I would be able to educate others on the simple, individual level change needed to reverse climate change. However, that was not the case. Mid way through our first book, Why We […]
Social Rules: A Walk on the Beach
Throughout my reading of Who Rules the Earth?, my thoughts and ideas about how environmental and social change happens have been challenged. Before reading the book, I was a main believer in the power of individual-level change, believing that if we all recycled all that we could and put our food scraps in the compost […]
Connecting Thoughts, Not Flights
Over the course of the semester, I have considered many points of view through the different sections in ENVS 160. Although each section offered a distinct perspective on environmental issues, I have discovered a few overarching themes that connect all of the sections and their subsequent reading. By comparing these sections, I have been able […]
Girls Just Wanna Study the Environment
When I first signed up for environmental studies 160, I had no solid expectations for what the course would be like. Sure, I assumed it would be slightly similar to an environmental science class I took in high school, but besides that my expectations were a blank slate. After being enrolled in the course for […]
Think Globally, Act Locally?
What is Localism? By Tallie Steiner, Kat Chester, Eden Smith “Think globally act locally” is a phrase one will often hear said by environmentalists. But what does acting locally mean? Localism, as defined by Professor Jim Proctor, is “The notion that local scales of production and consumption are best. Opposite of globalism or cosmopolitanism” (Proctor […]