This past Friday we discussed environmental problems in situated, close-to-home contexts to see how the concepts discussed in Chapters 2-8 relate in real life scenarios and if there are environmental perspectives that are more important than others. Perhaps the perspective that stood out the most to me and in our posts was Institutions. This is because […]
Archives for March 2015
Preservation of Saint Edwards State Park
I grew up in Kenmore, WA, a small city outside of Seattle that borders the northern end of Lake Washington. A few minutes from my house lies Saint Edwards State Park, a park with dozens of miles of running, hiking, and biking trails that go down to Lake Washington and back through dense forested areas. […]
Grid-Group Theory Ethics
One thing I found particularly interesting this week was our discussion of Grid-Group cultural theory and the four different personalities and myths of nature of differing grid and group. It is easy to see this manifested in American culture especially with many examples of individualists and fatalists acting with respect to nature robust and nature […]
A Contemporary Look on Classic Ideas
Starting off our textbook with Oostvaardersplassen and rewilding immediately puts this book in a contemporary environmentalist viewpoint. As Jim showed, this is a unique standpoint for a modern environmental studies or science textbook and sets our book apart. Exploring this concept of rewilding is an interesting way to show how our preconceived notions of nature […]