My plans heading towards my thesis takes my concentration/area of interest along with my fascination with the concept of wilderness derived from PHIL 215 (Philosophy and the Environment) and focuses on the situated context of central Idaho, a region almost completely owned by the federal government and much of which is protected under wilderness status. […]
Politics of Sustainability
Our week on politics took the rhetoric sustainability as a case study on theories of power. While sustainability is a common phrase that permeates many levels of governing, I tend to be very frustrated while dwelling on sustainability as a goal for ESS or society. I was having trouble extracting lessons about power from the […]
Earthquakes, Landslides, & Dams in Multiple Contexts
As we begin our research on the earthquake slated to hit the Pacific Northwest and wreck havoc on many of the structures that predated knowledge and subsequent policy of earthquake preparation, we are constantly reminded that the last earthquake to hit Oregon occurred well before Euro-American settlement. The historic (and subsequent temporal removal) is major […]
Utopia For Whom? : Whiteness and The College Campus
Last week Lewis & Clark College hosted the 35th Annual Gender Studies Symposium, three days of panels, round table discussions, keynote addresses, and more speaking to the theme Game On: Gender and Sexuality in Play. The gender studies symposium always showcases an incredible array of interdisciplinary social commentary that bridges different academic theories and fields […]
Flashbacks to Wendell Berry
I recently looked back at my posts from my environmental studies intro class. My very first post, titled Limitlessness, connects our foundational Limits to Growth and IPAT readings to Wendell Berry’s Faustian Economics and his essay “Staying Put” from his book The Unsettling of America. I first read Berry when I was a junior in […]