Welcome to Unit 3!!!

1. Welcome to Unit 3!!! Spread the word: EM101 is wicked awesome!

2. Early Environmentalists/Conservationists • Henry David Thoreau (Walden Pond) • Abraham Lincoln • Theodore Roosevelt • John Muir (co-founder of the Sierra Club) • Others?

3. History of the Modern Environmental Movement • (Inaugural) Earth Day: Wednesday, April 22, 1970 • EPA opened on December 2, 1970: www.epa.gov • Why 1970? • Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962): an attack on agricultural chemicals/pesticides • President Lyndon Johnson’s addresses to Congress in 1964 and 1965 • President Nixon’s 1969 and 1970 environmental reforms • NEPA passed by Congress in 1969: EISs, Council on Environmental Quality, etc. • 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill

4. Two Conservation Movements • Utilitarian • Gifford Pinchot • Scientific management of natural resources; greatest good for the most in the long run • USFS, TVA, Bureau of Reclamation • Preservationist • John Muir • Nature to be enjoyed, not managed for production • National Parks system, Sierra Club, Wilderness Society

5. Environmental Groups • Hundreds of them • Are they all the same? • Are they always in agreement? • General environmental advocacy • NRDC: www.nrdc.org, Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org/usa • Targeted advocacy • E.g. wildlife: www.wildlifeincrisis.com, streams: www.iwla.org, air: www.cleanairadvocacy.org

6. Free-Market Environmentalism • About: • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-market_environmentalism • http://www.commonsblog.org/about_freemkt.php • Groups: • Property & Environmental Research Center: http://www.perc.org/ • Thoreau Institute: http://www.ti.org/faqs.html

7. Key Terms • Conservation movement: A political and social movement that originated in the late 1800s/early 1900s and that aims to protect and preserve natural resources, open spaces, and plant and animal species and habitats. • Earth Day: Day designed to enhance awareness and appreciation for Earth and the environment. The first Earth Day celebration was held on April 22, 1970. • Ecology: The study of the relationships of living organisms to their environments. As a concept, ecology places higher value on biology and aesthetics than on efficiency and commerce. • Environmentalism: A political and social movement centered on a concern for protection and improvement of the environment. • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): US federal agency that is responsible for administering programs to protect human health and the environment. • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): Law enacted in 1969 that requires all federal agencies planning projects that significantly impact the environment to submit reports accounting for the likely consequences of the projects.

8. Key Terms (cont.) • Ecology: The study of the relationships of living organisms to their environments. As a concept, ecology places higher value on biology and aesthetics than on efficiency and commerce. • Environmentalism: A political and social movement centered on a concern for protection and improvement of the environment.

9. Key Terms (cont.) • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): US federal agency that is responsible for administering programs to protect human health and the environment. • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): Law enacted in 1969 that requires all federal agencies planning projects that significantly impact the environment to submit reports accounting for the likely consequences of the projects.

10. Unit 3 To-Do List • Seminar (or alternate assignment) • Discussion Board • Watch video • Take quiz • Complete Strengths Assessment • Nail down topic for Final Project • Have a great week!!!