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Environmental Science People you should Know!

Environmental Science People you should Know!. Industrial Revolution inspired environmental philosophers. 1840’s Transcendentalism Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau Nature is a direct manifestation of the divine Concerned with their cultures growing obsession with materialism.

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Environmental Science People you should Know!

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  1. Environmental SciencePeople you should Know!

  2. Industrial Revolution inspired environmental philosophers • 1840’s Transcendentalism • Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau • Nature is a direct manifestation of the divine • Concerned with their cultures growing obsession with materialism

  3. Thomas Malthus • An essay on the principle of population (1798) • Unless population growth is controlled the number of people will outgrow the food supply • Starvation, war or disease will reduce the population

  4. John Muir The Preservation Ethic: we should protect the natural environment in a pristine, unaltered state. Muir founded the Sierra club, the oldest and most influential env. organization in the U.S. in 1892. “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seek” John Muir convincesRoosevelt increase protected areas in the Sierra Nevada.

  5. Theodore Roosevelt "The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others."Theodore Roosevelt. October 4, 1907 Responsible for the permanent preservation of some of the most unique natural resources of the U.S through the establishment of the National Forest and Parks system.

  6. Gifford Pinchot • The Conservation Ethic: natural resources should be managed to provide the greatest good, to the greatest number of people, for the longest time • 1st chief of the U.S. Forestry service

  7. Which ethic do you most i.d. with? • Development ethic: people should be masters of nature. Economic development is key • Preservation ethic: Muir’s preservation of the pristine natural world • Conservation Ethic: Pinchot’s sustainable extraction and use of natural resources

  8. The father of wildlife conservation in America • Best known for his concept of “ the land ethic” and his book: “A Sand County Almanac” • He argued we had a responsibility not only to maintain the environment but also to repair the damage done in the past Aldo Leopold (1887-1948)

  9. To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering. Aldo LeopoldWe abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. Aldo Leopold

  10. Rachel Carson (1907-1964) • Before there was an environmental movement, there was one brave woman and her very brave book Peter Matthiessen • Time Magazine elected her “one of the 100 most influential people of the century” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbtp2B-IFmw

  11. Paul and Anne Ehrlich • Neo-malthusians • 1968: The population bomb • Population would outstrip food supply and consume civilization by the end of 20thC.

  12. Garrett Hardin • The Tragedy of The Commons (1968) • Resources open to unregulated exploitation will eventually be depleted Overgrazing Goats in the Sahel

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