ENVS195 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Topic Sentence, Thesis Statement, Class Conflict
23 Mar 2016
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List two broad observations that blair feltmate noted in his presentation on the history of environmentalism: environmental practioners don"t know history of own discipline, showing long history of environmentalism, didn"t start in 1962. Europe: ability to meet humanity"s current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. During the guest lecture on the history of environmentalism in north america, he provided several reasons for the extreme depopulation of the bison population (from 30-60 million in 1500 to a few hundred in 1880). List three of these reasons: feed, furs, sport, so aboriginals couldn"t have them, trying to eliminate predator population by decreasing food source. Test formats: short answer (up to a paragraph), multiple choice, true or false. Guest lectures only include what was said, not what was on the slides. Must show the following: must be able to evaluate information, do independent thinking, show understanding.
