ENV201H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: A Sand County Almanac, Deep Ecology, Rachel Carson
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Env movement: preservationists:(1830s, george perkins marsh: man and nature, created national parks, saw beginning of industrial revolution saw growth of cities and concerns on industrialization and the env, conservationists: (1860s, came later, had diff perspective. Less concerned about industrialization and humans on env, tended to be hunters: saw that wildlife they were hunting declined, wetlands being destroyed, drained, and was negatively impacting, felt they needed to conserve resource that they enjoyed using, aren"t about setting aside pristine areas, more interested in managing so humans can keep using them, ex. Enjoying wildlife recreation, protecting fishing and hunting wildlife, cutting trees for timber; sustainability: aldo leopold: game management , a sand county almanac, manage wildlife and resources for human use, a conflict/tension arose and still exists, modern environmentalism: (1960s and 1970s, rachel carson: silent spring, paul ehrlich: population bomb, brought pollution control, public awareness, many radical veins (ideas): 1970s onward, deep ecology need to acknowledge people are no diff from other species.
