HON 3110 Lecture 7: Global Success Environmentalism
29 Jul 2017
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Henry david thoreau- lived off in the woods and wrote walden. Will hornaday- leader in wildlife conservation movement and zoologist at what. John muir- pushed for national parks preservation became the bronx zoo. Aldo leopold- attempted to reconcile protecting the environment with economics. Rachel carson- writes silent spring , about pesticide, bringing environmental. Greenpeace global organization- volunteer work to protect environment. Earth summits- meeting of world powers to discuss how to care for environment. Practiced and implemented successfully by the first female prime minister of norway, gro harlem brundtland. Huge conversation among scientists and politicians about its authenticity and effects on the global climate, environments, and populations. Do not know company mixtures pumped into the earth. Does not sustain the soil, making the lands fallow. Chemicals leach into the water supply and aquatic systems ph changes. Carbon footprint accountability is harder to achieve. Responsible for a lot of the economy. Pollinators can spread pesticides, which mess with bee genetics.
