ENVR 203- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 61 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Is this an objective reality that cannot be avoided: nature, what is nature. Nature as a constructed entity: construction depends on values. = different foundations generate different types of knowledge. Informs behavior and cognition: epistemology (study of the nature of knowledge, something created to make sense of the world. Idea of creating parks is exported out = nature beyond wilderness. In silent spring connects everyone to everything (process of integration: what we produce is not necessary in isolation, translation into policy. 3 waves of environmentalism: first wave- romanticism and protected, second wave coming of age, big issues (pollution, third wave deep ecology and environmental justice. Lecture 4- envr 203 (01/18) nature as ecology. Science is a way to understand reality: way to understand nature = ecology, understand when/how concepts change across time, ecology is seen as objective (a cultural construct, context +power matter. Ecology definition= the study of organisms and their environment.
