PP224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Historic Preservation, Deep Ecology, Tallgrass Prairie
Document Summary
Critical summary of tallgrass prairie as an endangered space . This is the case study for chapter 3 of environmental ethics for canadians (2nd edition) written by byron williston. In this case study, williston provides a deeper insight into aldo. Land ethics was an inspiration for ecocentrism in that any action on the land (all of nature"s processes and organisms) is moral to the extent that it preserves and advances the beauty, stability, and integrity of the land. Due to the rapid down-hill transformation of the land, williston utilizes canada"s tallgrass prairie as an example to call for preservationism. Williston believes that sustaining and restoring the biological diversity in the prairies is the ultimate goal to strive for. With the inventions of tools and machinery and the growth of civilization, manitoba has witnessed the dramatic decline of the bison, from an estimated 60 million head in 1830 to facing extinction in 1870 (williston, p. 99).
