POL250Y5 Lecture 4: JPE 250 (lecture 4.1)
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* we face the question whether a still higher standard of living is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free (aldo leopold) Ramifications for the environment were much smaller, no farming, no agriculture. They are plundering nature but their impacts are much smaller as they lack the technology. Spanish bring horses and guns in 15th century. French, english, and spanish voyages (settling north america, but also taking resources back to their empire) * east coast was christopher columbus and west coast was russians. * from 1850-1910 we have acknowledgment of 1st (cid:862)e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal(cid:863) pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)s. There was attention of this human footprint on nature. Starti(cid:374)g to see la(cid:374)ds(cid:272)ape (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge a(cid:374)d a lot of europea(cid:374)s (cid:449)ho settled i(cid:374) the (cid:272)ou(cid:374)try do(cid:374)"t like what they are seeing and all already making arguments for the preservation of land and species. * first national park in the us was yellow stone national park and banff was the first in canada.
