NATS 1510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rachel Carson, Essentialism, Pastoralism

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1510
• Professor: Reza Mani

Document Summary

Nats 1510 a summer 2015 lecture 1. Environmental movement as a failure by its own standards. Environmentalism a broad movement: preservation: defending the wilderness, conservation: maintaining natural resources for long-term use, pastoralism: living a more rustic, simple, or back-to-nature lifestyle. Nature is for our benefit (pragmatic view), nature is valuable in and of itself (essentialist view) Environmental concern- philosophical or aesthetic, nature beautiful and inherently valuable, emotion, not reason, protection. Modern concern, mid-to-late 20th century, government and industry, universities, experts, ecologists, environmental management. Environmental movement and ecologists, scientific, quantitative analysis. Silent spring by rachel carson, pesticides and chemicals, statistics and quantitative analysis. Science challenging industry and government on their own terms. Ecologists technicians for nature, working managing nature for citizens. Ecologists and the state, extended reach, environmental analysis and impact: we must protect and/or wisely manage our natural resources, because if we do not we may compromise our standard of living.