NATS 1510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Deep Ecology, Rachel Carson, Numerical Analysis
10 Dec 2015
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Nats 1510 a summer 2015 lecture 1. Environmental movement as a failure by its own. Nature is valuable in and of itself (essentialist view) nature lifestyle (live in a cabin, do all the simple things/simple lifestyle, no pollution) Nature is for our benefit (pragmatic view)(for us to use),-- Use a little bit, not too much, we should be respectful. With it (human beings have the right to live, good or bad, deserve to live)--- don"t cut down things at all beautiful and inherently valuable, emotion, not reason, protection (emotional idea) Modern concern, mid-to-late 20th century, government and industry, universities, experts, ecologists, environmental management (govts. Went to science in order to figure out how to use nature) Environmental movement and ecologists, scientific, quantitative analysis (numerical analysis to use it as arguments about the environment) Silent spring by rachel carson, pesticides and chemicals, statistics and quantitative analysis (certain chemicals do not disappear, they are persistent food chain)
