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Why Do I Think That?
Part of being able to engage with difference and understand other ways of seeing the world is knowing your own lens. In the past few weeks we have been exploring different modes of environmental thought and how we define and understand some of the key terms associated with environmentalism such as nature and environment. We’ve…
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How Do We Define Nature?
What is nature? Is it something that exists separate from human culture or is it a construct that we create to explain what we want to remain undisturbed? What does our definition of nature say about us? How does it inform our approach to environmentalism? This week we focused on defining the boundaries of environmental…
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Building Environmental Frameworks
Our first few weeks of ENVS 160 (Intro to Environmental Studies) are focused on exploring the boundaries of environmental studies and learning about different environmental frameworks. Particularly, we are looking at two main approaches: classic and contemporary environmental thought. These main categories help us to explore the range in perspective and approaches to environmental issues. …
