An old friend of mine asked me to give the environmental perspective at a panel the other day about the infamous Makah whale hunt. It was a very interesting panel, and the audience wasn’t always very receptive to what I had to say. In the end, though, I think we were able to [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Makah Whaling
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged animal rights, endangered species, environment, environmentalism, fishing, hunting, law, makah, native americans, nature, NOAA, philosophy, politics, washington, whaling, wildlife on May 21, 2008 | 22 Comments »
Closed and Open Systems: Two Arenas of Human History
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged donald worster, dust bowl, ecology, environment, environmental history, environmental philosophy, environmentalism, great plains, history, natural disaster, united states history on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a little paper I wrote for my Environmental History class. The sources are probably out on the internet, and if you ever get the chance, Donald Worster’s Dust Bowl is actually a really interesting book.
Without further ado:
Closed and Open Systems: Two Arenas of Human History
The Dust Bowl was one of America’s greatest environmental catastrophes, [...]
Attack of the Crows — Attack of the Humans
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birds, crows, deep ecology, environment, environmentalism, japan, pests, tokyo, urban life on May 14, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Ah, Japan…land of the samurai, the graceful movements of the tea ceremony, and really weird cartoons. Is it any wonder that a perfect parable of the ruined relationships caused by wasteful living would come from that fine land?
Crows are on the attack in Japan, and apparently, they’re quite the formidable opponent.
Blackouts are just one [...]
Top Ten Reasons Not to Buy Bottled Water
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged aquafina, ban the bottle, bottled water, britta, coke, environment, environmentalism, pepsi, sustainability, water, water rights on May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you have been reading this blog for a while, you may remember a previous post I made about a short little talk I gave at a forum on my campus. The forum was about trying to ban plastic one-use water bottles on campus, and you may be happy to know, the administration has [...]
Shallow or Deep Ecology?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged activism, arne naess, capitalism, consumerism, deep ecology, ecology, economics, environment, environmentalism, ethics, green, nature, neil evernden, philosophy on May 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Some of you may be familiar with the finer aspects of the philosophies of environmentalism; others, maybe not so much. If you find yourself in the latter category, this post may be helpful.
That might sound a bit arrogant, but I promise, it’s not, because I’m not going to write the main of this post. Instead, [...]
