- Understand some basics about environmentalism and environmental ethics
- Be able to define the following concepts
- Instrumental and Intrinsic Value
- Anthropocentrism
- Ecology
- Preservation
- Conservation
- Sustainability
Video: The Overview Effect
Key Question: How has our relationship with Earth changed in the last 50 years?
Lecture: Intro to Environmental Ethics, Part 1
Readings for Quiz:
BY THURSDAY: Aldo Leopold's "The Land Ethic"
Vocab and Discussion Questions for "The Land Ethic"
Rachel Carson's "Of Man and the Stream of Time," Commencement Address from Scripps College, 1962.
ADVICE: annotate for the concepts we learned about today, as well as any connections between these readings, The Lorax, and/or Chief Seattle's speech.
TO DO:
Read Rachel Carson
Read Aldo Leopold
Review Chief Seattle speech
Revise H&M Project (Critique next week)