Class notes Chapter 1

Question 1

what is the environment
-affected by
-affected by
-

Answer 1

culture
time
symbolic construction (socially constructed)

Question 2

Nature versus the Environment
Nature definition
Examples
environment is ?

Answer 2

parts of the world that exceed human creation
-rainforest, national park, polar bear
encompasses everything (always interacting with the environment)

Question 3

Cultural perceptions of the environment may change as ?

Answer 3

new voices and interest arise to contest or challenge prevailing discourses

Question 4

early but continued conceptions of the environment

-Tropes

Answer 4

enemy/antagonist to be conquered 
Nash: the tradition of repugnance 
2. a resource 
3. Romantic notions: began in cities 
-the sublime: awe, power 
-american identity 
4. Transcendentalism: nature as  a location of supreme spiritual truth

Question 5

Mother Nature fights back: 
environment as ? 
-effects of ?
encounter in ? 
moved away from but?

Answer 5

antagonist
climate change
films
not completely

Question 6

preservation vs. conservation 
preservation ?
-for what what and what 
who and what club?
- what org.?

Answer 6

keeping areas pristine, free from human interference in order to preserve and protect them
-appreciation, preservation, low-impact recreation
John Muri Sierra Club
National Park Service

Question 7

Preservation vs. Conservation 
Conservation 
-rooted in ? 
-economic gain as ?
-what use ? 
dispute?

Answer 7

wise and efficient use of natural resources
-utilitarianism “greatest good for greatest number”
-motivator in making environmental decisions
regulated use (for own benfit)
-Hetch Hetchy