(par 11.2.1) The Environmental Revolution
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/01/the_environment_2.php The Environmental Revolution by Lester Brown, Washington, D.C One of the most common arguments against shifting to an environmentally sustainable economy is that industry will suffer. I have found the opposite. In fact, restructuring the global economy according to the principles of ecology represents the greatest investment opportunity in history. What we need is […]
(par 11.2.1) Loosing touch with natural surroundings – have humans truly evolved?
http://fubini.swarthmore.edu/~ENVS2/S2003/tnguyen2/tnguyen2essay1.htm Pre-Agricultural Human Environmental Impact In the two million years it is believed that humans have populated the Earth, they have displayed the remarkable ability to adapt to any environment. Archaeological evidence has proven that the earliest humans were able to occupy and control every terrestrial ecosystem on the planet. Human impact on the environment […]
(par 11.2.1) Environmental Problems and American Politics- Why is Protecting the Environment so Difficult
http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/943/environmental-problems-and-american-politics-why-is-protecting-the-environment-so-difficult By Dustin R. Turin 2014, Vol. 6 No. 11 | pg. 1/3 Environmental concerns have been of increasing salience to Americans since the 1960s, when Rachel Carson published Silent Spring and spurred public anxiety over the use of the widely utilized pesticide DDT. The impact of Carson’s work was hugely important, both for its eventual impact on […]