Ch. 12 The Environment |
Rachel
Carson, from Silent Spring |
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[text] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/science/earth/05tier.html |
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New York Times article about Rachel Carson, her writing, and the concerns
that she expresses in Silent Spring. |
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[text] http://reason.com/archives/2002/06/12/silent-spring-at-40 |
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Article describing the various
flaws in Carson’s Silent Spring and
why its message has not aged well. |
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[website] http://www.rachelcarson.org/ |
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Official website dedicated to
Rachel Carson. |
Ralph
Waldo Emerson, from Nature |
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[text] http://www.bartleby.com/102/16.html |
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William Cullen Bryant’s “Thanatopsis,” a
poetic meditation on nature and death that directly influenced Ralph Waldo
Emerson’s Nature. |
Aldo
Leopold, The Land Ethic |
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[video] http://vimeo.com/8669977 |
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Abridged documentary of Aldo Leopold’s life and his influence on the
conservation movement. |
Lewis
Thomas, Natural Man |
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[text] http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/04/obituaries/lewis-thomas-whose-essays-clarified-the-mysteries-of-biology-is-dead-at-80.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |
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New York Times article
about the life and writing of Lewis Thomas. |
Bill McKibben, from The End of Nature |
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[website] http://www.billmckibben.com/ |
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Official
website dedicated to Bill McKibben. |
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[text] http://tech.mit.edu/V110/N19/nature.19a.html |
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MIT Newspaper (The Tech)
article about the problems of artificial nature illustrated in The End of Nature. |
The Clan of One-Breasted Women |
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[audio] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97350121 |
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NPR news report on Terry Tempest Williams and her environmental
writing. |
Joy
Williams, Save the Whales, Screw the
Shrimp |
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[photo gallery] https://www.loewshotels.com/ventana-canyon/photos-videos |
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Photographs of the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in
Tucson, AZ, illustrate the sort of nature landscaping that Williams mocks. |
E.
O. Wilson, from The Future of Life |
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[video] http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/e_o_wilson_on_saving_life_on_earth.html |
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E.O. Wilson makes a plea for saving insect life in order to save all life
on earth. |
Gerard
Manley Hopkins, Inversnaid |
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[audio & images] http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/poetryhopkins/hopkins_inveract.shtml |
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A reading of Inversnaid with an accompanying image
slideshow. |
Robert
Crumb, A Short History of America (cartoon) |
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[video] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ym5n-ZZWUs |
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Animated version of Robert Crumb’s cartoon. |
Royal
Dutch/Shell, Let’s Go (advertisement) |
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[website] http://arcticready.com/social/gallery |
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Official gallery of images in the “Let’s Go” ad campaign. |
Peter Menzel, from Hungry
Planet (photo essay) |
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[audio & video] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5005952 |
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Web page with details about the photos in Hungry Planet as well as audio clips taken from an interview with
Peter Menzel. |
The Naturalist in the Supermarket |
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[video] http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/michael_pollan_gives_a_plant_s_eye_view.html |
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Michael Pollan encourages listeners to take “a
plant’s-eye view” on the world to change our relationship with the natural
world. |
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[video] http://www.cc.com/video-clips/p118td/the-colbert-report-michael-pollan |
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Michael Pollan talks about corn and The Omnivore’s Dilemma. |
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[video] http://www.cc.com/video-clips/eon7i2/the-colbert-report-michael-pollan |
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Michael Pollan speaks out against processed
food. |
The Locavore Myth |
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[audio] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112105594 |
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James McWilliams, Michael Pollan, and Brian Halwell debate the advantages/disadvantages of the local food movement. |
Nicolette
Hahn Niman, The
Carnivore’s Dilemma |
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[text] http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/vegetarians-rebuttal-to-the-carnivores-dilemma.html |
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“Vegetarian’s rebuttal to The
Carnivore’s Dilemma.” |
A Good Food Manifesto for America |
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[video] http://vimeo.com/7528071 |
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Will Allen talks about agricultural solutions to bring food into urban
food deserts. (Refers to Michael Pollan’s talk
that preceded his: http://vimeo.com/7528069 ) |
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[website] http://www.growingpower.org/blog/ |
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Blog featuring information about Growing Power Inc., its mission,
and its founder. Includes a video of Will Allen. (Video also available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EpTWQWx1MQ&feature=player_embedded) |
A.J.
Jacobs, Farm to Table: How Our Restaurant
Gets Its Food to Your Plate |
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[website] http://www.ajjacobs.com/content/writing.asp |
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Website
documenting A.J. Jacobs’s other writings. |
Michael
Specter, from Test-Tube Burgers |
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[audio & text] http://www.npr.org/2011/08/30/139786731/tube-burgers-the-world-of-in-vitro-meat |
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Recording of Michael Specter’s interview over the ideas expressed
in Test-Tube Burgers. Some
additional explanations about the subject are provided. |
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[text] http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/letters/2011/06/13/110613mama_mail1 |
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Letter responding to Michael Specter’s
article. Published in The New Yorker on May 13, 2011. |