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IB 105 - Lecture 4
Terms, Vocab to study for Exam 1
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 1
02/06/2011

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wilderness
Definition
areas with minimal human influence
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Definition
Naturalist Philosopher, 1800s
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Henry David Thoreau
Definition
Naturalist Philospher, 1800s (Walden)
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Gifford Pinchot
Definition
argued for forest protection “not because they are beautiful or because they shelter wild creatures of the wilderness, but only to provide homes and jobs for people”
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John Muir
Definition
early environmental activist strenuously opposed Pinchot’s policies, early 1900s.

lobbied to make national park system
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Aldo Leopold
Definition
wrote A Sand County Almanac, made him such a famous conservationist.
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Rachel Carson
Definition
wrote Silent Spring that helped launch the environmental movement
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history of environmentalism in US
Definition
mid 1800s - naturalist philosophers, Nature has intrinsic aesthetic and spiritual values

Mid to late 1800s, early 1900s - Preservation of nature for future consumption

Mid to late 1800s, early 1900s - Preservation of nature for nature’s sake

By the mid 1900s, there was growing concern about health and ecological damage caused by pollution
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1970s
Definition
Clean water act
Clean air act
Safe drinking water act
Endangered species act
Established EPA
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Exxon Valdez oil spill
Definition
1980s, Hypodermic needles and other toxic waste washing up on beaches in NY and NJ
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Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
Definition
1992, Focus on Climate Change and Biological Diversity
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Kyoto Protocol
Definition
1997, Nations pledged to reduce emissions
(US signed but did not ratify the protocol)
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