* environmentalism – a history
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*Original PPT Presentation by: Harvey S. Hayden, Science Dept. Chair Lincoln High School, WI Modified by Keith Tucker, Global Science. * Environmentalism – A History. John Muir Teddy Roosevelt Aldo Leopold Rachel Carson. John Muir “Preservationist”. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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*Environmentalism – A History
John MuirTeddy Roosevelt
Aldo LeopoldRachel Carson
*Original PPT Presentation by: Harvey S. Hayden, Science Dept. ChairLincoln High School, WI
Modified by Keith Tucker, Global Science.
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John Muir “Preservationist”
Born in Scotland 1838
Came to WI as boy
Loved being outside in nature
Very creative, many inventions
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John on His Own
He attended Univ. of Wisconsin
Got a job helping run a small factory
Mechanically minded - factory machines & Inventions
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Wisconsin to California
Injured when file pierced his eye
Swore he’d give life to God’s Creation (Nature) if sight returned
Spent 6 years reading,writing & studying in Yosemite
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http://www.pdphoto.org
www.stanford.edu/morganimages/scenery/yosemite/yos_falls_2/html/yf02-yosemite-falls.html
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Fought for Wilderness
Founded Sierra Club
Wanted National Park System
Fought for preservation of wilderness areas
Tried to stop Hetch-Hetchy dam project
Died in 1914
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• Increased protected forested lands from 43 million acres to over 194 million
• Area size of Maine to Virginia!
• "Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt
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http://newyorkcityfinest.blogsome.com/category/education
“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself,“
““A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself”
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Aldo Leopold “The Land Ethic”
“land is to be loved and respected is an extension ethics”
“individual responsibility for the health of land.”
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Aldo Leopold (1887-1948)
Yale University Forestry Degree
1st job U.S. Forest Service N. Mexico
Concerned About Loss of Wilderness
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Life in Wisconsin
Started Game Mgmt. Dept. at UW
1st textbook on Wildlife management (1933)
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The Land Ethic Philosophy Moved family to
old farm and started ecological experiment
– Restoring prarie lands, planting 1000s of trees and documenting landscape changes.
“A Sand County Almanac” –collection of essays about nature/natural world
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ht/37.1/frese.html
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Rachel Carson & “Silent Spring”
Born 1907 Penn. Concerned About
Pesticide Overuse “Silent Spring”
1962
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Professional Biologist
Earned Two Biology Degrees
Job With Bureau of US Fisheries
Researched Oceanography & Marine Biology
Book “The Sea Around Us” Bestseller for 86 Weeks
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DDT & Food Web
A Friend Asked Her To Help Investigate Bird Deaths
Researched DDT’s Environmental Effects
Was Discredited by Chemical Company
“How Can A Woman Be a Good Scientist?”
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“Silent Spring” – Rachel Carson
Worked on Silent Spring for Years Received Pressure From Chemical
Companies to Be Quiet Finally Published Book Was Commended by President
Kennedy Died of Breast Cancer 1964