read the four entries from the Palgrave ReaderLinks to an external site. from Thoreau, Muir, Pinchot, and Carson, and answer the following prompt:
In one paragraph, briefly summarize the key facets of two of these thinkers environmental philosophies, making sure to reflect on how their individual experiences with the natural world and their “social location” (i.e., their race, gender, socio-economic class) are relevant to their perspectives. https://sandiego.ares.atlas-sys.com/ares/ares.dll?Action=10&Form=60&Value=7116
Next, examine the website/film of one of the large, contemporary, environmental organizations (listed below) that plays a major role in today’s mainstream environmental movement, and, in a second paragraph, address the following:
How does this organization describe the environmental movement in terms of its objectives and strategies (keep in mind that this may not always be explicit)?
How does it frame its role in this movement?
Identify specific ways that the ideas of our classical environmental thinkers (Thoreau, Muir, Pinchot, or Carson) are represented in the narrative that this organization creates about itself and the broader movement, considering, for example, how these thinkers articulate the virtue of nature, the purpose of the environment, the biggest threats to the environment, and what should be done to protect nature/the environment.
Choose one of the following organizations to discuss:
Website: Environmental Defense Fund https://www.edf.org – Film: “History of the Environmental Movement. https://greenriverfilms.com/work/a-history-of-the-environmental-movement/ (Green River Films)
Website: Greenpeace USA https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/- Film: “What We Do.”https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/
Website: Sierra Club https://www.sierraclub.org
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