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some questions to ponder: “We have this incredible, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reëngage and recalibrate this city in a way that, politically, you might never have been able to get to.” Joseph C ...

So there was a lot to read/digest in both of those articles, and I won't try to speak to all of it...but to use Rachel's question as a starting point, I think environmental history is crucial to retro ...

didn't see your question Mingwei, sorry....

I think we shape wilderness to accommodate our current needs, but it's always sort of an "escape route" from the problems at hand, when we ca ...

I really loved tonight's reading, it clearly stated distinctions between wilderness and nature, and also highlighted the complex history of the term "wilderness", and how it can be convenien ...

Great question Mingwei, I think it hits on a lot of the readings we've done lately and especially tonight's. Nature has it's own way of balancing and destroying the various ecosystems on the planet, b ...

Good one Eli!!!! what a knee-jerker.

I couldn't help but appreciate Pollan's refreshing take on our relationship to nature and wilderness. I agree that once we reduce the guilt we have towards our ...

I think everyone has a choice, despite their job description. It's true that the government must keep in mind the financial capabilities of national parks, which includes the accessibility and develop ...

Rachel's q: Based on the readings in this class, what was the "the West" - a place, a goal, a dream, the future, a geography, a myth... or none of these? Why?

I didn't find much in this w ...

To respond to Rachel, "If water's not available naturally, is it wrong to charge for the privilege of having it unnaturally?"

I think we'd be hard-pressed to find water available naturall ...

....after reading Isaiah's post, I'd have to agree and say that public unclean water is kind of a slap in the face to both poor citizens and doctor's dreams. I don't think anyone can get excited about ...

Mingwei I'd like to respond to your question about what is a common area and what is commodity....I think in terms of public and private spaces, the working class thought of water as common because &q ...

Isaiah, in response to your question, I'd like to hazard a guess that it definitely has something to do with new technologies that we use today that help reap the best benefits from crops in a more su ...

I haven't read the second one yet, but I felt a very clear "OH that's environmental history!" during the first part of our reading. In order to understand why Native Am's shifted towards com ...

I think Isaiah's point about mapping is great, and I would add to his list that those invisible boundaries one would have to make when making a map mean very little to Native Americans and their idea ...

"but it’s just it almost feels like the Europeans were finding excuses to make their invasion sound better" -Mingwei I definitely agree with you here, this is exactly what the Europeans were ...