Emily D'Souza- Class reading 5: Humans in the landscape pgs. 19-44

  felt that this chapter was important to include because it sets the precedent for environmental issues, and it also gives an insight to the different perspectives people may have when thinking of the environment. The perspective I’m going to focus on is the idea that although the ability to identify environmental degradation through the expansion of environmental science, but many environmental changes remain invisible in every day life. This is an important note to make, because it rings true, people don’t realize environmental problems until it’s too late to do anything. The chapter discusses how industrialization radically transformed not only society, but the natural world, and although today we see the effects it had, no one then knew. I understand technology and knowledge in general has immensely expanded since this time, but people today don’t see environmental issues, so they don’t think they need to do anything about it. An example of this would be the unpredictable and intense natural disasters that go on all around the world. This past year Florida was hit by strong hurricanes which caused lots of damages both monetarily and environmentally. The people in Florida who experienced the storm would understand the problem at hand, however for others, they just hear on the news there was another hurricane. The same thing for earthquakes, monsoons, and forest fires that happen all over the world; for people who don’t experience it, it just might not exist. Another thing to note about this chapter is that modern day environmentalism draws upon both theory driven science and field sciences. By having two perspectives, I feel like they are able to draw more accurate and integrative conclusions.

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