*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.

John Muir “Preservationist”

Born in Scotland 1838

Came to WI as boy

Loved being outside in nature

Very creative, many inventions

John on His Own

He attended Univ. of Wisconsin

Got a job helping run a small factory

Mechanically minded - factory machines & Inventions

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

http://www.pdphoto.org

www.stanford.edu/morganimages/scenery/yosemite/yos_falls_2/html/yf02-yosemite-falls.html

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

• 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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“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself,“

““A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself”

Aldo Leopold “The Land Ethic”

“land is to be loved and respected is an extension ethics”

“individual responsibility for the health of land.”

Aldo Leopold (1887-1948)

Yale University Forestry Degree

1st job U.S. Forest Service N. Mexico

Concerned About Loss of Wilderness

Life in Wisconsin

Started Game Mgmt. Dept. at UW

1st textbook on Wildlife management (1933)

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

Rachel Carson & “Silent Spring”

Born 1907 Penn. Concerned About

Pesticide Overuse “Silent Spring”

1962

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

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?”

“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