What is Wrong with Wilderness? Environmental Radicalism.

Summarize and compare the selections by Muir, Pinchot & Leopold, three premier American Environmentalists. Include a review and evaluation of the the environmental philosophies of Preservation and Conservation along with the positions advocated by each man.

40 pts. Evaluate and explain your opinions regarding each individual

View the video “The Wilderness Idea”
The “Wilderness” Video for this weeks assignment can be locted on the NJIT ITunes site.Instructions are listed below. The NJIT itunes site is:itunes.njit.edu.

1. Open a web browser and go to the site.

(If you do not have the itunes client already installed, download and install it. Restart your machine)
2. Return to the above site.

3. Log in as student, with your UCID & Password. (You must be registered for this course and section in order to access them)

4. The itunes app for NJIT will open in about 10-15 seconds.You should see your registered course selections in the top section.
5. Click on selected course.You will then be able to download the lectures.

March, G, “Man & Nature”, Sources, P. 1

Muir, J.,  The Mountains of California , Textbook Sources, p.5

Pinchot, C.,  The Fight for Conservation , Textbook Sources, p.8

Leopold, A.,  A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There Textbook Sources, p.10

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