Session 1 Anthropocentrism and Environment

Reading Assignment: Edward Wimberley Nested Ecology, Preface, Chapter 1 & 2; Ben Minteer, Refounding Environmental Ethics, Chapter 1.

Video Assignment: A New Type of Conservation: Breaking Free of Two Myths About Nature - Peter Kareiva; Failed Metaphors and a New Environmentalism for the 21st Century - Peter Kareiva; The Long Death of Environmentalism - Ted Nordhaus and Michael Sellenberger; Beyond Environmentalism: Towards a New Ecological Politics - Ted Nordhaus and Michael Sellenberger; Thomas Sowell on "Intellectuals & Society" - Hoover Institute Interview   

Homework Assignment:

1. Summarize the Reading Assignment in 1,200 - 1,500 words, double spaced and in Times Roman font, 12 pica. Cite and reference all sources in APA format. Enclose all quoted material in quotation marks.

2. Summarize the Video Assignment in 1,200 - 1,500 words, double spaced and in Times Roman Font, 12 pica. Cite and reference all sources in APA format. Enclose all quoted material in quotation marks.