Discussion
Read Chapter 11 of McNeill’s Something New Under the Sun.
Read “Let’s Call Environmentalism What It Is” by Bela Williams in YES! Magazine.
You will read 2 more articles as linked in “C” in the Statement direction below.
“Statement by (your last name)”
1. You will post a “Statement by (your last name).” (Worth 60 points – review Discussion Rubric) If you want to draft your statement in a Word document so you can easily proof-read it before posting, that is great, but you must copy and paste your entire Statement into the Discussion area text box (after you click on Create Thread). Do not attach the Word document. (I know we do attach Worksheets but other students need to read your Statement, so it is better to use the text box.)
In your statement answer the following questions. You can copy and include the questions in your post or just restate the question in your opening sentence. Write in complete sentences, several sentences or a paragraph. Please do use the labels A, B, C.
A. What term does Bela Williams want us to use instead of “environmentalism”? Why is the term she recommends better than just “environmentalism”? (2-3 sentences)
B. Give one example from Williams article of a situation where an environmental effort, event or idea actually caused harm. You will need to read one of the articles that is linked in this article. Watch for underlined words in this article, right click and “open in a new tab”.Copy and paste that link directly into your Statement (after you go to it). Explain what the environmental effort was, how it caused harm and to who or what, and finally was the harm an unintended consequence or an intended consequence. This paragraph needs to be 5-7 sentences long. If you quote the article be sure to use “quotation marks” and cite it by putting the authors last name in parenthesis after your quote.
C. How does the example of American environmentalism in the creation of Yellowstone National Park compare to the environmentalism of the Green Belt movement as described in your textbook (McNeill pages 350-352) and the Green Belt Movement according to their own website’s history page ( http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/who-we-are/our-history) ? To answer this question you need to read the linked article about Yellowstone’s creation ( https://time.com/5562258/indigenous-environmental-justice/ ) How are these two environmental efforts different? Discuss who was promoting the effort and the differences between those people, and who benefited from the effort and/or who was harmed by the effort. Use specific examples from the text and the Yellowstone article. Use quotation marks if you quote a source and just site your source by either (Gilio-Whitaker) (the author of the Yellowstone article), or (McNeill WITH THE PAGE number, or electronic location number). This answer should be one or two paragraphs and 7-10 sentences long.
