NTRES 2201 1st Edition Lecture 3Outline of Past LectureI. RecapII. Who gets to use the wilderness?III. CronanIV. McKibbonV. Other arguments from other peopleVI. OrrA) Formal education is failingB) Experiential learningC) Sense of wonderD) Ecological literacy is politically threatenedVII. GlobalizationCurrent lectureI. Recap:-nature as an escape in the Industrial Revolution-primitivist movement: born in nature, state of grace-Fredrick Jackson Turner-Think about: Who defines what nature/wilderness is?-Think about: Who is nature/wildernessII. Who gets to use the wilderness?-Gender-Class*In this era, tends to be wealthy industrialistsIII. Cronan-Says trying to escape is foolish, doesn’t exist-Says it’s also damaging-Can’t do much in wilderness*Stay on trails*Don’t cut down trees*Can’t hunt elk, etc-Wilderness as an “escape” is just a distraction from our lives we have here*Can’t improve real life if we’re being distracted by make-believe-WE have constructed the idea of wilderness*Therefore we can’t ruin nature by being there because we fabricated itIV. McKibbon-Agrees that nature doesn’t exist, but that’s only because we have destroyed it-Metaphor: Chainsaws will always taint the wilderness-It’s magical to find a place that humans have not touched*Professor’s argument: Now that you are there, it is no longer untouched-The ultimate escape comes down to imagination*However, climate change has killed that imagination *We no longer know how things were meant to be, we can no longer hope for a place unchanged by human influenceV. Other arguments from other people-The idea of the beautiful wilderness dulls our senses to the small beauties around usvs-The idea of the beautiful wilderness helps us appreciate the beauty in our everyday livesOrrA) Formal education is failing-Lecture style teaching is a “sin”-Ecology tends to be taught separate from other subjects… that’s bad-There is also a separation between what we do individually and what the social outcomes areB) Experiential learning-Intimacy with our surroundings is diminishing-Both urban and natural environments can be healthy or unhealthy-Too much of our schooling occurs indoorsC) Sense of wonder-Wonder balanced with trepidation-Must be amazed by everything, huge mountains to tiny blades of grass-Don’t let that stop you from getting angry at people ruining the world’s beautyD) Ecological literacy is politically threatenedGlobalization-We should get out more-Reduce our commitment to one place-Roots of problems can be anywhere… we must be able to find them-Place*Love of a place doesn’t exist much*School: Subjects are specialized, but places are interchangeable *In the real world, everything happens together, but in school subjects are separated*Think: Theories are much more powerful when they are universal*We transcend place… we are global citizens, we no longer belong to a home*The idea is