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In my Environmental Studies class, Environment and Society, we learned about the evolution of environmental change based on the impact of society on ecosystems. This webpage displays my knowledge from the class in a visually engaging way: concept maps. Use the top menu to navigate the main sections of Concept Maps: “Home,” “Lessons From the Past,”  “Envisioning the Future,” and “Reference List.”  I invite you to explore these pages to learn more about sustainability itself, society’s past ecological struggles and how we can forward towards a more sustainable world! The “Home” page below shows the Four Main World Views of Environmentalism based on Clapp and Dauvergne.

 

 

The Four Environmental World Views

Below are the Four World Views based on Clapp and Dauvergne’s book: Paths to a Green World: the Political Economy of the Global Environment. Clapp and Dauvergne classify the different environmental ideologies into four categories: Market Liberals, Institutionalists, Bioenvironmentalists, and Social Greens. My concept map compares and contrasts their views on five major ideas: main beliefs, globalization, the problem they believe environmental degradation is derived from, the solution to this problem and their ideal sustainable future. These ideas are color coded, as well as my own view of environmentalism and what path to a sustainable future should be. This diversity of views allow us to better understand different perspectives on things like climate change, and to acknowledge and comprehend similarities/differences between the views, allowing us to move forward to a more sustainable world with less discord. 

 

 

 

Clapp, Jennifer, and Peter Dauvergne. Paths to a Green World: the Political Economy of the Global Environment. MIT Press, 2011.