Social Change & Environmental Issues

Four Stages of Conservation History & Environmental Activism Pragmatic resource conservation Moral and aesthetic nature preservation A growing concern about health and ecological damage caused by pollution Global environmental citizenship

Pragmatic resource conservation

Moral and aesthetic nature preservation

A growing concern about health and ecological damage caused by pollution

Global environmental citizenship

Utilitarian Conservation Utilitarian conservation Policy saves resources “for the greatest good, for the greatest number, for the longest time”

Utilitarian conservation

Policy saves resources “for the greatest good, for the greatest number, for the longest time”

Biocentric Preservation Policies save resources and organisms because of the fundamental right of other organisms to exist and to pursue their own interests.

Policies save resources and organisms because of the fundamental right of other organisms to exist and to pursue their own interests.

Quotes inspiring change & environmental activism “Now in order to answer the question, ‘Where do we go from here?’ which is our theme, we must first honestly recognize where we are now.” Martin Luther King

“Now in order to answer the question, ‘Where do we go from here?’ which is our theme, we must first honestly recognize where we are now.”

Martin Luther King