Apes Flashcards

12177621469	Ralph Waldo Emerson	Published nature in 1836	0
12177628902	Ralph Waldo Emerson	Was an early critique of rampant economic development	1
12177639879	Ralph Waldo Emerson	In his journals he stated "this invasion of nature by trade with its money it's credits it's steam it's railroads threatens to upset the balance of men and nature	2
12177661481	Henry David Thoreau	Wrote Walden which described a year in which he lived in the country to have contact with nature "essential facts of life"	3
12177674339	Henry David Thoreau	He wrote the book while living near concord Massachusetts in the mid 1800's	4
12177684557	Henry David Thoreau	He believed we need to protect nature from "the vandalism of a few"	5
12177698402	John Muir	Believed "wilderness mirrors divinity nourishes humanity and vivifies the spirit"	6
12177712824	John Muir	Argued that only the govenrnment can save California's sequoia grooves from the "ravages of fools"	7
12177727010	John Muir	Organized the sierra club	8
12177731606	John Muir	Convinced the federal government to restrict development in the Yosemite valley	9
12177739823	Aldo Leopold	wrote A sand county almanac	10
12177749881	Aldo Leopold	Worked in the forest services in the 1920's	11
12177778232	Aldo Leopold	Worked towards the development of a wilderness policy and founded the field of game management	12
12177800044	Aldo Leopold	He wrote that the amount of space and type of forage of a wildlife habitat determine the number of animals that can be supported	13
12177821475	Aldo Leopold	Said regulated hunting can keep a proper balance of wildlife	14
12177829906	Rachel Carson	Wrote "Silent Spring" (environmental problems caused by pesticides). National wide band on DDT. Advanced global environmental movement.	15
12177838103	Rachel Carson	Wrote articles for the New Yorker in 1960 where she mainly spoke about pesticides and the damaging effects it has	16