Conservation, Preservation, and the Sanitary City: Antecedents to Modern Environmentalism

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Colonialism and roots of modern conservation Urban Hygiene Colonial economy and

Colonialism and roots of modern conservation Urban Hygiene
Colonial economy and

degradation Motives
Island Edens Modern life
Environmental services Urban inequality
Desiccation Narrative Conquest
Alexander Von Humboldt Nature-culture
Conservation and Preservation in The United States
Motives/context of movements
John Muir
Gifford Pinchot
Gospel of Efficiency
Hetch-Hetchy Controversy
How these ideas measure up
Conquest
Nature-culture
Social inequality
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When we discuss different environmental paradigms, we will often be evaluating

When we discuss different environmental paradigms, we will often be
evaluating

them vis a vis the conquest mentality from last week
This means:
To what extent does the paradigm under study challenge or reproduce the
conquest and utilitarian concept?
2. To what extent does the paradigm under study challenge or reproduce the
nature-culture binary?
3. To what extent does the paradigm under study undermine or reproduce
unequal power relations and global social inequalities created since about
1500?
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Colonialism and roots of modern conservation Urban Hygiene Colonial economy and

Colonialism and roots of modern conservation Urban Hygiene
Colonial economy and

degradation Motives
Island Edens Modern life
Environmental services Urban inequality
Desiccation Narrative Conquest
Alexander Von Humboldt Nature-culture
Conservation and Preservation in The United States
Motives/context of movements
John Muir
Gifford Pinchot
Gospel of Efficiency
Hetch-Hetchy Controversy
How these ideas measure up
Conquest
Nature-culture
Social inequality
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Colonialism and roots of modern conservation Urban Hygiene Colonial economy and

Colonialism and roots of modern conservation Urban Hygiene
Colonial economy and

degradation Motives
Island Edens Modern life
Environmental services Urban inequality
Desiccation Narrative Conquest
Alexander Von Humboldt Nature-culture
Conservation and Preservation in The United States
Motives/context of movements
John Muir
Gifford Pinchot
Gospel of Efficiency
Hetch-Hetchy Controversy
How these ideas measure up
Conquest
Nature-culture
Social inequality
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Context and Causes of conservation and preservation in U.S.A Urban Industrialization

Context and Causes of conservation and preservation in U.S.A
Urban Industrialization
Pioneer Mentality
Romanticism
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Material reality of deforestation
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Colonialism and roots of modern conservation Urban Hygiene Colonial economy and

Colonialism and roots of modern conservation Urban Hygiene
Colonial economy and

degradation Motives
Island Edens Modern life
Environmental services Urban inequality
Desiccation Narrative Conquest
Alexander Von Humboldt Nature-culture
Conservation and Preservation in The United States
Motives/context of movements
John Muir
Gifford Pinchot
Gospel of Efficiency
Hetch-Hetchy Controversy
How these ideas measure up
Conquest
Nature-culture
Social inequality
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Preservation and conservation success stories National Parks around the world that

Preservation and conservation success stories
National Parks around the world that protect

lands from resource plunder
Places that are protected are constantly under threat, although new
Protected sites are also being declared
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Colonialism and roots of modern conservation Urban Hygiene Colonial economy and

Colonialism and roots of modern conservation Urban Hygiene
Colonial economy and

degradation Motives
Island Edens Modern life
Environmental services Urban inequality
Desiccation Narrative Conquest
Alexander Von Humboldt Nature-culture
Conservation and Preservation in The United States
Motives/context of movements
John Muir
Gifford Pinchot
Gospel of Efficiency
Hetch-Hetchy Controversy
How these ideas measure up
Conquest
Nature-culture
Social inequality
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How do preservation and conservation measure up? The conquest concept and

How do preservation and conservation measure up?
The conquest concept and nature-culture

binary?
Yes and no
2. Power relations and global inequality?
Often served to shore up/buttress unequal power relations, even colonial
power. Reinforce unequal distribution of natural resources.
Referred to by many as “fortress conservation”
Origins of the elitism often found within environmentalism. Certain people
(wealthy or even white) know how to manage and use nature.
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Colonialism and roots of modern conservation Urban Hygiene Colonial economy and

Colonialism and roots of modern conservation Urban Hygiene
Colonial economy and

degradation Motives
Island Edens Modern life
Environmental services Urban inequality
Desiccation Narrative Conquest
Alexander Von Humboldt Nature-culture
Conservation and Preservation in The United States
Motives/context of movements
John Muir
Gifford Pinchot
Gospel of Efficiency
Hetch-Hetchy Controversy
How these ideas measure up
Conquest
Nature-culture
Social inequality
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Attendance question: Why did many middle class and wealthy elites around

Attendance question:
Why did many middle class and wealthy elites around the

world
begin to concern themselves with the conservation and/or
preservation of forestland?
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Colonialism and roots of modern conservation Urban Hygiene Colonial economy and

Colonialism and roots of modern conservation Urban Hygiene
Colonial economy and

degradation Motives
Island Edens Modern life
Environmental services Urban inequality
Desiccation Narrative Conquest
Alexander Von Humboldt Nature-culture
Conservation and Preservation in The United States
Motives/context of movements
John Muir
Gifford Pinchot
Gospel of Efficiency
Hetch-Hetchy Controversy
How these ideas measure up
Conquest
Nature-culture
Social inequality
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Motives and causes of the quest for the sanitary city, 1860-1920

Motives and causes of the quest for the sanitary city, 1860-1920
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Deterioration of living conditions in growing cities due to industrialization
2. Miasma fears, then bacteria (bacteriological revolution
3. A group of professional urban experts and reformers who wanted to improve
living environments for workers
a. Capitalism required healthy work force
b. Workers were beginning to protest living conditions in cities
4. Urban infrastructure (water, sewerage, paved streets, garbage pick-up,
better housing)
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