Human Impact on Nature
Who wrote about the global population explosion warning that unchecked human population growth would lead to severe resource shortages, environmental degradation, and widespread famine?
Paul R. Ehrlich
Who was the former president that devoted much of his time to early conservation and recognized the interconnected relationship between human and nature?
Who is the author of an old folk song about conquering the vast American west telling the audience that the land belongs to them?
Who wrote a haunting poem about compost where carcasses support new life?
Walt Whitman
Who asked that the American public demand the ban of the following chemicals: Parathion, Phosdrin, Captan, Dinoseb, and Methyl Bromide?
César Chávez
Who wrote about the harmful effects of pesticides on the environment and the need for greater awareness of ecological issues?
Rachel Carson
Which Pulitzer Prize-winning conservationist used his role as head of the Bureau of Biological Survey to advocate for wildlife preservation through powerful cartoons, warning that waterfowl populations could face extinction?
J.N. "Ding" Darling
Who penned the lyrics 'they paved paradise and put up a parking lot' after their first trip to Hawaii?
Joni Mitchell
Who wrote a short reflective poem highlighting the significance of planting a tree?
W.S. Merwin
Who wrote a book warning of a coming population boom and food shortages?
Paul R. Ehrlich
Which author reflected on her personal connection to the land and deep womanhood, stating that “the time had come to protest with the heart, that to deny one's genealogy with the earth was to commit treason against one's soul,” blending themes of environmental activism and familial bonds?
Terry Tempest Williams
Who wrote a Sutra using America’s original protector of the forests as inspiration?
Gary Snyder
Who is the illustrator of a cartoon that depicts the effects of urbanization and industrialization on the new landscape of the American interior?
Robert (R.) Crumb
Who wrote the line “Now I am terrified at the Earth, it is that calm and patient, It grow such sweet things out of such corruptions”?
Walt Whitman
Who wrote a powerful exposé on the dangers of pesticides describing how chemicals like DDT accumulate in ecosystems and lead to the destruction of wildlife?
Rachel Carson
Who reflected on the connection between humans and nature describing how living in harmony with the Earth is essential for our survival?
Linda Hogan
Which author observes "that any one would try to destroy such a place seems incredible; but sad experience shows that there are people good enough and bad enough for anything"?
John Muir
Who really didn't like the idea of paved roads in national parks?
Edward Abbey
Who wrote the poem Carmel Point that speaks to unhumanizing our views and becoming confident like the rock and ocean we were made from?
Robinson Jeffers
Who spoke at a climate change conference about the impacts our species is having on the planet?
Al Gore
Which author critiqued the addictive nature of consumption, arguing that “human wants are insatiable, human needs are socially defined, and the real sources of personal happiness are elsewhere,” calling for a reevaluation of what truly brings fulfillment?
Alan Durning
Who defined wilderness as "an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man where man himself is a visitor who does not remain"?
Howard Zahniser
Who discussed how individual self-interest can lead to the depletion of shared resources emphasizing the need for collective responsibility?
Garrett Hardin
Who wrote the line "Wearing the blue work overalls symbolic of slaves and laborers the countless men oppressed by a civilization that claims to save but only destroys"?
Gary Snyder
Which famous musician penned the lyrics "What about this overcrowded land? How much more abuse from man can she stand?'"
Marvin Gaye