What Written Knowledge Does: Three Examples Of Academic Discourse

Karl Jacoby. Crimes against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation. Berkley: University of California, 2001.

Rome discusses the previously unmentioned role of women in the environmental movement by women’s historians. He notes that because this demographic did not challenge their place within society, their role in the movement was not as prominent. Andrew Hunt’s work uses a recent idea that movements had become more grassroots than previously thought, putting to rest the idea that “the movement” was over by the 1970’s. Considering that “The great majority of antiwar students…did not formally affiliate with any organization,” may have contributed to the feeling that the period of major protest was

Jimmy Carter uses many techniques to persuade the reader that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should not be developed for industry. He uses specific word choices to catch the reader's attention. He uses evidence to show how his his argument is valid. Carter also uses emotional attachment to get the reader to become attached to this article.

Many people that go out and enjoy the wilderness or the outdoors head to those places because they need to get away from the world and relax. The opportunity you have to go out and enjoy these beautiful areas all started with the beginning of this country by many men and their ideas and views of the outdoors. I will conduct a rhetorical analysis of J. Baird Callicott and Priscilla Solis Ybarra’s article, The Puritan Origins of the American Wilderness Movement, and critique there use of rhetorical appeals in order to show that their article was written successfully.

This project was intended to show and persuade the audience to appreciate and enjoy the outdoors in Colorado. But if not that then the purpose was to help understand the importance of wilderness to some people and how it affects people 's lives for the better. My main rhetorical appeals are, pathos, logos, and a bit of ethos. The photo essay, the memoir, the film review and the editorial all appeal to pathos more than the others. The instructional essay appealed to logos. The editorial and the instructional essay also contain pieces of ethos. Also the photo essay gives the entire project an appeal to ethos because it shows that I’ve actually been on many mountains and that helps with what I say in my other pieces.

Humans are naturally ingenious. Since people have walked this Earth, they’ve made great strides to make progress. The advancement of science since humans have inhabited this planet is staggering. Much of what people thought of as impossible has become possible. But with all of these advancements, we must stop and ask ourselves: how far is too far? Just because we can do certain things, doesn’t mean we should do them. Nowadays, people have the abilities to alter the genetics of their unborn babies, genetically modify different foods, even create bombs that could destroy the world as we know it. As these revelations have been made, people began to debate where the line should

With environmental issues such as global warming, pollution, and natural resource depletion, it is indisputable that preserving the wilderness is essential for a sustainable future. While the effects are becoming more prominent today, the concern for maintaining a balance with nature has been around in the United States for over a century. In defense of preservation, one individual shares his perspective in his book, Desert Solitaire, of the crucial need for undisturbed wilderness and how the exploitation of it must be contained. Edward Abbey’s method to convey his message can be crude, unfiltered, and raw. Regardless, he argues “there is a way of being wrong which is also sometimes necessarily right” to justify his approach (xii). Although Abbey’s point of view is sometimes “violently prejudiced [and] unconstructive,” his message is passionate and thoughtfully presented in a manner that invites

Imagine voluntarily getting into a cage with wild Grizzly Bears, and having nothing to defend yourself. This is what Timothy Treadwell did, except he upped the ante and chose to live alongside the Grizzly Bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska. The last 13 years of Treadwell’s life, he spent the summer months living with the bears. Grizzly Man is a film that was created by Werner Herzog. The film show contains content that Treadwell filmed himself, as well as portions filmed after his death, that have Werner interacting with people who knew Timothy very well. I believe that this film is very well put together and does a great job of showing Treadwell’s interactions with the bears, with minimal input from the narrator. I enjoy this part of the film because it allows you to form your own opinion of Treadwell and see what he thinks is best for himself and the bears. In this paper, I will be touching on how Treadwell’s actions throughout the film relate to writings done by; Michael Nelson, J. Baird Callicott, and Reed Noss. Some of Nelson’s wilderness preservation arguments fit right alongside what Treadwell is doing on his expeditions. Calllicot and Noss focus on wilderness alternatives and the impact that humans have on the environment.

In more recent times, the interactions of people and the landscape have influenced the landscape and the life that depends on it. Swampland has been drained, cleared and cultivated, roads have been constructed, and homesteads established. Wildfires were stopped and non-native vegetation was introduced. Pollutants have also degraded water quality. Non-native

The preservation of wilderness that national parks offer is comforting to us; we know that our true home is out there somewhere remaining pure; therefore we may continue living our daily lives with the comfort.  However, as Cronon points out, our careful sectioning off of designated wilderness areas may lead to more environmental harm than good by possibly allowing a sense of irresponsibility to develop between people and the natural environment.  Cronon explains that if we see the environment as only small sections of our world meant to be visited as if they served the same purpose as museums, then we cut ourselves off from the natural world and no longer feel a true responsibility toward it, or possess a real knowledge of it.  Furthermore, in urban areas, people exist no longer as member of the natural world but as spectator of the nature. We live our daily life admiring the natural world and yet our ability to protect the nature and adopt a smart use of the natural resources becomes more and more weak as the time unfold.  That is by far what Cronon calls the manifestation of our lack of knowledge about nature and how to use it. He tries to emphasis this by saying that “Idealizing a distant wilderness often means not idealizing the environment in which we live […] we need an environmental ethic that will tell us as much about using nature as not using it.”

Jarvis argues that conservation efforts were promoted by women as well as men (Jarvis 149). She claims that while the wilderness was seen as more masculine and suitable for men, women became leaders of conservation campaigns by using their feminine role of nurturer and caregiver to their

In his essay, The Trouble with Wilderness, William Cronon discusses the importance of preserving wilderness. Nature has been deteriorating since the introduction of the human species, and Cronon attributes this issue to the destructive nature of humans. The essay begins with his thesis “the time has come to rethink wilderness” (Cronon 1). He challenges the reader to find the difference between wilderness and wildness. Cronon’s biggest fear is violating the holiness of nature.

In the text, “Not Going it Alone: Public Writing, Independent Media, and the Circulation of Homeless Advocacy,” Mathieu and George reference Christian Weisser’s “Moving beyond Academic Discourse.” When discussing Weisser’s text, Mathieu and George state that Weisser is worrying about whether compositionists know where public areas are and what public writing may truly entail. Mathieu and George both agreed that in order for us to deepen our understanding on public writing, we need to first understand and “examine the sites in which public writing occurs.” This is because these sites can further our knowledge on not only the context of a public issue, but also the styles of argumentation and the history of these publics issues. Additionally,

Name: Deepthi Chandra Teacher: Boniface - 1 2016 NHD Outline Worksheet- Exploration, Encounter & Exchange in History Topic John Muir Inspires Conservation Thesis John Muir’s endless love for nature inspired others and pushed him to explore a new concept of American land use and conservation, resulting in him encountering commercialism and resistance as well as the exchange of ideas about nature preservation across America, sparking the American conservation movement. Exploration: Give examples of where, what, how, why, positives and negatives

Leopold presents a formerly unheard of precedent called, 'Land Ethic'. This precedent addresses how nature and the land itself ought to be approached with deference. While it does not prevent the misuse of these resources, it does assert that the ecosystem only works as a whole, and all components of it are equally important. This stems from the possibility that the biological community itself just capacities appropriately if every one of its parts are working firmly so one section is not more essential than another. Another theme is that of wild life. The wilderness is where we came from, and is still important to us but is disappearing. He makes a list of some of the vanished ecosystems of North America, and some whose remnants should be preserved. Wilderness has recreation value-- not mechanized enjoyment, but a preservation of older, now unnecessary means of travel and kinds of experiences that contrast with ordinary life. He exhibits the significance of the learning of protection by clarifying how man and nature could fall apart if people don't begin to regard and ration the biological communities around