Comments on: Garden Wilderness and the New Environmentalism http://www.anthonares.net/2006/09/garden-wilderness-and-the-new-environmentalism.html Chronicling and Commenting on Human Progress Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:15:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Anthonares » Blog Archive » War for the Green Soul http://www.anthonares.net/2006/09/garden-wilderness-and-the-new-environmentalism.html#comment-11788 Anthonares » Blog Archive » War for the Green Soul Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:51:57 +0000 http://www.anthonares.net/2006/09/garden-wilderness-and-the-new-environmentalism.html#comment-11788 [...] March 13th, 2007 by Anthony Kendall [Capitalism, Climate Change, Conservation, Environmentalism, Pragmatism]You’re forgiven if you have missed it, but there’s a rhetorical war being waged on blogs and in the tradition media for the soul of the modern environmental movement. I’ve written of this concept before, and as I see it there are two primary groups involved: the conservationists and what the Pragmatists. Conservationists are typified by the old-gaurd environmental organizations the Sierra Club and Greenpeace being the most prominent. Pragmatists are right now championed by one of my favorite organizations TerraPass; some great pragmatic green writing is going on over at their TerraBlog. [...] […] March 13th, 2007 by Anthony Kendall [Capitalism, Climate Change, Conservation, Environmentalism, Pragmatism]You’re forgiven if you have missed it, but there’s a rhetorical war being waged on blogs and in the tradition media for the soul of the modern environmental movement. I’ve written of this concept before, and as I see it there are two primary groups involved: the conservationists and what the Pragmatists. Conservationists are typified by the old-gaurd environmental organizations the Sierra Club and Greenpeace being the most prominent. Pragmatists are right now championed by one of my favorite organizations TerraPass; some great pragmatic green writing is going on over at their TerraBlog. […]

]]> By: Anthony Kendall http://www.anthonares.net/2006/09/garden-wilderness-and-the-new-environmentalism.html#comment-4131 Anthony Kendall Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:25:51 +0000 http://www.anthonares.net/2006/09/garden-wilderness-and-the-new-environmentalism.html#comment-4131 Excellent point! Preservation does imply a sterile non-interactive type of conservation. Hunters want conservation, while radical greens want preservation. I'll make sure to use "preservationists" to describe those elements of the greens in the future. Excellent point! Preservation does imply a sterile non-interactive type of conservation. Hunters want conservation, while radical greens want preservation. I’ll make sure to use “preservationists” to describe those elements of the greens in the future.

]]> By: rbjeffersonian http://www.anthonares.net/2006/09/garden-wilderness-and-the-new-environmentalism.html#comment-4110 rbjeffersonian Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:30:18 +0000 http://www.anthonares.net/2006/09/garden-wilderness-and-the-new-environmentalism.html#comment-4110 I agree with your meaning, but would quibble with your term, "conservationist". I think "preservationist" is more akin to what you are describing. Only that which is use can be conserved (used carefully), whereas the extreme end of the environmental comminity would aspire to a no-use, hands-off, preservation of the natural (read humanless) world. Many that would deem themselves pragmatic environmentalists use the term conservation as the ideal, thoughtful use of resources, as opposed to preservation, which is the non-use. I appreciate your thoughtful coverage of these issues. I agree with your meaning, but would quibble with your term, “conservationist”. I think “preservationist” is more akin to what you are describing. Only that which is use can be conserved (used carefully), whereas the extreme end of the environmental comminity would aspire to a no-use, hands-off, preservation of the natural (read humanless) world. Many that would deem themselves pragmatic environmentalists use the term conservation as the ideal, thoughtful use of resources, as opposed to preservation, which is the non-use.

I appreciate your thoughtful coverage of these issues.

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