Proposed solutions to Environmental problems

 a. Wilderness preservation:

–The first national parks created in the world were Yosemite and Yellowstone, in 1864 and 1872.

b. Sustainable use

– Through ecological, social, and economic planning, resource use  can occur that works toward Meeting human needs of the present and future generations.

– Criticism of the idea of sustainable development in that it may mean different things to different People, i.e., “Consuming Your Way to a Sustainable Future”. Sustainable development has been oversimplified in that to some it assumes that nature is like a human body (an organism)

and will Recover from anthropogenic interference back to a ‘normal’ functioning state.

c. Stewardship

– Moral framework that should inform personal and public Corporations and nations Defines an ethic that should guide.

d. Promotion of environmental justice

– Promotion and establishment of just relationships between H & E.