Environmental Philosophies & Ethics

EVR 3020

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Session 14: Pulling The Ecopragmatic Approach Together - The Carolina

 

Reading Assignments: Wimberley and Pellegrino's Ecopragmatics, Chapter 9

 

Video Assignments:Carolina Thread Trail Linking Catawba County to 14 Other Counties; Hiking the "Thread"; Fredrick Law Olmstead & Public Parks; Rocky Creek Portion of the "Thread"

 

Homework Assignment:

  1. How is an ecopragmatic approach reflected in the Thread Trail case study relative to framing the policy issues associated with the creation of the trail?
  2. What were the principle policy objectives associated with the creation of the trail?
  3. From a communitarian perspective what did the creators of the trail do that made them more successful in garnering local support than had been the case with Voices and Choices?
  4. What made the Carolina Thread Trail illustrative of an ecopragmatic approach to environmental policymaking?