Tag Archives: Marris
Questions for Emma Marris
1. How do you justify assisted migration to those who dismiss it as having catastrophic consequences on ecosystems? 2. How can rapidly developing countries such as BRIC countries maintain their economic development while protecting their ecosystems from damage, pollution, etc.? … Continue reading
Questions for Emma Marris
1. What suggestions do you have for conservation in urban areas such as New York City? 2. Which ecological preserve did you enjoy visiting the most and why? 3. What criticisms and critiques have conservational biologists made about the suggestions … Continue reading
Questions for Author Emma Marris
1. In the book, Marris suggested many different strategies in tackling the problems of current conservation problems. While it was made clear that a combination of techniques would be required to stabilize our world, which one would Marris prioritize first? … Continue reading
Post 10/3/12: Rambunctious Garden 10
As far as endings go, Marris’ last chapter in Rambunctious Garden was certainly a hodgepodge of ideas. However, they are admittedly more ambiguously biased than the previous ideas and chapters that she proposed. For everything from saving species to sustaining … Continue reading
Designer Ecosystems and Conservation Everywhere
In Chapters 8 and 9 of Rambunctious Garden, Emma Marris continues her attack on societal perceptions on nature and attempts to change most of her readers’ views, using designer ecosystems and the coexistence of nature and industry as examples. From ancient streams … Continue reading
Post 9/30/12: Rambunctious Garden 8, 9
The preceding chapters seem to be about shedding some light on misguided ecological presumptions about conservation and preservation. In chapters 8 and 9, however, Marris’ focus seems more shifted toward an economic standpoint. She emphasizes the point of utilizing every … Continue reading
Post 9/27/12: Rambunctious Garden 6, 7
As I continue to peruse Rambunctious Garden, it seems like more of my (perhaps shallow) presumptions about conservation are being increasingly challenged with common sense. And that, in truth, makes sense, as propaganda has often been biased and seen through … Continue reading
Post 9/22/12: High Line Park
The High Line Park is an exquisite example of a metropolitan take on nature. Situated atop an abandoned railway, the longitudinal park is filled with various sorts of flora, from grass and flowers to shout and sturdy trees. The plants … Continue reading
Assisted Migration and Urbanization
In Chapter 5 of Rambunctious Garden, Emma Marris discusses assisted migration – a process by which “species move around slowly, in geological timescales, often in response to climate shifts,” and humans assist animals in their movement (80). Climate change has had … Continue reading
Post 9/12/12: Rambunctious Garden 5
The idea of assisted migration, in which humanity plans and (eventually) moves certain species that are endangered by climate change into a more suitable environment, sounds considerably less preposterous than Pleistocene rewilding. It is not as extreme as rewilding; rather … Continue reading
Post 9/9/12: Rambunctious Garden 3, 4
The concept of rewilding is a very radical and grandiose idea. Specifically Pleistocene rewilding, the idea of recreating ancient, pre-human ecosystems (before even native human inhabitants) using existing species as proxies is an incredible project. To be fair, if the … Continue reading
Post 9/5/12: Rambunctious Garden 1, 2
In the first chapters of Emma Marris’ Rambunctious Garden, she quickly indicates—and likely will continue to reinforce in later chapters—the problem with many conservation projects: it is just not that simple. Preservation is not as easy as planting a tree … Continue reading
Revisiting History and Discussing a Better Future for Nature in “Rambunctious Garden”
Emma Marris in the first two chapters of her book Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World makes her main points clear: that “there is one thing that nature is not: pristine,” humans “are already running the whole Earth,” and it’s … Continue reading
