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Question | Answer |
Rachel Carson | Exposed dangers of DDT with her book Silent spring |
Paul Ehrlich | Biologist that discussed overpopulation and food production issues |
Garrett Hardin | Tragedy of the Commons, people exploit their resources |
Aldo Leopold | Land Ethic. People are responsible for protecting nature. |
Wangary Maathai | Won nobel peace prize for green belt movement. He planted trees and provided food. |
Thomas Malthus | Said, humans cant afford to increase population because it will end up causing war |
John Muir | founded sierra club. fought unsuccessfully to prevent damming of hetch hetchy valley in yosemite. |
Gifford Pinchot | First chief of the US Forest Service, advocating for sustainablitity |
Theodore Rooselevelt | First national wildlife refuge at pelican island |
Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina | determined CFCs destroy stratospheric ozone |
E.O. Wilson | theory of island biogeography which identifies factors that regulate species richness on islands |
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