People in Environmental History

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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