Joseph E. Taylor III 
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Joseph E. Taylor III is a Canada Research Chair in environmental history at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C. He is the author of Making Salmon: An Environmental History of the Northwest Fisheries Crisis and is completing a book on recreation titled Pilgrims of the Vertical: Rock Climbing and Modern Environmental Culture.
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Caste From the Past
Environmentalism's elitist tinge has roots in the movement's history 0
Posted 3 years, 8 months ago
Pretty, yes, but what about the people?
Photo: National Park Service.
North Americans love their heroes, and environmentalists are no exception. The hall of fame includes some of the biggest hitters from our nation's past: John Muir, David McTaggart, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Paul Watson, David Brower, Rachel Carson, and Edward Abbey, to name just a few. Every Earth Day, speakers invoke these legends, yet there are also the lesser lights of the green pantheon: Alice Hamilton, the scientist who studied industrial lead poisoning and founded the modern discipline of occupational health;… Read More