Module 2 Readings

Module 2: What makes nature valuable?

Required Readings & Videos: 

1. Aldo Leopold, “Thinking Like a Mountain”
2. Aldo Leopold, “The Land Ethic”. (focus on pages 119-120, 123-126)
3. John Muir, “Man’s Place in the Universe.” (skim)
4. Rolston, H. (1991). Environmental ethics: values in and duties to the natural world. (focus on “Organisms” p 78-79, “Species” 82-84, “Ecosystem” 86-89, 92. 
5. Watch:  Econ120: Two Minute Economic Lesson (Ecosystem Services) (2 min)Two-Minute Economic Lesson (Ecosystem Services) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. 
6. Watch:  World Bank: "Time to Account for Natural Capital" (7 min)Time to Account for Natural Capital (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. 
7. Watch: Parvan Sukhdev Put a value on nature! (17 min video) Put a value on nature!” (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Optional Reading:

7. Costanza, et al. “The Value of the world’s ecosystem services and natural capital.” In Nature. 1997. (See Canvas Files).
8. Sylvan, “Is there a Need for a New, an Environmental, Ethic?”
9. Robert Elliot, “Faking Nature".”
10. Martin Krieger, “What is wrong with plastic trees?"”

Estimated time: 2 hours (7 pages focused reading, 27 minutes of video)

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