The Environmental Debate, Third Edition

Contents

Foreword ...........................................................................................................................xix

Preface....................................................................................................... .......................xxi

Introduction ....................................................................................................................xxiii

Part I Foundations of American Environmental Thought and Action ................................. 1

Document 1: Biblical Views of Nature and Humanity ................................................. 4

A. Genesis: The Story of Creation .......................................................... 4

B. Genesis: The Story of Noah and the Flood ......................................... 4

C. Isaiah, c. 725 B.C.E. .......................................................................... 4

Document 2: Virgil’s Pastoral View of Nature (c. 50 B.C.E.) ........................................ 5

Document 3: Christopher Columbus Inventories the New World’s

Natural Resources (1493) ....................................................................... 6

Document 4: Jean Ribaut Discovers the Natural Abundance of Terra

Florida (1563) ........................................................................................ 7

Document 5: Baltasar de Obregon’s Account of the Riches of New Mexico (1584) ...... 7