The current thinking of how we take care of the environment can be originated through major historical figures such as John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and Aldo Leopold. These historical environmentalists have an impact on the foundation of Deep Ecologists and Eco Feminists. Each of them contributing their own representation of how to treat and protect the environment is being impacted in these groups of ecologists. Both of these innovators have major impacts on the fundamentals that both Eco Feminists and Deep Ecologists share about their beliefs of how to use and develop the land. While Muir, Pinchot and Leopold share common themes about the land use, the different uses they want for it differs. The question of whether we should preserve or conserve originates and sparks the movement that ecologists will debate for years to come.
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John Muir’s belief of land preservation can be traced back to the establishment of Yosemite State Park in 1964 and the Wilderness Act. These plots of land shall be preserved and kept away from the use of the land by humans. The preservation of the land allows only nature to flourish in this ecosystem. When we turn to the conservation of the land we can connect this value to Leopold and Pinchot, as they both argued for the conservation of the land. Gifford Pinchot is the founder and the strongest leader of the U.S Conservation movement in the 19th century. Being directed by Theodore Roosevelt in 1905 to restore the forests of the U.S, Pinchot and Roosevelt created the Bureau of Forestry. Once this bureau was established was the meeting of Muir and Pinchot who worked together but often had different opinions on what stance to take. Shaping the way for future generations to follows these views they both
John Muir’s belief of land preservation can be traced back to the establishment of Yosemite State Park in 1964 and the Wilderness Act. These plots of land shall be preserved and kept away from the use of the land by humans. The preservation of the land allows only nature to flourish in this ecosystem. When we turn to the conservation of the land we can connect this value to Leopold and Pinchot, as they both argued for the conservation of the land. Gifford Pinchot is the founder and the strongest leader of the U.S Conservation movement in the 19th century. Being directed by Theodore Roosevelt in 1905 to restore the forests of the U.S, Pinchot and Roosevelt created the Bureau of Forestry. Once this bureau was established was the meeting of Muir and Pinchot who worked together but often had different opinions on what stance to take. Shaping the way for future generations to follows these views they both