William Cronon's essay "The Trouble with Wilderness" was first published in 1995. It caused immediate negative reactions in the environmental community which continue until this day, yet some would argue that Cronon's essay in fact, defines what environmentalism should be. Using the link below, please read this essay and write a three page position paper including the following elements:

1. What is the main point(s) that Cronon is elucidating
2. Argue whether or not this document is pro or anti environmentalism
3. Discuss how the elements of this essay are related to the IPCC B2 Scenario in which changes in human value systems occur to produce less consumption.

Note also: when you google on Cronon or on Trouble with Wilderness, you can find lots of criticisms of Cronon's essay - you are certainly allowed to use that as source material.

Link to Essay

Note: we will come back to this essay in latter part of the course when we discuss Humans and consumption.