Talk:Roderick Nash

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I'm going to remove that POV trash (Americans, especially, it would seem). Just noting the change. -Ben

Wilderness and the American Mind is written like someone's essay. Urgent changes are needed.

WatAM is a book. I have read and used the 2nd and 3rd editions. The Section generally describes what the book is about. Note: I was a student in 2 of Rod's classes having him as the prof for one. I have personally lived some of the history in the last chapters of the book. While I don't fully agree with Rod's humanistic and literary slant (e.g., he likes Aldo Leopold while I think Rachel Carson is more important), Rod generally gets the ideas right. If anything the section doesn't summarize enough. Criticism from the political right (conservatives) should be watched. The page as a whole is lacking because Rod has accomplished a lot more than WatAM. 143.232.210.38 (talk) 23:36, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote the above paragraph during my day job. Not only was I one of Rod's students (over the years I've seen the names of other Nash students in credits like Rob Reiner films and TV shows), I was also an organizer with Sen. Gaylord Nelson and Garrett DuBell's "Environmental Handbook" for what would be called the first Earth Day (a term Denis Hayes came up with which neither Garrett nor I cared, nor does ED appear in the Handbook). I just "popped in" on Rod's pages to see what a web search (day job for Internet research program management: just using "Nash" gets John Nash) would find due to the passing of one of Rod's other Environmental Studies colleagues passing.

I think that this page needs to cite later editions or Rod's book. I am amused that Rod is still alive, and maybe I will touch base with him on my next UCSB visit.

More environmental students need to read Rod's book (however dense). 24.121.144.200 (talk) 16:34, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is a valuable entry for Wikipedia, thank you for starting this item. The original was hagiographic and still needs some slight adjustments and footnotes/citations to meet Wikipedia standards. comment added by Tintle (talk • contribs)

Please add some sources such as newspaper articles, journal articles, etc., Thank you. Tintle (talk) 13:39, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]