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Humans gone wild – the destruction of wilderness

Jana Woerner
September 1, 2017
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Wilderness (n): an area essentially undisturbed by human activity together with its naturally developed life community (Merriam-Webster); an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain. 1 ‘There is no place or living thing that…

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Introductions: Jana Woerner

Jana Woerner
August 29, 2017
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Name: Jana Woerner Hometown: Raleigh, NC Major: Environmental Sciences Three topics/ideas/issues that intrigue me: Climate change, conservation, political ecology Most interesting bit of news I read today (or lately): Trump is trying to change the naturalization/citizenship test to make it harder for immigrants, but most American aren’t able to pass the…

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