Ironically, or perhaps inevitably, the conservation movement kicked off at the same time as the 2nd Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s. Railroads, steel, scientific progress, communication (telegraph), early electrification and combustion engines converged to create a giant leap from a society that was still largely rural and centered around agriculture, to one of rapid urban and industrial growth. With that, however, came an immense demand for natural resources. In the Americas, the land had been seen as endless in what it could provide. Even before industry kicked into high gear, the fallacy of infinite resources was already being felt. A number of voices in the 1800s began to speak to the need to conserve and manage natural resources. Two would forever be remembered for making conservation a way of life, rather than some fringe movement.
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Muir and Roosevelt: Titans of Nature
Categories: health, Nature
Tags: conservation, environment, forests, John Muir, national parks, Nature, Outdoors, Theodore Roosevelt, travel, waterways
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Unstoppable Leaders
When you hear “history book,” do you turn and run? Are these books the last on your reading list? Is your perception of learning history colored by memorization and repetition often utilized in schools? What if reading history could be every bit as exciting as fiction?
It can be.
There are some masters of narrative history out there writing the true stories that will compel you to turn every page. One of these authors is Candice Millard. Her books on two of the most influential and compelling leaders of the 20th Century — Winston Churchill and Theodore Roosevelt — are gripping reads.
Categories: History
Tags: Africa, Amazon, Boer War, Candice Millard, Hero of the Empire, jungle, leaders, president, prime minister, The River of Doubt, Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill
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Darrick Dean 