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2014 Autumn | Agriculture and Food Systems, Climate Change, Education & Outreach, Policy & Regulation, Sustainability

A New Way of Approaching Wilderness

Student(s):

Vineet Arora

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Charlie Raines

Partner(s):

  • The Sierra Club

Faculty advisor(s):

William Beyers, Department of Geography, University of Washington

I worked at The Sierra Club, helping with outreach and coordination efforts regarding wilderness. I also went on two trips: one to Washington D.C. to lobby congress and the other to New Mexico for a wilderness conference. I learned that our modern understanding of wilderness is valuable, yet also problematic. The vitality at the core of wilderness points us toward a radical change in our conception of land, and the planet which we belong to. I now stand for the radical view that land ownership itself is creating severe discord, and I hope to live and communicate this understanding.