The Bluegreen Alliance: The Sierra Club

Blue vein societies reigned supreme from after abolition to the late 1920’s. These social clubs formed during Reconstruction in areas flooded by free slaves. The Bon Ton Society was formed in Washington D.C. and the Blue Vein Society was formed in Nashville. Membership was “considered an honor” and “blue veiners” even received exclusive access to vacation resorts, such as Chesapeake Bay.

Interest groups are structured groups which try to influence government to adopt certain policies or measures. The responsibilities of an interest group can be never-ending. One of the main responsibilities of an interest group is giving the underrepresented a chance to speak out on issues they are passionate about. The Rainbow/Push Coalition is an interest group I believed I would be passionate about.

From the rocky ridges and tumbling falls to the highest peak in Georgia, the Blue Ridge region is one of the greatest places to build a new theme park. Although many have their doubts about the Blue Ridge region, especially considering how it doesn’t have very many famous attractions, I assure you that the Blue Ridge is absolutely perfect. So, without further ado, I present to you some of the many reasons why the Blue Ridge should be highly regarded as a choice of location to build the new Georgia-themed amusement park.

Partisan hostility intensified increasingly and the phenomenon of divided government has emerged and has been maintained even after the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2004. One main reason of political confrontation between two campaigns is that the Pan-Blue camp refused to accept the 2004 presidential election, because it criticized a gunshot incident that occurred one day before the election. The Pan-Blue campaign believe this incident was designed to manipulate public sentiment and to facilitate the president’s reelection. Lawsuits against the validity of the election and the elected office were filed to the courts by the Pan-Blue campaign. The courts finally dismissed these suits and maintain the result of elections. In two

Lester Browns Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization is one of a few books published that reveals in depth planning to ecological sustainability. Lester Brown is the President of a non-profit research organization titled “Earth Policy Institute,” which he founded in May of 2001. Mr. Brown has developed a four step plan to make the Earth a cleaner and better place. Throughout this paper we will be weighing the pros and cons of Lester Browns four step plan. Lester Brown’s plan has lots of upside but remember; nothing is free, everything produced has an opportunity cost. Mr. Brown is an intelligent human being, but fails to recognize the damage that can be made in producing “environmental-friendly” objects such as electric cars and windmills. It is also important to understand that every plan created for achieving ecological sustainability will have tremendous downsides. It is a good start, but humans are still decades, maybe even centuries away from creating the correct plan to achieve ecological sustainability. To understand the entirety of Lester Brown’s plan, you must break down each step individually. It is also important to comprehend that Lester’s results from each step could very well be correct but the process of each could do more harm than good.

As Adams pursued his work in both art and conservation the various lines of his life were beginning to converge revealing both the unity and the disjunction of his ideas. 137 His impact was felt on both spheres of influence. Using modern techniques of mass communications, Adams brought a vision of idealized wilderness to a broad audience and linked the environmental movement with nationalism and a romantic view of nature. The sustained popularity of his photographs illuminates a continuing public fascination with the wilderness landscape as both a place of beauty and a symbol of national identity and ideals. (Pacific 42) Most leaders within the conservation movement continued to share his ideal assuming that economic growth and wilderness

“A land ethic is a moral code of conduct that grows out of these interconnected caring relationships (TALF).” Currently humans are using more fossil fuels then we ever had which is leading to the destruction of habitats but also the extinction of thousands of species. Certain organizations are being to fight the commercialization of America. Fossil Fuel companies are wiping out thousands of ecosystems and species because of the increase of industry. There are three major land ethic organizations like the Sierra Club, Bureau of Land Management and Ducks Unlimited which use specific land ethics to represent their specific ideals.

Slide1- The Sierra Club is a nonprofit, member-supported public interest organization that promotes conservation of the natural environment by influencing public policy decisions. In addition, the Sierra Club organizes participation in wilderness activities for its members, including mountain climbing, backpacking, and camping. It is the oldest and largest nonprofit, grassroots environmental organization in the world, with more than 700,000 members. (seven hundred thousand)

Nothing short of tragedy struck America in the 1930s. When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in 1933, unemployment rates had reached a staggering 25% (DeGrace). With over 13 million Americans void of both work and hope, the necessity of government intervention became evident (DeGrace). The New Deal, a legislation encompassing various relief, reform, and recovery programs, was Roosevelt’s proposed method of revival. One of the first, and perhaps the most well-known, agencies, was the Emergency Conservation Work Act (ECW), which would later become the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) (CCC Brief History). Through this organization, Roosevelt aimed to assuage impacts of The Great Depression beyond simply its detriment to economic prosperity. Ultimately, he prevailed in doing so. The Civilian Conservation Corps, having aroused incredible public support, was an extremely effective agency due to its success in granting Americans economic, environmental, and spiritual relief that would prosper throughout its undying legacy.

When a person is born in the United States of America they are automatically a citizen of the United States. With this title comes responsibility. When a person is a citizen there are certain things that are required from them. The person has civic duty that consists of voting, politics, being in a community and the legal realm. Catholic Social Teaching also explains how important civic responsibility is. Civic duty is an important part of being in a community it also has an interesting history full of influential leaders.

It is stated that Sierra Club sued to block a lease that was granted by the Secretary of the Interior for the use of federal land for the purpose of leasing the land for a ski area. Not much information was provided about the case. However, it sounds like the reason Sierra Club sued to block the lease is that of the potential competition that was coming into the area. Considering this piece of land is federal property, there is such thing as a Property Clause. “The Property Clause gives Congress authority to do as they will with the land, territories or other property of the United States” (Alexander & Gorte, 2007, p. 2).

The community, business partners, customers/guests, and employees all have low power, high importance. The community expects a high level of quality products and services that provide significance to their area. This includes having both involvement and support towards the community growth. The protection of the environment and a conservation of natural resources is a concern of the

An example of Blue Ocean Strategy business would be “Le Cirque du Soleil.” At some point of our life we did went to see the circus. The circus’ performances were very popular for many centuries. This is an old concept - a group of artists and acrobats who travel the world with a tent, and with a diversity of wild animals to perform a spectacular show. The primary target was the children. Today, this concept is obsolete, although still exist in Europe.

Greenpeace is an organization which often collides with governments in countries all over the world in its attempt to stop things like global warming, deforestation, overfishing and more. Greenpeace tries to reach their goals by direct action and lobbying. This is the part where they often collide with the governments.

They are also focused on building sustainable worth in an environmentally friendly manner. Their focus on community is shown through improving environmental performance through reasonable,