George+Perkins

=George Perkins Marsh = = =  George Perkins was born in 1981 in Woodstock, Vermont.

 Perkins had a love of nature, which led him to become a critic of man was ruining the environment. At this time people believed the earth's resources were infinite and solely existed for man to consume. Perkins thought the opposite. He wrote many forceful cases in his book, Man and Nature, that man is on earth to borrow its natural resources and should be responsible for replenishing. While Marsh was overseas for government related proposes, he had the chance to see how people used the land and natural resources in older civilizations. He compared it to what he had seen in New England. Most of Man and Nature is about the history of how different civilizations view their use of the natural world. The main argument of the book is that man needs to conserve, and, if possible, replenish natural resources.

 Perkins died July 23, 1882 (age 81) in Vallombrosa, Italy.

= Works Cited =  "George Perkins Marsh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2011.  .

 McNamara, Robert. "George Perkins Marsh - Author of Man and Nature, George Perkins Marsh Was an Early Advocate of  Conservation." 19th Century History. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2011.  .