Journal 7 Instructions
Due Date: Wednesday, 5/23/12
Read Rick Bass, “Why I Hunt” p. 440 and Bill McKibben, “The Environmental Issue from Hell”
p. 444.
Respond to two questions for each reading (four responses total). Be sure to label each question
with the author’s last name and question number (i.e., Bass #2).
Be sure to answer all parts of the question in your response (but don’t list the different questions
out and then answer them; just answer them in prose format).
Why I Hunt:
1. Why does Rick Bass hunt? Explain his reasoning in your own words. Does Bass think that
everyone should try hunting? Why or why not?
2. What comparison does Bass make between growing food in an agricultural society and
hunting for food in a hunter-gatherer culture? Why does he include this difference?
3. Reread paragraph 13. Summarize in your own words what Bass is saying in this paragraph,
and respond to his ideas. Do you agree or disagree with him? Why?
The Environmental Issue from Hell:
1. What is the “environmental issue from hell” according to McKibben? What does McKibben
believe that we should be doing about it? In other words, what is his call to action?
2. What is McKibben’s opinion about SUVs? Find at least two sentence-long quotes to support
your answer, and be sure to introduce and explain each quote that you insert. Respond to
McKibben’s statements about SUVs. Do you agree or disagree with him?
3. Why is global warming a moral question, according to McKibben? Summarize his points
about the morality of the global warming crisis in your own words.