This was an great article, philosophical debates were raised by this essay. Can a person truly understand what nature is, if a person only sees nature through the binds of his/hers society? This can lead to thoughts of the different interpretations of nature. This essay doesn't just analyze how environmental problems came to be, it analyzes science and its social constructions.

It's not light reading, but its great reading.

Elizabeth Ann R. Bird, The Social Construction of Nature: Theoretical Approaches to the History of Environmental Problems. From the Environmental Review, volume 11 number 4 (winter 1987).