What would an environmentalist from the early 1900s think of current ecological problems the world is facing? Objective Students will evaluate current ecological problems through the lens of a leader in environmentalism from a century ago. Background This is lesson the last of five in the George Washington Carver - An Original Conservationist unit. This is very much a culminating event for this unit. The design of this project would be best served if all previous topics had been handled as mini-projects. However, if you chose to, you could do this as an ecological problems project. This projec Duration: 90 Minutes.