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@a_hipp said: @Madison said: @a_hipp said: The environmental issue I selected, which involves the illegal killing of sharks in Costa Rica for the international fin trade, can be framed in terms of environmental ju…
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@ccstein said: I do really think this is important. I can't quite remember which article it was but it talked about indigenous people who have lived on the land for decades are beginning to transition to ranching (sometimes i…
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I do really think this is important. I can't quite remember which article it was but it talked about indigenous people who have lived on the land for decades are beginning to transition to ranching (sometimes illegally) it really is a complex iss…
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A lot of these stories were new to me, and I was woefully under educated on the violence against environmentalists in these regions. I really appreciated learning more about the role that international organizations play, and really how they hold ve…
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@joshua said: @caroline22 said: @joshua said: @caroline22 Haha, I actually think "give a fishing rod, not just a fish" leaves out the fact that indigenous people know how to fish way better than you do already (I …
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The issue I chose, the plans to conduct sulfide-ore copper nickel mining in the Minnesota Boundary Waters, can definitely be framed as an environmental justice issue. Although often discussed as a conservation issue, there are many towns along the b…
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@caroline22 said: @cara said: @Julieta said: My concern with giving that power or agency to international organizations is that there is a lot of cultural differences, priorities, etc. that can be lost in th…
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@cara said: @caroline22 said: For one of my readings, I read about deforestation in Ecuador. Bates dispels a couple myths about deforestation in Ecuador, one of which I found particularly interesting. Bates discusses that the peopl…
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I read Lyons's article chronicling the Columbian governments actions in pursuit of the War on Drugs. The antidrug policy enforced by the government quickly turned repressive, as small farming communities were ignored, and forced to alter their entir…
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@cara said: @fionaw said: This was my ideology too, I don't really see large social change happening but I do think that short circuits are more possible. I think the shift would take awhile. Eating local foods is trendy and I'…
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I think that imagining utopias, our own visions for the future, is really powerful and helps to maintain motivation, and simply optimism that there is another way for our world to function. Reminding myself of how much the world has changed in the l…
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@charlotte I agree with you on that unfortunate truth, and that is really what I meant by using the term "inflection point", does it take twisted policies physically harming the elites for action to be taken? While marginalized communities have been…
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@charlotte said: @Julieta said: I find this topic so complex and hard to be 100% sure of an answer to your questions. Part of me agrees with the earlier comments on how it is a step into the right direction, but I also find it that…
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I think I have a similar mindset about this issue to many of my classmates, while the green economy ideals seem to be a step in the right direction they have been executed in such a way that makes me sick. As the system operates around capitalism I …
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@charlotte said: There's a big part of me that wants to answer this question with saying that engagement in how to go about this kind of resource extraction shouldn't be an engagement that's taking place at all but I understand we're past that…
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@Julieta said: @cara said: In “The Shady Side of Consultation and Compensation: ‘Divide-and-Rule,’ the authors explain consultation and compensation have been used as a strategy to inform indigenous communities but have often been …
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Charlotte I love your question and I think it brings up a really interesting point of discussion! I can't recall what reading this idea came from, but a concept was introduced earlier in this course of needing to reach radically left in order to avo…
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@charlotte said: @Madison said: @caroline22 said: @Madison said: I found the reading very interesting regarding the problems of development and the United States influence on Latin America.…
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@Julieta said: I found the intro and first chapter of Inside the Champion simply amazing, the writer does a really good job of explaining how a lot of the Latin American mindset works (such as with the “and now it’s our turn” feelin) regarding…
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@caroline22 said: I will say though I do think that bringing people with different backgrounds and different beliefs together, and giving them power (ex: on board groups), would absolutely make a change. Whether it's enough change, or the chan…
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At the end of "Two Worlds Collide" I saw di Caprio listed as an executive producer and my mind started to spin in a similar direction. I really started to wonder how much work these celebrities really do for the movement, and whether or not he shoul…
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I found todays material to be incredibly compelling. I have learned a fair bit about sustainable development in the United States and its many flaws, and then the modification to this model with the idea of just sustainable development to include th…
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@charlotte said: @fionaw said: @SpencerFier said: I see the inspiration that you pointed out as trickery at best and brainwashing at worse. I remember myself, my friends, and my classmates honestly caring about the pligh…
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@SpencerFier said: @a_hipp said: So I believe that if we tackle the problem of impartiality by organizations towards industry in the way Chapin suggests, through "a series of independent, non-partisan, thorough, and fairly objecti…
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I believe that large environmental organizations do not currently have a role to play in environmental issues. They can continue to produce their donors and line the pockets of the few politicians who will listen, but overall they will continue to b…
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@slothman said: @cara said: Enviromental injustices and human rights abuses have often been justified by the argument of it being a direct result of human nature. While I don’t think humans are inherent anti-atruism, nor do i think…
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@caroline22 said: @Julieta said: @caroline22 said: @a_hipp said: Caroline, the more I thought about more representation or more diverse representation on the boards of environmental organiz…
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I think that these questions pose a really fascinating perspective for looking at environmental issues, and the role that environmental organizations play, whether trying to directly influence industry or target the system that allows industry to th…
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@slothman said: I see a lot of people talking about how elites will typically fall on the side of disregard for the environment and it is really grass roots movements that are the right tool for the job for something like this. However I think…
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@charlotte said: I think these readings really just reminded me of the space that grassroots environmentalism can fill. I like to look at the role of elites more as amplifying the voices of people without their level of political power. From w…