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@Madison said: @a_hipp said: @cara said: @fionaw said: This isn't new information to me but every time I read about it I am always shocked and upset. I think the next steps are tracking dow…
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@fionaw said: Something this discussion makes me think about is who are the activists that are fighting for each cause. General environmental protests are really popular. The activists in Latin America that we read about seem to way more frequ…
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Before going over the assigned material, I really was not aware that environmentalists were being killed for their actions. Certainly not by organized companies and countries. I guess my first reaction to this was that I'm thankful that (as far as I…
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@caroline22 said: One thing that stuck out to me in The Burning Season was the American filmmaker. I wondered why he was not more afraid, and getting threats himself. I would think if anything him being American would make him more of a target…
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@fionaw said: We've seen a lot of films and read a lot of journal articles in this class already about specific protests and environmental issues that I didn't know a lot about before and it has made me think a lot about why. I think the US go…
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@ccstein said: 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 th…
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@Madison said: @slothman said: It's hard for me to imagine a completely different way of life, but something that I really like and potentially could see being implemented has a lot to do with this idea of short circuits, specifica…
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It's hard for me to imagine a completely different way of life, but something that I really like and potentially could see being implemented has a lot to do with this idea of short circuits, specifically food production/consumption. A world in which…
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@fionaw said: @a_hipp said: I am with you on the prediction that we will be stuck in the cap and trade system for a while, and I also cannot offer a solution or catalyst for putting a cap in place. One argument that I think com…
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@cara said: Its hard for me to have a definitive opinion on the green economy one way or another. The integration of economics and environmentalism is important and necessary. However, it seems to me to not be so productive and its integration…
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I think obviously carbon trade and the carbon offset program is not perfect, but I honestly see it as a good step in the right direction. Something that wasn't mentioned (or I didn't pick up on) is how carbon the offset can be an incentive to pollut…
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@fionaw said: One of the organizations I am looking into is very successful and I think a large part of that is being started, funded, and run by local people. The organization is reforesting to restore the jungle on a mountain which is bringi…
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With regards to my project, a lot is being done to inform citizens, both within and outside of the affected area however from my understanding and what I've gathered from fountainvalleywaterproject.com there is not a lot being done to actually comba…
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My research will focus on the effects PFAs has for humans and how certain communities are disproportionately affected by these, namely in Fountain Valley and communities who get their water from the Widefield Aquifer. Typically these specific commun…
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While I do think it is dangerous for large companies to control green reform I do think that it has the potential to be effective. Although we have seen these large corporations using 'green economics' take a greedy approach while doing actually lit…
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@Madison said: @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 inhe…
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@caroline22 said: Not really sure where I'm going with this but just thinking a little more linguistically here. Reading all of the responses has made me think about what we mean when we say "human nature". I think a lot of the things we use t…
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@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 cooperation and mutualism a…
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@charlotte said: I think in order to mitigate damage, elites need to not be able to have a monopoly on decision making power in the first place, but also use their power to uplift grassroots or social movement demands rather than dictating wha…
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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 there is something to…
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@cara I think the main problem I have with associating the anarchy movement with the environmentalist movement is the fact that corporations are unable to regulate themselves in regards to the environment. Anarchy supports no government and no regul…
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Before watching the documentary I did not exactly look too fondly upon using violence to create change, specifically with the environmental movement. After, however I believe it can be effective and, in some cases necessary. If we look at something …
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I see a lot of people are talking about the environmental impact of food consumption, especially when talking about trade and transportation of said food. I think the Lenzen article brings up an interesting point on how to potentially save certain s…
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Going into this I thought that my score would be pretty low, around 2 or 3 earths, but It came out to be around 4 or 5. I took it a couple times playing around with the sliders and the most interesting result I came across is when I took the quiz tr…