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@caroline22 said: The role of environmental organizations is interesting through this lens. I think a change of diversity and representation in board members and power in the groups would make an incredible amount of change. Different, importa…
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I do believe that the root of modern-day environmental problems are derived from the continuation of colonial institutions and the systematic oppression and exploitation of people and resources it flourished on. The readings from tonight only enforc…
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@caroline22 said: The course being taken currently, it feels like the most tangible means of change will come from a vast increase in grassroots work. To the point where the government can no longer ignore it. It feels like many of the big env…
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@SpencerFier said: There is no mystery to me as to why so many terrible compromises were made in the latter decades of the twentieth century by environmental elites and why they showed so little aggression or passion. They were fighting agains…
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Elites in the U.S. and Latin America pose unique problems per their contexts but share some similarities. For one, if we take elite to mean what Bull outlines in the 'structural/political economy approach', we look to the corporate executive or self…
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@slothman said: Is anyone totally against the property damage caused by organizations like the ELF to encourage change? I may be in the minority of opinions here when I say that I was disturbed by the property damage committed, eve…
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In terms of the ELF, I think the film did a good job of showcasing how the ELF moved towards the arsons as a means of proving their point. While I don’t think the tactic is very effective in achieving the groups’ goals given societal norms of wha…
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I am familiar with the National Audubon Society, Green Peace, and the U.S. Forest Service, of course, but was unfamiliar with the other organizations mentioned in Dowie's chapters. My perspective on the Audubon society has previously been very posit…
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For my final essay, I would like to write about something that bridged my love of anthropology and animals and found the perfect combination when looking at the resources page. There I read more about a genuinely heartbreaking issue: de-finning shar…
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@elle said: If everyone on the planet were to live like me, we would need 2.5 Earths. While it didn’t surprise me that if everyone were to live the way I do we would need more resources, I was surprised that my number was as low as it was. I t…
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My score was 3.7 Earths, and the Overshoot day was calculated as being April 7th. I am slightly surprised by how 'low' my score was compared to what I thought it would be in my head. I believe it would be higher if the questions were more specific; …