SOCI 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Global Warming, Canadian Identity, Opportunity Cost
1 Feb 2017
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Modern environmentalism: defined by critics of past practices. Ddt: chlorine-based synthetic chemical compound that was believed. Final exam focuses on comparing and contrasting different movements approach to similar situations. to be safe for humans. First used very widely as an insecticide (preventing the spread of malaria). Also used to prevent typhus (lice) by germans during world war two. Ddt build up over time killing more then just insect species, it began effecting their predators (birds: silent spring carson"s work. Titled stood to represent that the bird population was suffering and affecting the hatching of new chicks. Therefore there was no bird chirping in spring. Ecological framework: one thing can change the ecological balance down the line. Effect things that you weren"t first aiming to affect. Environmental issues built momentum coming into the 1960"s: awareness brought by carson. Ecological consciousness: images of earth from apollo 17 spaceship earth . Present earth as fragile and finite all in a delicate balance.
