SOCI 2445 Lecture Notes - Acid Rain, Genetic Pollution, Environmental Movement
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Agenda: final exam schedule, midterms, paradox of technology, risk society, environmental degradation, social construction of environmental problems. It affects us allbut not equally: research proposals. Final exam and midterms: the final exam will be held on tuesday april 24th at 2:00pm. The location will be announced later in the term: you can pick up the short answer portion of your midterms any class now, during the break. Are we using resources that we do not have a lot of, and should be conserving: with the rise of technology, there is an associated growing stress to the environment. In the 1980s/1990s, acid rain, caused by air pollution such as car and factory emission, was a huge concern for the world. Now in the 2000s, although it is still a huge concern, it is not looked at nearly as much as it used to be.