SOCI 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ecliptica, The Freecycle Network, Earth Hour

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 1002
• Professor: Tamy Superle

Document Summary

The combination of external physical conditions that affect and influence the growth, development, and survival of organisms. Human society is among the root causes of environmental problems. The decisions about solutions and about the distribution of costs associated with solutions are social. Science and technology alone are not likely to solve environmental problems. Sociological research can contribute to better understanding and to solutions for environmental problems. Environmental problems are created or social constructed: those involved are policy-oriented scientists, the environmental movement mass media, and respected organization, etc, are contested and even unequivocally dismissed by opponents, such as industrialists, politicians, scientists, and right-wing organizations. Sociology is interested in all levels of the environmental debate. Debates over the existence and extent of environmental damage, i. e. climate change. Who and how to pay for it. When disaster strikes, economically and politically disadvantaged people suffer most because their circumstances render them most vulnerable.