ERST 3601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Robert Redford, Militarism, Energy Independence And Security Act Of 2007

• School: Trent University
• Department: Environmental & Resource Studies
• Course: ERST 3601
• Professor: Stephanie Rutherford

Document Summary

Micheal watts- pe seeks to understand the complex relationships between nature and society and the concepts of access and control (livelihood chances) We have a hard time thinking beyond oil because it has structured our life. Oil is history o a source of cheap energy without which the last century and half would have been utterly different. Oil is ontology o ontology- the nature of being; oil frames every single aspect of our lives. It is not a simple replication of oil for something else because oil has structured our reality and given rise to our present capitalist system. Ex. plastics, crayons, toilet seats, not just fuel! Humans alter the environment through resource extraction. Anthroposcene- the age of humans; we are actually having a deep and catastrophic influence on the planet and its systems. Steam capitalism o created the first succession of farmer workers into factors.