HIST 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Intensive Farming, Consumerism, Saab H Engine
15 Sep 2015
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The global crisis in fresh water supplies is a pressing one right now. In north america, for instance, california is in year number four of a devastating drought that effects 100% of land in the state. In some towns, citizens have no drinking water and the state is stepping in to truck it to them. Our film for the week, last call at the oasis, is chilling but documents the network of lax government controls, economic growth, corporate wrong-doing, and consumer entitlement that created the water crisis, in north america and beyond. In thinking about water, also consider how biotechnology emerged in the same period and helped to foster the privatization of nature. Hence, this week, please think big about the environment. Concepts of the unit: privatization of nature biotechnology the bio rush . Green revolution neoliberalism green consumerism extractivism sacrifice zones. Please define and discuss with specific historical examples any of the unit concepts.
