POLS 3370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Multiple Choice, Acid Rain, Ozone Depletion
19 Apr 2016
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Pols 3370 environmental politics & governance notes october 8. Paris, 2015: le dernier mot? http://www. theguardian. com/environment/2015/oct/08/activists-promise-largest- climate-civil-disobedience-ever-at-paris-summit?cmp=share_btn_link. Until the late 1960s, environmentalism was associated with a school of thought that attributed cultural and psychological traits to one"s physical environment. E. g. the nature-nurture debate, environmental determinism, eugenics. After the late 1960s, it became associated with a philosophy and political movement aimed at protecting nature. Literally put the earth into perspective for people. Not a huge stretch to say that political movements that connect to doing something about helping nature and wildlife also translate well into media that spreads images and ideas easily. Reached a large global audience in communicating both the dangers of pesticide use on humans and the environment, but also created a whole new kind of environmentalism that pushed ngos like greenpeace and. Wwf into more active forms of political movement.
