WMST 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Oil Sands, Pyrite, Uranium Mining

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: WMST 2000
• Professor: Martina Meyer

Document Summary

Source of surplus value in a competitive system: drawing down nature and not replenishing at same rate. Se asia to be degraded and broken up: certain places are overpolluted (i. e. n america, move to developing workd that is underpollluted) Allows capitalism to continue functioning by increases to increasing inequality bretween places and people: two things come together, drawing down and ecological destruction + spatial fix. Does not stop env destruction and contamination, just moves it: does not address scarcity, part pf phenomena shipbreaking in bangladesh. Exposure to toxic chemicals, env in/justice refers to highly uneven geographies of env degredation produced by modern capitalism: our political economy. Effects of production are not shared equally: some experience positive effects while others feel the effects more negativity more than others. Uranium mining has occurred on indigenous lands, all waste is found on indigenous lands in. Canada: cant get away with putting waste were (cid:862)politi(cid:272)all(cid:455) (cid:448)alua(cid:271)le(cid:863) populatio(cid:374)s li(cid:448)e, similar in us, africa, aus, ex.