ENV100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: We Exist, Environmentalism, Thought Experiment
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Major themes: what are humans doing to interfere with environment. Most say they are environmentalist because they are interested in env"t but the more you know the more you become activist. Move"t in ecuador: few countries that rewrote constitution and gave env"t constitutional standing. Huge policy shift because people can sue env"t on behalf of env"t. When you have former conservative gov"t talking about it, you know it"s bad. Environmentalism: a social movement with the primary goal of protecting and advocating for the environment. Imp for stakeholders in context of financial and social. Lots of conflict are artificial and pumped up by media as being a conflict. Forest fire: true conflict b/s the house owners need fire suppression. But the fact that the frequency of forest fire inc is directed to policies of fire suppression. We need to deal with things in advance or when it happens. Air quality is horrible and direct result of lack of policy enforcement.
