SOCA02H3 Lecture : Environment Lecture- Week of March 15th
Document Summary
Earthquakes- plates moving ontop of each other- ring of fire in pacific. The fall- genesis- took place in garden of eden- god said to adam- you cant eat fruit from forbidden tree. Remission of sins through indulgences to church (paying a ticket) A world where we dispose everything- 60000 kg of solid waste each day in na- throwaway society. Excess packaging = excess garbage = fast food is big offender. Pens self-destruct, disposable cameras, lightbulbs have mercury which is highly toxic. Thorstein veblin- american sociologist came up with term: planned obscolescence (disposability) make a certain product, it will self destruct in a while. People in the developed world consume 50 times more steel than the people in the third world. We live in a cleaner environment (developed world) 80% of our solid wastes is not burned or recycled= natural decay= landfill site (running out of them/nobody wants a landfill site) Guelph- garbage man collects organic/wet waste and they make fertilizer.
