ENV100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sacred Tradition, Social Sustainability, Kyoto Protocol

• School: UTSG
• Department: School of Environment
• Course: ENV100H1
• Professor: Simon Appolloni

Document Summary

Asking someone to give up their car is like questioning a sacred tradition. Save money an average lightweight car in canada annually spews 4480 kilograms of carbon monoxide, 200 kilograms of carbon dioxide, and a noxious soup of other gases. Rely on public transport - takes longer. What is there"s an emergency - rely on taxi, friends, ambulance. Have to plan public transit journey etc. About getting a ticket, driving in bad weather etc. Less likely to impulse buy, go out in cold weather and buy. These are unforseen benefits / silver linings that came dropping slow into items larger than a loaf of bread field of view after a while of not having a car. Social sustainability is not just a matter of sacrifice it"s about discerning how we are to relate to this new ecological moment.