Environmental Science 1021F/G Lecture 2: environmental science lecture 2 notes
18 Jun 2013
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High concern for environment among public; decreasing trend. Concern inadequately reflected in politics: should be cross-class, non partisan. Environmental groups can influence politics of all parties: campaigning, action, lobbying, varied interests/goals, inconsistent, unstructured. It is high but it has had a decreasing trend which showed up during the global economic crisis. When we talk about environmental groups and politics, we don"t see a cross over between the membership of those who have high concern for the environment and political parties. Environmental issues should be cross-class and not about just one political party. Rarely politicians will make decisions when there is backing of the majority of the public. No one environmental movement: highlights dissatisfaction on many fronts, divides and brings people together, grass roots movement. Varied political approaches: conservative (structured, institutional) or radical (anarchic, provoked by alienation from traditional politics or powerless. It really wasn"t one movement, there was many issues that all came together at once.
