Sociology 1027A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Risk Society, Environmental Protection, Sociological Perspectives

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 1027A/B
• Professor: Wolfgang Lehmann

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Lecture 10 (continued) local to global inequalities. How we organize social life is very closely linked to environmental aspects (i. e. our reliance on fossil fuels) Sociology emerged as a discipline through industrialization, which is very engaged w/ the natural world. Industrial production pollutes the air and changes how we use the land. This is a big issue because it has always been a resource extracting country. People argue that the history of canada is based on the history of resources. There has been a massive change in how we deal with the environment. Automobiles are the single most destructive invention that has been created. The environment has implications on social life. An example is that cancer has been linked to environmental issues. There is an environmental conflict between protection of the environment and economic prosperity. Key stone pipeline alberta argues for prosperity, while environmentalist argues that there is a risk of spillage and environmental harm.