SOSC 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Plastic Pollution, Monocropping, Overfishing
10 Feb 2017
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The western enlightenment project compels humans to engage in the scientific domination of. The domination of nature theme sees nature as both threat and as resource that needs to be conquered in order for humans to prosper. Humans are not seen as a part of ecological nature, nor is the human body seen as part of the environment. The dialectic of development and destruction inherent in consumerism. Invasive species: pine beetles, non-indigenous plants, cats, asian carp, lionfish. Forest depletion - clear-cutting of forests, natural disasters as caused by human (in)actions which are actually human-made disasters: hurricane katrina and tohoku earthquake and fukushima. Oil spills from ships and pipelines and under water (bp oil spill), toxic waste dumps and chemical spills on land and sea from factories illegal dumping, train derailments, rise of infectious diseases: west nile, lyme, ebola, sars etc. 80,000 synthetic chemicals along with toxic metals have entered the environment and ended up in our bodies.
