ESPM 50AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Ted Nordhaus, Henry David Thoreau, William Cronon
18 Jan 2018
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Third wave (1980s-> ): institutional role of big 10 larger environmental organizations, market-based & technological solutions, k street lobby / interest. Jenny price argues against this position as a strategy. Part of the 4th wave (not mentioned by pulido: environmental racism, racially coded disparities in patterns and decision making regarding the distribution of environmental problem and benefits of environmental benefits, civil rights movement mobilizing frame, anti-toxics movement. Price asks: what is the state of environmentalism after twenty years of fourth wave critiques: crisis: Stalled progress, internal conflict contested visions, policy challenges, political impasse, etc. International scale economy: eco-frenzy : broadly based interest in the environment. Mainstream / pop culture / corporate cooptation: solutions: market-oriented (consumerist); technological; behavioral; reformist, rather than radical/revolutionary. Uncertainty about definition + eco-frenzy present an opportunity to articulate a new set of environmentalist ideals. New icons of environmentalism: earth from space, polar bear, pacific gyre, hybrid car, compact florescent lightbulb, recycling symbol.
