SOC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Bakken Pipeline, Nuclear Fallout, Environmental Justice
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Sociology 1 november 29 lecture 15. Its allocation works best when it is cooperatively conserved and managed. Barlow - privatizing water will not solve the water crisis. Water is not like shoes or pizza. Nothing else can be substituted for it: water cannot be substituted. They are one means for distributing it, based on price. Treating water as a commons better conserves it and more fairly distributes it: treat it as a human right and to strengthen community participation to manage water consumption, sharing rather than competition is better. Water democracy: an answer to the water wars (barlow) Water commons: water as a common, not private property. Water equality: water rich share, not trade, with water poor. Water universality: access by all to water and community regulation. Links the condition of the natural environment to the social condition in which it exists: a healthy and sustainable environment is a fair and equitable one. Green peace started because of radioactive fallout.
