SOC101 Lecture : Soc 101 Environmental Sociology April 3rd 2013.docx
4 Apr 2013
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The study of interaction between human society and the physical environment. 1970s- widespread public interest in environmental issues. Apply biological insights to enhance their understanding of the relationship between human society and the physical environment. Emphasis given to exploring how social factors impact the environment. Three broad orientations: the physical environment is viewed as a warehouse of raw materials to be exploited; nature by itself has no intrinsic value (scientific or economic approach to the environment) French and british beaver pelts in canada. New ecological paradigm: emphasizes that modern industrial society is beginning to exceed the limits of the environment, ecocentric view: humans are only one part of the global ecosystem, conscious endeavour to overcome anthropocentrism of our past. Triple bottom line: utopian notion, business think about effects on planet and effects of people in addition to profit. Greenhouse effect: the process by which the earth"s temperature is maintained (earth absorbs and retains heat much like a greenhouse)
