ENV100H1 Lecture Notes - Prentice Hall, 350.Org, Engo

• School: UTSG
• Department: School of Environment
• Course: ENV100H1
• Professor: Stephen Scharper

Document Summary

Current actions to address environmental problems: feb. 11 current actions: civil society environmentalism. Environment and society: human perspectives on environmental issues. As an example of environmentalism at work on campus today, a speaker from 350. org will speak briefly at 1:10 about the campaign to convince u of t to sell its shares in carbon-producing companies. Tactics of environmentalists are most successful for getting issues recognized, eliciting promises to act less successful at getting meaningful, effective action. 19th century roots branches: historical evolution p. 237, animal rights (not included in harper history), conservation, for anthropocentric reasons pp. 1970 first earth day mass public support. 1990s, rio conference; high-point of popular support for environmental action and of radical deep ecology (pp. 254-255) embrace of environment by the church (pp. 256-257) local nimby opposition to siting airports, roads etc reform environmentalism goes professional today: climate change the problem environmentalism cannot solve.