ENV222H1 Lecture Notes - Radical Party Of The Left, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Anthropocentrism

• School: UTSG
• Department: School of Environment
• Course: ENV222H1
• Professor: Kenneth Mac Donald

Document Summary

Unlike ecosocialism, the solution does not call for a bottom-up process, with civil unlike ecosocialism, it does not eliminate capitalism; however, it does eliminate a major. Env222: 24) april 5 capitalism steady state economy. Solution: the radical solution of a steady-state economy, defined as keeping constant year after year the total quantum of materials and energy extracted from nature and wastes returned to nature. This is essentially the solution of clean production/green economy addressed in march 22 lecture; change product design and production processes to increase efficiency of materials use, switch to renewable energy sources and reduce toxicity. Victor points to the rebound effect (jevons effect - see also neuhoff p. 426) previously discussed (efficiency means price drops so total use increases) to argue that green growth is not enough. 3. 1 objective of existing fishery and forestry policy but certainly in the case of fisheries that policy has not been successful - so the solution is significantly more effective enforcement.