SOCA02H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Atavism, Criminology, Urban Legend
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Sociology develops an interest because it involves humans: green peace members will sometimes attack japanese oiling ships; sierra club, environmentalism is global. Independence and interrelatedness: technological evolution; we all started out as hunter gatherers, in bands, 20-25 people, no impact on the environment cuz they were not farmers, they gather stuff, hunt meat, so their impact was negligible. Intermediate stage; horticultural societies farming, this begins to have an impact on the environment, began in iran/iraq around that area. Farming is pre-conditioned for towns; pastoralism, taming animals, oxes, horses, dogs, cats have all been domesticated; we also have agricultural societies using animal drawn plows. Rousseau the noble savage" they exploited the environment as much as they could actually it"s only that they went as far as their technology could take them. Industrial and food production, 4. pollutants released: mesanthropic: environmentalists don"t like people because they over populate the planet, projects to end of 21st 1. rapidly consuming non-renewable.
