SY101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Planned Obsolescence, Resource Depletion, Thomas Robert Malthus
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The global text: globalization and the environment. *bio invasion* the permeability of international borders to pollution and enviro problems. 3 aspects of globalization have affected the enviro. Growth of free trade and transnational corporations. No quiet place on earth to go to. Cell phones could enhance the lives of people living in africa. Africa has raw minerals in their soil that we need. Our old tech gets shipped to china, which gets striped by children dangerously to make a few bucks. Enviro problems affect the entire planet - pollution. The emergence of organisms in regions where they are not native - bio invasion spread by trade and tourism. We are larger than we were in the 1950"s. Consume more food than we need without eating it. Over consume because mass media encourages us too. Makes us think we don"t consume enough even though we consume too much. Growth of transitional corps and free trade agreements.
