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Define Environmentalism

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Give an Example of Environmentalism

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1. Deep Ecology• Totally eco-

centric• Respect *all*

things & sentient beings

• They all have *intrinsic* purpose

• They don’t need to serve human needs

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2. Hoax!•Climate change is a myth!

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3. Conservative• Conservation• Save flora & fauna• So that I can go

fishing & hunting

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4. Updated Traditional Waste Management• Blame the

consumer

• Reduce, reuse, recycle (3 Rs)

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5. Agro-Forestry•Plant trees to be cut down on a massive commercial scale later

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6. Sustainable Development

•Think about the future generations;

•Use alternative energy

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7. Slow Food Movement•Anti-Fast Food;

•Foodscaping

•Organic Food

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8. Agro-Ecology• Link ecology

with society, economics & culture

• Long-term impact

• Use traditional knowledge, alternative agriculture & local food system

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9. Radical Ecology• Blame trans-

national corporate power, not consumers• Problem is

monopoly corporate control over resources

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Materialistic World

Land, Water, Plants, Human & Non-

Human Animals, Minerals…

History,World,

National & Local

Society,Economy,Politics, Culture

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WomenMen

IndigenousPeasants

Blue Collar & White Collar

WorkersLandlordsCapitalists

Buy, buy, buy… Throw, throw, throw…

Power, justice, inequality, conflict, social change, peace

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Human Beings

Contradictions & Dialectical Historical Development in Time & Space

Necessity, Oppressive Consciousness & Structure

Economy

Polit

ics

Culture

Ideo

logy

Freedom, Liberating Consciousness & Agency

Class

Gender

Col

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bilities

So

ciet

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rePhilo

Ethics

Difference

Uni

quen

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Age

Psych

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Ethnicity

Centrifugal Forces

Centripetal Forces

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Past Future

Present

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Ty’s Spiral Development Model

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History, Nature, Society & the World

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Ty’s Spiral Development Model

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History, Nature, Society & the World

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What kind of an environmentalist are you? Explain.

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