Tuesday, 2 November 2010

links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_spiking

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey_Wrench_Gang

private prop dest.

is private property disfunctional socially

no longer meets needs


how we ended slavery


violate conscious violation of th ela to bring about change
beyond the pale
change

Tuesday, 26 October 2010

anti-natalism

anti-natalism

of experimentation of birthcontrol on third world women

or forced sterilizations

as neo-malthusian eugenics

shopenhauer's antinatalism

a student brings up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism

Tuesday, 12 October 2010

treadmill of production

schnailberg

ecological modernization

emancipation ecology from politics and industry

jobless recovery

tap into ideas---

dynamic ability of capitalists to commodify dissent
consumer response

environmental sociology with veronica dujon

super happy about this class---amazing discussions

greenwashing

consumerist approaches

all the students are extremely well-informed and the class is super lively . . .

"the take"

documentary from argentina

Tuesday, 5 October 2010

class notes 10-5-10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Environmental_Policy_Act

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency

clean air act unenforced

on paper

on digitals

blue skies----how much pollution okay----doublespeak euphemize

reverse order rationale

what we realize
path of least  resistance

bottle bill in oregon

strong recycling laws

mandatory recycle cradle grave

infrastructure

packaging restricture

restrict plastics

excessive packaging

alternatives to petroleum

incentivize 5 cents for a bottle etc
deposits

coca cola third world recycle
buy case
pay for case and run thru sanitization recylcle same bottles

mobilize propaganda
appeal to greed

corporate profit motive as hurts environment
tie federal funding to contingent requirements

remove corporate ersonhood
then what????

class notes 10-5-10

oil crisis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPEC

the eighties
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman

deregulation in the name of economic growth
national economy

take the administration's word on its own value


by regaining economic prowess

not to hamstring itself

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagflation

scrubbers for toxins

raise price of production

get more jobs

they bulk of the division


job/environment