SCS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Our Common Future, Earth Summit, United Nations General Assembly
15 Apr 2016
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Us environmental movements 11 discursive frames (brulle 211-22): Refers to the em as the single largest social movement in the us (based on membership, number of organizations, money, duration/longevity) Em can be quickly broken down into a series of movements relative to issues, ethical perspectives, organizational structures / strategies. The em is not going away any time soon; it is thoroughly established, and addresses issues that are now embedded in our lives (in other words, the em is part and parcel of modernity) Five things associated with the postwar environmental movement (the modern environmental movement"; second wave environmentalism"): Wrote a book about the chemicals being used, how they would kill wildlife and create a silent spring . August 1945 = bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki. Takes on a powerful environmental component that feeds directly into the environmental movement. Associated with the baby boom generation (1945-1964) *grow up in the context of the cold war.
