SOCA03Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Pictou Landing First Nation, Sustainable Development, Adrienne Rich
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The study of interaction between human society and the physical environment (dunlop, 2002: Impact of human activities on the earth is so significant that it constitutes a new geological era. Social interactions take place within ecosystem that has its own processes and limits. Modern industrial society is beginning to exceed the limits of the environment. Need to overcome anthropocentrism of our past. Ecocentric view: humans are only one part of the global ecosystem. 783 million people in global south without drinking water. Key risk factor for both acute and chronic respiratory disease. Diversion from landfills has increases due to recycling, composting. Capitalism -> concentration of physical capital and human labour -> urbanization. Species forced to move from one area to another. Rate of extinction that is 1,000 time higher than natural rate. Environment = warehouse of raw materials to exploit. Views economic growth and large hierarchical societies as positive. Capitalism is at odds with protecting the environment.
