Sociology 1027A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation, Social Inequality, Corporate Social Responsibility

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 1027A/B
• Professor: Wolfgang Lehmann

Document Summary

Environmental inequality: why sociologists study the environment: how we organize social life is linked to the environment. The commons: what are the environmental commons, water, air, soil. The things that surround us that nobody owns: nobody really owns them, but we all use them, problem 1: we also abuse them. Climate change: scientific evidence says it is real and serious, main cause: extraction and use of fossil fuels, framing, resistance by fossil-fuel intensive industries, (cid:862)alter(cid:374)ati(cid:448)e(cid:863) s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e to dis(cid:272)redit the (cid:272)lai(cid:373)s, tree huggers vs. progress and prosperity. Industrial regulation examples: banning of cfc (chlorofluorocarbons, bpa (bisphenol a) in baby bottles, asbestos. Industry: funding counter-movements, climate change skeptics and role of big industry, corporate social responsibility. Is the gree(cid:374) (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d (cid:862)elite(cid:863) (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t: why is it so hard to fix, problem of accountability for past, current and future actions. March 27, 2017: mercury poisoning of the river running through the ojibwa village of grassy. Narrows, near kenora, ontario: ca(cid:374)ada"s to(cid:454)i(cid:272) che(cid:373)i(cid:272)al valle(cid:455)