SOC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Environmentalism, A Human Right, Commodification
Sociology 1
FALL SEMESTER 2018
Avery Gordon
[email protected]csb.edu
Lecture 20: Environmentalism
*Sociology Notes Post-Midterm*
* The Atmosphere:
* gaseous waste that results in pollution (air)
* The situation:
* The world’s supply of energy sources and raw materials is limited but demand for them
continues to grow
* experts predict that we will run out of oil in the year 2050
* Ecology or ecological questions concern not only how best to technically interface with
the natural environment and contain the already existing damage to it but also concern our
basic ways of life
* The goods, services, energy and resources that are used, primarily bought in our societies
* Vast quantity, growing each year
* Pattern: inequalities between rich and poor within a country notable and between rich
and poor countries extreme
* Inequalities in Consumption
* The richest 20% of the world’s population accounts for 81.5% of private consumption
Document Summary
* gaseous waste that results in pollution (air) * the world"s supply of energy sources and raw materials is limited but demand for them continues to grow. * experts predict that we will run out of oil in the year 2050. * ecology or ecological questions concern not only how best to technically interface with the natural environment and contain the already existing damage to it but also concern our basic ways of life. * the goods, services, energy and resources that are used, primarily bought in our societies. * pattern: inequalities between rich and poor within a country notable and between rich and poor countries extreme. * the richest 20% of the world"s population accounts for 81. 5% of private consumption expenditures while the poorest 20% accounts for only 3. 6% * 45% of all meat and fish and the poorest fifth 5% * each american consumes as much as 32 kenyans.
