GRMN3011 Lecture 6: Week 6 Environmentalism
27 Oct 2018
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Criticism of broader social structures west germany criticized industrial capitalism, whereas east. West germany: origin and development, environmental protection originally not highly prioritized more important to rebuild industry post-war instead, however, environmental pollution becoming of increasing concern in 1950s due to. Wirtschaftswunder: but it was only in the 1970s that west german opposition environmental movements really took off, b rgerinitiative: grown out of student movement in spd but a distinct phenomenon. Fought against traffic pollution, high public transport costs (that were not being used to tackle traffic pollution), energy policy. Buzo protested plans to expand oil refinery and was anti-nuclear; protested for clean energy. Hausbesetzung: 1950s-70s sweeping urban development policy, leading to housing shortage and a call to protect architectural heritage. Instandbesetzung: occupying houses to maintain them: social justice, fundamental democracy, ecological. Staatliche ma nahmen vor 1961: 4/8/54 modernized law to include environmental protection clauses, 1957 naturschutzwoche organized by government annually, 1973 increased production, modernizing of technology.
