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Ecologism Flashcards

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Principles of ecologism

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Survivalism
Limits to growth
Eco-centrism
Neo-Malthusian
Freedom brings ruin
Anti-capitalist
Veganism
Total liberation of all species
Anti-growth
Animal rights
Gaia hypothesis
Sustainable development
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Define Gaia hypothesis

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Interconnectedness of Earth
There is a balance to everything
Earth is an agent

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Sustainable development

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Intragenerational equality

Intergenerational equality

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Arnold Naess

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University of Oslo
Deep Ecologist
Develops term ecoloy

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Schumacher

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“Small is Beautiful”- 1974

Blends Buddhism with capitalism

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Malthus

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1789

Economic growth is outpaced by population growth ==> decreased living standard

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Andre Gorz

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Socialist
Environmental issues are due to capitalism
Need for a rational society wherein we produce what we need

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Brundtland Report

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World Commission for Economic Development (the report is named after the Norwegian PM who was the chair)

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Eco-Feminism

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Shiva

Male attitudes to growth lead to subjugation of the environment

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Green Conservatism

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Use of free market
Scruton
Traditions will protect the environment

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Eco-Socialism

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Watermelon- Green on the outside, red on the inside
Gorz
Capitalism is the creator of environmental damage

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Green Liberalism

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Use of free market
Regulation and taxes
(just green washing)

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Social Ecology

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Problem is with society and not with humans naturally

Bookchin founds the Institute for Sical Ecology in 1974

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Critiques of ecologism

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Too diluted?
Fascist tendencies
Middle class ideology
BRICS countries protest

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Socialist critique

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Need to focus on ending capitalism

Ecologism is just a distraction from the goals of socialism

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What is the Gaia Hypothesis

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James Lovelock
Lynn Margulis
Gaia = Earth
Earth is a complex entity with agency
Non-human lives matter
Reaction to enlightenment not anthropocentric)
World is internconnected
17
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What is the tragedy of the commons

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People are selfish
A commons will be overused because people don’t care about it
Private ownership is better?
Humans need to be controlled not to ruin the planet

18
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Hardin 1968

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Therein is the tragedy. Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit-in a world that is limited. Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all’

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