Exam 20: C: Challenges to the Global Environment

Develop an essay in which you critically compare and contrast two of the following theories: treadmill of production;ecological modernization;ecofeminism;or deep ecology.Discuss how these theories would apply to an environmental challenge of your choice.

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Essays will vary;students should compare two theoretical approaches to a single environmental issue of their choice.Students may also be invited to discuss which perspective they find most persuasive,while articulating their grounds for this.

Develop a research essay in which you examine the ways in which a particular environmental issue (e.g. ,air pollution,water,solid waste,greenhouse gas emissions,biodiversity,etc. )has been depicted in the mainstream media over the past 10 years in Canada.Drawing on your budding sociological sensibility,as well as relevant theoretical perspectives presented in the text,account for the changes in depiction.

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Essays will vary,but students are required to do some extensive research and analyze this sociologically.

Using the treadmill of production theoretical approach,explain how environmental racism effects all communities.

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Answers will vary,but should include the need for humans to unite in order to either prevent or limit environmental discrimination and the need for women's literacy and participation in discussions on the environment specifically geared toward toxic dumping.Canada's Aboriginal peoples and their proximity to landfill sights,and cycles of self-reinforcing process whereby capitalist interests are served to the exclusion of environmental issues should also be mentioned.

You are a small organic farmer working for a co-operative that deals in fair trade goods.A large pharmaceutical company sends a representative to discuss the use of your produce in a cellular regeneration cream.However,it would necessitate your removal from the co-operative and the fair trade system of exchange.Explain this scenario using a theoretical perspective.

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Explain what Fortune magazine meant by "water will be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th" using a uniquely Canadian perspective.

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Explain why "food fascinates sociologists," and give an example of how sociology can help us to understand this vital aspect of human society.

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Compare and contrast biocolonialism and environmental racism.What are the environmental implications of both?

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Discuss Canada's participation in the Kyoto Protocol.Do you think that the Canadian government should meet its international obligations under Kyoto,even at the possible expense of economic growth and stability? Why or why not?

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Using sociological insights,discuss some of the environmental challenges that are facing Canada.What are some possible solutions to keep environmental damage from continuing?

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Discuss the five main issues raised by a deeper understanding of the interplay between society's energy needs and environmental sustainability as a result of the British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010.

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Exam 20: C: Challenges to the Global Environment

Develop an essay in which you critically compare and contrast two of the following theories: treadmill of production;ecological modernization;ecofeminism;or deep ecology.Discuss how these theories would apply to an environmental challenge of your choice.

Using the treadmill of production theoretical approach,explain how environmental racism effects all communities.

Explain what Fortune magazine meant by "water will be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th" using a uniquely Canadian perspective.

Explain why "food fascinates sociologists," and give an example of how sociology can help us to understand this vital aspect of human society.

Compare and contrast biocolonialism and environmental racism.What are the environmental implications of both?

Discuss Canada's participation in the Kyoto Protocol.Do you think that the Canadian government should meet its international obligations under Kyoto,even at the possible expense of economic growth and stability? Why or why not?

Using sociological insights,discuss some of the environmental challenges that are facing Canada.What are some possible solutions to keep environmental damage from continuing?

Discuss the five main issues raised by a deeper understanding of the interplay between society's energy needs and environmental sustainability as a result of the British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010.

A: Understanding the Sociological Imagination

B: Understanding the Sociological Imagination

C: Understanding the Sociological Imagination

D: Understanding the Sociological Imagination

A: Classical Social Theories

B: Classical Social Theories

C: Classical Social Theories

D: Classical Social Theories

A: Contemporary Social Theories

B: Contemporary Social Theories

C: Contemporary Social Theories

D: Contemporary Social Theories

A: Research,methodology,and Ethics

B: Research,methodology,and Ethics

C: Research,methodology,and Ethics

D: Research,methodology,and Ethics

A: Culture

B: Culture

C: Culture

D: Culture

A: Socialization and Social Interaction

B: Socialization and Social Interaction

C: Socialization and Social Interaction

D: Socialization and Social Interaction

A: Social Inequality

B: Social Inequality

C: Social Inequality

D: Social Inequality

A: Gender

B: Gender

C: Gender

D: Gender

A: Sexualities

B: Sexualities

C: Sexualities

D: Sexualities

A: Race and Racialization

B: Race and Racialization

C: Race and Racialization

D: Race and Racialization

A: Families

B: Families

C: Families

D: Families

A: Education

B: Education

C: Education

D: Education

A: Religion

B: Religion

C: Religion

D: Religion

A: Crime,law,and Regulation

B: Crime,law,and Regulation

C: Crime,law,and Regulation

D: Crime,law,and Regulation

A: Health,aging,and Disabilities

B: Health,aging,and Disabilities

C: Health,aging,and Disabilities

D: Health,aging,and Disabilities

A: Work and the Political Economy

B: Work and the Political Economy

C: Work and the Political Economy

D: Work and the Political Economy

A: Mass Media

B: Mass Media

C: Mass Media

D: Mass Media

A: Social Change,collective Behaviour,and Social Movements

B: Social Change,collective Behaviour,and Social Movements

C: Social Change,collective Behaviour,and Social Movements