Deck 13: From Our Beliefs to Our Behaviors: Pragmatic Environmentalism in Action

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of peer-to-peer renting?

A) One private individual renting their car to another private individual.
B) Buying something off of Craigslist.
C) Going to Goodwill.
D) All of the above.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A Carrotmob is:

A) The same as a boycott.
B) Organizing collectively to reward firms and businesses for acting in socially and environmentally conscious ways.
C) A type of consumer activism.
D) All of the above.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of collaborative consumption?

A) Buying organic food at Walmart.
B) Peer-to-peer renting.
C) Planned obsolesce.
D) Buying something because your best friend bought it.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

A social movement that arises to explicitly oppose an existing social movement is referred to as a:

A) Counter-movement.
B) Discounting.
C) Marginal movement.
D) Peer-to-peer movement.

Question 5

Which of the following terms refer to the tensions that emerge when expectations from holding multiple roles clash?

A) Role strain.
B) Master status.
C) Master roles.
D) Counter strain.

Question 6

This is a short-term (often by the hour) car rental model where the cars are scattered throughout a community to improve access rather than all being centrally housed at one location.

A) Carrotmob.
B) Community collaboration.
C) Car sharing.
D) Car-hop.

Question 7

The New Environmental Paradigm:

A) Was first developed in the 1970s.
B) Has been found to be an accurate predictor of willingness to pay in contingent valuation studies.
C) Has been shown to predict both reported and observed behavior.
D) All of the above.

Question 8

As discussed in Society and the Environment, pragmatic environmentalism:

A) Offers an alternative to social structuralism (an approach giving priority to structures).
B) Offers an alternative to methodological individualism (an approach giving priority to individuals).
C) Emphasizes the importance of people talking and working together.
D) All of the above.

Question 9

Pragmatic environmentalism:

A) Is positioned between a macro-political-economic framework where all behaviors are seen as constrained and pre-determined by larger forces.
B) Apolitical environmentalism that focuses on individual behaviors.
C) Gives power to the individual and the processes of constructing and reconstructing our values, beliefs and norms (and material relationships) to protect the environmental and human communities.
D) All of the above.

Question 10

What term best describes a private individual renting an underused item of theirs to another individual?

A) Carrotmob.
B) Community collaboration.
C) Car sharing.
D) Peer-to-peer renting.

Question 11

The rise of global environmental concern looks to be tied, at least in part, to the global rise of democracy.

Question 12

Carrotmobs have only been used Latin America.

Question 13

Peer-to-peer renting is when a private individual rents an underused item of theirs to another individual

Question 14

Behavioral changes can occur first within a group, and a change in a group's values comes later.

Question 15

According to Ronald Inglehart (1970s): Environmentalism / ethic environmental protection is a function of living in a post materialist society in that persons begin to value the environment (a "higher order" value) when basic needs are satisfied.

Question 16

Karl Marx is associated with the term postmaterials.

Question 17

Ecofeminism is an alternate worldview from the dominant ideology.

Question 18

Hunting and Gathering societies provide an alternate worldview.

Question 19

Since these people "of the forest" have lived for centuries in the forest, they do not even have a word for "wilderness". They exist within and are tied / identify themselves with the natural world.

Question 20

Our cultural (socio-political-economic-religious) belief systems do not frame how we treat and respond to the physical, natural and social world (other people and species).

Question 21

Define Ecofeminism

Question 22

Define collaborative consumption.

Question 23

Describe the New Environmental Paradigm.

Question 24

Define pragmatic environmentalism.

Question 25

According to Carolan, any positive change must ultimately start with us. What does Carolan mean by that in the context of Chapter 13?

Question 26

Which Fast Fact would you use to talk to and educate others about economic growth and current patterns of inequality? Why and what would you say?

Question 27

What are the contrasting worldviews between western philosophy, Ecofeminism and Mennonite traditions? How might this help explain our connected (or disconnectedness) to the natural world?

Question 28

Summarize and discuss the cited study by Norgaard (2011) done in Norway on local attitudes towards climate change.

Question 29

What does Carolan mean by a countermovement and is the term used in the context of the discussion on climate change? Discuss and reference the text.

Question 30

How are both "political values" and "role strain" connected to environmental attitudes? Discuss and explain each by referencing the text.

Question 31

Explain "extrinsic" versus "intrinsic" values. How can this framework help us understand attitudes towards the environment? Reference the text.

Question 32

Explain and discuss some of the forms of "collaborative consumption" that are presented in the text.

Question 33

Carolan discusses the "social value" of collaborative consumption. What does he mean by that? Explain and discuss.

Question 34

Carolan discusses the "globalization of environmental concern." What does he mean by that? Reference the text in your explanation.

Question 35

How is democracy related to environmentalism? Discuss and explain with reference to the text.

Question 36

What is the connection between social norms and environmental behavior? Reference the text in your explanation.

Question 37

What are the four "interventions" discussed in the text that lead to changes in environmental behavior?

Question 38

We have long practiced a type of collaborative consumption with public libraries. Why do we not collaboratively consume more stuff (beyond books, movies and music)?

Question 39

In what ways do some of your own pro-environmental attitudes not match up with certain behaviors? Why do you think this "gap" exists?

Question 40

What are your thoughts on Kevin Kelly's (founder of Wired magazine) argument that "access is better than ownership?"

Question 41

To revisit a question first posed at the end of Chapter 2: Why do some continue to deny the existence of anthropogenic climate change? What are your thoughts on some of the explanations given above to this question?