Stage 3. Limits to Growth, the Ozone layer and The Greenhouse Effect.

Stage 3. Limits to Growth, the Ozone layer and The Greenhouse Effect.

In this stage Environmental Problems go global.

Please research each of these three areas and explain why they were so important in helping environmental awareness.

Key Points to consider form this video.

• Application of Science as a black and white, cause and effect.
• Easy to understand with Cartoons.
• Use of popular culture.
• Direct link to YOUR actions.
• Global.
• The Big C, Cancer.
• Direct action can be taken.

Points to consider from the video.

• Mainstream society.
• Intolerance of disagreement.
• Political Correctness.
• Eco-Morality.
• Culture conflicts with empiricism.  

Points to Consider from this video.

Direct challenge to assumptions about society.
Questions what makes people happy.
Globalization of impacts.

The Age of Spectacular Disasters.

The Age of Spectacular Disasters.

As the Globalisation Increased there were a number of Huge Disasters that started to Alert the public attention to Environmental Concerns.


Task.  Please make notes on each video.  Why were these disasters so influential?

Torrey Canyon.

Agent Orange.

Bhopal.

Stage 1. First steps. Silent Spring, Minamtta Disease and Moon Rise.

Stage 1.   First steps.

Silent Spring, Minamtta Disease and Earth Rise.

Watch these videos in your group and post a comment.

Why were these three events so important in kick starting Environmentalism?






 Earth Rise.


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 Silent Spring

Mercury Poisoning- The Minamata Story

Four Steps to environmental awareness.

The Four Stages of Environmental  Awareness.



Voice Recorder >>

There are Four stages to Modern Environmental Awareness from Fringe Concerns where being "Environmental" was often regarded with suspicion to main stream politics and towards and expected norm in a Modern Liberal Society.  You will see there is an increasing role and influence Civil Society in this Political and Environmental Movement.

1.  First steps.
Carson Silent Spring, Minamata Bay and Moon Rise.

2. The Age of Super Disasters.
Agent Orange, Torrey Canyon, Exon Valdez and Bhopal.

3.  Limits to Growth and Globalisation of Environmental Impacts.

4. Mainstream Politics and the Role of Civil Society.

Advanced.

Can we have environmentalism without democracy and  and "Rule of Law".




Audio and voice recording >>

The Growth of Environmental Awareness.

Getting started.   Environmental awareness from Fringe concern to Mainstream Politics and a new economic  model.

Examine the growth of environmental awareness as a consequence of these global interactions.

Audio recording >>

Achim Steiner believes that global economic growth needs environmental sustainability. Simply put, environmental sustainability - encompassing better use of resources, less fossil fuel use, lower ecological footprints, green technologies - is a pre-condition for long-term economic development.

Watch Steiner's Video and make notes in the comment section.

• Do you agree with what he saying.
• He is proposing and new economic model. Do you think this is possible rather than just desirable?
• Thinking specifically about Hong Kong and China, what forces support this new model?
• And what forces in China an Hong Kong work against this model.

Advanced. The Fukuyama thesis.

This thesis suggests that democracy and the growth of civil society is a new and final form of world governance that will help protect the environment.

We will see these concepts towards the end of this lesson where we look at the growth of Green Politics.


"What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracyas the final form of human government."

Growth of Air Freight and Polluting Industries.

Growth of Air Freight and Polluting Industries.

For the lesson on 11 November after CAS week we will be looking at the

Growth of Air Freight and Polluting Industries.

You will be split in two groups, each group will be responsible for researching  their area and will teach it in the lesson.

Air Freight and Food Miles please click here for the Google Pres.  Click here for ISLE page.

Examine the concept of food miles and the environmental consequences of increasing volumes of air freight.

Polluting industries click here for Google Pres.   Click here for ISLE page.

Discuss the reasons for and consequences of the relocation of polluting industries (such as some TNCs) and waste disposal (such as ICT, chemical and nuclear waste) to countries with weaker environmental controls and safety regulations.

Gulf Oil Timeline.

Gulf Oil Timeline.

Please make notes in the comment box about the Gulf Oil disaster.  You should make notes on 4 slides each and starting with the first slide (there are 24 slides in total).  This means as a class we would have made nots on the full presentation together.

Write your comments in this format.

Slide 1 shows ............

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Overview Presentation from geographyalltheway.com

Global Interactions Exam Style Question:

Discuss the environmental consequences of increasing international demand for one raw material. [15 marks]

The markbands can be found here - you need to look at Paper 3 Part (b).