Reflection: Environmentalism
Reflection
The reading reflection covers Guha’s 63-124 and the Martinez Alier article. It is due Thursday prior to lecture.
You must discuss these two questions in your reflection:
1. Put Guha (Page 63-124) in dialogue with Martinez Alier to discuss what environmental justice is and how it differs from other kinds of environmentalism.
2. Why, according to Martinez Alier, is it important to consider environmental justice and economic degrowth together?
Before you start doing this assignment I hope you can read the entire assignment requirement and the required text I posted below and follow it to make sure we would not need to revise basic issue later.
The article has an PDF attachment and MAKE SURE to list the exact page number when you reference his words AND try NOT copy but rewrite it in your own words and understanding.
Use one or more of the tips from the “Response paper tips” file under our weekly modules to critically engage with this article. Feel free to bring in your own knowledge base, including what you have learned so far in class, or draw comparisons with the previous readings and lectures.
Answer previewThe destruction of the environment has intensified since the twentieth century due to the need to extract materials and also to produce raw materials for industries in the global north. The majority of extraction industries are in the global south, and these industries pollute the environment. When such companies set camp in a place, the inhabitants of the place, usually poor people, are displaced, most of the time, without compensations…
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