Part X of our Globalization Reader sounded the alarm regarding environmental issues and degradation of our world's finite resources. In an 1987 report from the World Commission on Environment and Development, they make a salient point especially clear: the time is now to effectively manage environment resources and create a sustainable future to ensure human progress and … [Read more...]
Pics or didn’t happen, and even if it did, do I really care?
Paul Wagner’s article about the organization Greenpeace talked about their way of affecting political affairs without being directly involved in politics. They seek to address various ecological problems around the world by bringing attention to the general public, and hoping that once they see what is truly happening they will be moved to action. Greenpeace still participates … [Read more...]
Recovery of the Ozone Hole
The work that is done by ozone in the stratospheric layer of the atmosphere is vital to the survival of life on earth. It wasn't until the Antarctic ozone hole was discovered that a majority of countries around the globe became determined to control the use of CFC's and other chemicals breaking down the ozone in the stratosphere, as the authors in the "Ozone Depletion" article … [Read more...]
Activism and Infrastructure Needed to Drive Social Change
The Rio Declaration was produced at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) with the goal of “establishing a new and equitable global partnership through the creation of new levels of cooperation among States, key sectors of societies and people, working towards international agreements which respect the interests of all and protect the … [Read more...]
When Disguised Egocentrism Attacks: Effects of Subsidies on Developing Countries
In his piece "Globalism's Discontent," Joseph Stiglitz writes about how the unfair trade-liberalization agenda has put developing countries at a disadvantage when competing against superpowers such as the U.S. and Europe. More specifically, highly subsidized American and European agriculture has left developing countries with very little room to compete. According to the … [Read more...]
