What makes this individual or organization politically significant? - refer to the criteria for significance on page 8 of the textbook.
Environmental Defence Canada focuses on various environmental issues in Canada include toxic chemical regulation, climate and clean economy, urban sprawl, and freshwater protection. It challenges and inspires change in government, business and people to ensure a better environment. Its actions affect all people in Canada deeply over a long period of time as their daily lives are closely linked to the environment. These actions may have both positive and negative impact. For example, Environmental Defence Canada is helping the government to put a cap on tar sands carbon emissions. This action may lead to the
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elimination of fossil fuels, which can be beneficial for the environment but can as well cause a decline in economy and loss of jobs. Because of the pros and cons, there are many people for and against Environmental Defence Canada’s action on an environmental issue. Some agreed that the environmental issues are the greatest threats facing humanity, and that its action can help to solve these issues. Others argue that its action on environmental issues may hinder other aspects of a country, for example, economy, or that it may decrease the society’s attentions on many other existing issues that impacted the society. Provide some background information on the individual or organization. Environmental Defence Canada is a Canadian environmental action organization founded in 1984. Its areas of education and research include toxic chemicals, urban sprawl, oil sands, global warming, water quality and endangered species. It is a group of innovative, passionate and determined problem-solvers who are making a difference. These people are policy experts, musicians, photographers and bloggers supported by scientists, business leaders, lawyers and community members, who work hard to protect and improve Canada’s environment and human health. It inspires change by empowering Canadians to take action in their own daily lives, working with industry to build a clean, prosperous economy, and encouraging the government to enact policies to protect Canadians’ environment. What are some events, factors, or reasons that inspired the individual or organization to become an ‘agent of change’? Environmental Defence Canada becomes an “agent of change” to help to resolve environmental issues in Canada include toxic chemicals, urban sprawl, oil sands, global warming, water quality and endangered species and ensuring a greener, healthier and prosperous life for all Canadians. What is the cause? - political or social change that the person or organization is trying to bring about. Environmental Defence Canada is trying to bring about both political and social changes.
It inspires changes in both the government and the society to protect and improve Canada’s environment and human health. It encourages the government to enact policies to protect Canadians’ environment and empowers members of the society to take actions in their own daily life.
What has the individual or organization achieved? How have their actions resulted in change - what has changed and what has stayed the same as a result of the actions taken?
Actions of Environmental Defence Canada had resulted in many changes. In 2017, its actions had led to the flying of 35 Blue Flags in Canada, a price on carbon across Canada, protection of 3,000 waterways across Canada from an energy east oil spill, banning of Microbeads from consumer products in Canada, etc. Nevertheless, its actions had not resulted in a change in every environmental issue. There are still many environmental issues facing Canadian society that had not yet been solved. That is the reason why Environmental Defence Canada continues working to inspire change and seek solutions.
Think about the “Options for Action” in activism such as ‘donate, educate, communicate, and agitate’. What are some ways you can help with this issue or
cause? I can help the issue Environmental Defence Canada is focusing on by learning about these issues on its website, teaching the others about these issues, signing petitions and making differences through the “Take Action” section on its page, making a donation through “Donate” section on its page, taking action in my daily life, participating in community events related to the issue, and telling the others about this organization.
Nature, it is everywhere, everyone uses it. Quite often, however, people abuse it, such as with humans’ impact on grizzly bears. Grizzly bears are important to the environment because they have many useful purposes for the environment: “they provide an “umbrella” for the environment because they require such large home ranges.” (savethegreatbear.org/CAD/Grizzly.htm) The Grizzly Bear is extremely vulnerable to changes in its habitat and food cycle. This allows humans to detect small changes in the environment, just by watching this amazing species. The Government of Canada needs to try harder to stop the poaching of grizzly bears in Canada.
This article has stressed the importance of the early conservationist impulse in Canada. Gillis suggests the most important contribution of the entire controversy was made by anti-pollution advocates of government officials to research, investigate and regulate the dumping of waste. (100) Gillis believed that this decision led to a more activist government which would cater to the public interest in the future with a theme of the relationship of Canadians with their environment (natural, social and economic) which will lead to the development of the country in a period of national transformation. (101)
The New Democratic Party promises to improve the environmental situation that we are currently living in. Our current environmental situation is very important to maintain, or even make better, because if we continue on this path of pollution and accumulating green house gases, then the Earth's atmosphere will no longer be sustainable and we risk losing our precious planet. The NDP says that they will attempt to get rid of coal-based electricity. "Coal emits more carbon per unit of energy than oil, and 80 percent more than natural gas." (Green Energy) It is a good thing that the NDP are taking steps to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that are omitted into the air to save the environment. The NDP promises to invest in the production of cars with low emission rates and develop mandatory vehicle emission standards that must be followed in Canada. This will reduce the amount of carbon dioxide omitted from cars, which is a big source of pollution in the world. If the vehicle emission standards are mandatory, people will be forced to follow the standards and will have no choice, therefore resulting in l...
Canada; known for peacekeeping, multiculturalism and having one the largest ecological footprints in the world. What is an ecological footprint? The ecological footprint is a measurement of the amount of greenhouse gases produced by the activities in a person's daily life. One main source of greenhouse gas is burning fossil fuels. That includes the gas in a person's car and the coal burned at the power plant. Scientists have concluded that humans are producing more greenhouse gases than ever before. These gases trap heat in our atmosphere, causing our planet to warm up and changing our climate. The ecological footprint, therefore, measures the amount of potential impact a person's daily life has on the environment. By reducing the amount of greenhouse gases produced by people's lifestyle, they can reduce the footprint and help slow climate change on Earth. Canadian's are starting to get accustomed to using a surplus amount of energy when it is never needed and throwing garbage on the ground because the trash can is too far away for them reach. Canadian's are also using up the little natural resources left on this planet for sustainability. Crops, oil, trees are being used so much, that there might not be enough for the future generations. Canada must realize that this is a situation that must be taken seriously and that must be executed properly by meeting the social, environmental and economical standpoints. To reduce the ecological footprint and to regain sustainability, there are many things Canadian's can do to change the current situation. Ecological footprints can be reduced by using alternative energy sources, reducing energy consumption and by using cleaner transport to reach destinations.
...lain Canada is headed in the wrong direction, with projections for growing emissions and no stated plan to prevent the increase. While it could be argued that the increase in global temperatures will make places such as the Hudson Bay- Arctic Lowlands more habitable, Canada as a whole must think on what matters more: material gain or a healthy and survivable planet.
In Canada there are numerous environmental problems the country faces, from climate change to urban sustainability. These environmental problems result in political action being taken in order to
Ashlee Doyon Second Response Paper (Redo) Environmental Identity What is environmental identity? "Environmental identity, is how one views oneself in relation to the natural world. Environmental identity is part of the way in which one forms his/her self-concept and a sense of connection to some part of the nonhuman natural environment, based on personal history, emotional attachment, and/or similarity.
Now, sustainable development and quality of life are crucial to the well being of our nation. Thus, I have pondered many a year on this very important matter and have consulted a very knowing Canadian of my acquaintance at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The amount of natural resources in this country being usually reckoned infi...
Other than these points stated above, Canada already has plans such as the Paris agreement under-way. Basically, the Paris agreement is that industries will have a set amount of GHG and chemical waste they can emit to the environment. If an industry surmounts the cap, they will be fined according to the amount surpassed.
Protecting Canadian culture could truly be one of the motivations that resulted in u.s. Canadian magazine disputes probably because it was identified by Canadian government as an important Touchstone of Canadian national identity it Was said that in 1970 a special Canadian government committee on mass media concluded that magazines constitute the only national press they possess in Canada, however, there could also be a touch of politics being played out in this scenario. However, before this, we must recognize that every nation in the world possesses its own uniqueness or identity which is regarded has its own culture. I believe no nation in the world today will want to lose that to foreign invasion under the disguise of trade or whatsoever. Canadian
There has been a tremendous attention from EU scholars about environmental policy. Since the 1970’s there has been numerous environmental crises and the emergency of an environmental, social movement in several European countries, but even after green politics in Europe quietened and environmental policy gained a ‘normal’ status in the “acquis communautaire”, this attention never subsided.
The protection of the environment through law is unsuccessful; as the protection of the environment has just recently begun to take affect. The protection and conservation of the environment has been a concern since the 1880’s; when European settlers came to Canada, and discovered its wealth of natural resources.
The environment around us gives us the habitat to live, is a condition for our existence and development so that protecting environment which is one of today’s most serious issues means protecting our lives. But almost every day we hear a new problem badly affecting the environment. The list of the new difficulties seems to be endless. We are all aware of these concerns and can admit that we caused them. Now, environmental protection is not the work of a single individual as it is the responsibility of the whole community, of every single person exists on this planet. The measures range from each citizen to the government.
There are lots of environmental issues going on globally. The earth faces problems such as pollution, global warming, waste disposal, and loss of biodiversity. These are just a small amount of issues out of the so many. These environmental problems pose an abundant amount of risk to the health of humans and animals. There needs to be a solution to all these problems and that is by informing others, so that way everyone can make the environment a better place.
Today talking about environmental issues lately to be like a common topic discussion until people take it for granted. However, the world facing a complex environmental problems related to each trouble that connected to one another and come out with greater impacts to the environment and humans. This is because the effects of environmental only can be seen in long term period rather than immediately result show up. Environmental issues must become one of the controversial matters in the society in order to make people know the truth what the world currently facing. There were a lot of environmental disaster happened such as climate change, global warming, various of pollutions, earthquake and etc. the rise of environmental issues begin with this urban development occur through several countries following with the technologies equip along. For sure, development will cause a huge negative impact to the environment if it deals without a care. Besides, the environment is the place in the ecosystem to hold and use in finding resources to continuously survive in this world. Thus, the finding and digging for the resources which happening extensively without preservation will not restore the surrounding similar with before. But then, the change cannot be refuse and people need to take an action to save the threaten the world and the ecosystem from being extinct. If each country has own output in causing an environmental problem, then consider the world to hold all the damage occurred. Exposing the effects of environmental issues throughout the world, make people realize the important to take care the environment.