2450 Response 4 Assignment due Thursday 11/21 Instructions: This is the final Response Paper Assignment. You are to work with one or two other students in the class and write an essay on Environmental Activism. Unlike the other assignments, this one does not list questions from the films seen in the unit to guide your response; although you should definitely keep in mind any accompanying material I have supplied you. I reproduce appropriate links here for your convenience:

Eco Activism If A Tree Falls (N) Study Questions Wiki entry Earth Lib. Front Environmental Robert Bullard Lecture; N/A Wiki entry Robert Bullard Justice; Global Issues Vandana Shiva clips Wiki entry Vandana Shiva Growing Food Edible City: Grow the Study Questions Wiki entries Permaculture & Revolution Urban Agriculture Antics Yes Men Fix the World (N) Study Questions Wiki entries Yes Men & (coming soon) Tactical Media Conclusions 180 South (N) Study Questions Wiki entries Conservación Patagónica, Kris Tompkins

Here’s the assignment:

 Using one or more of the activist activities or tactics from the unit on activism:  Discuss one or more issues in the earlier units  Consider whether and how these forms of activism might impact the issue you have chosen, o What benefits might be gained, o What negative consequences might ensue, and o Evaluate the practice based on these considerations.

Length should be 4-5 pages double-spaced (minimum 1000 words). Remember, you’re writing this in a group of 2-3 students.

Note: You should try to pick issues you feel strongly about and practices that you find plausible. Always try to depict a given view in the strongest terms possible before offering a critique. Otherwise, you might be seen as propping up a “Straw Man Argument.”