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1 Person/Planet Politics: Linking the Personal & the Global
Population Demographic Transition Globalization Shadow Ecologies POLS/ENVIR 384 Lec. 3

2 Revisiting I = PAT Population: “the multiplier of everything”
Thomas Friedman: “too many Americans” Bill McKibben: “the balloons above our heads” Bringing it home POLS/ENVIR 384 Lec. 3

3 Demographic Transition Model
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4 Thinking systemically about population
Family planning & contraception Literacy for women and girls Prenatal health care Adoption Cultural change: small-family norms Consumption? POLS/ENVIR 384 Lec. 3

5 Globalization What, when & how? Winners & losers?
Can it be sustained? Should it be? How does it affect our sense of self? POLS/ENVIR 384 Lec. 3

6 Globalization: Historical Roots
Human Migration Flows POLS/ENVIR 384 Lec. 3

7 New World Exploration POLS/ENVIR 384 Lec. 3

8 POLS/ENVIR 384 Lec. 3 Image Source: Wall Street Journal:

9 POLS/ENVIR 384 Lec. 3

10 Fueling Globalization
Colonialism: Europe’s factor endowments Arable land, useful plant & animal diversity (Jared Diamond) Export of wealth from colonies Minerals, tropical foods, slaves Industrialization & the fossil fuel revolution Population growth Mass production & global trade Shadow ecologies POLS/ENVIR 384 Lec. 3

11 Industrial revolution: 7-fold population growth, 40-fold energy growth!!

12 From http://www. energyandcapital
POLS/ENVIR 384 Lec. 3

13 What has been (unevenly) globalized?
Trade & finance Communication & travel Information & technology Culture Governance Awareness Civilizing globalization How? Examples? POLS/ENVIR 384 Lec. 3

14 POLS/ENVIR 384 Lec. 3

15 Planetary Life- Support Systems ENVIR 100 Lec_2

16 Ecological footprints and shadow ecologies

17 A global species? Modern story Is global interdependence a good thing?
Confluence of “revolutions” Religious, scientific, economic, political Mechanistic, materialist, individualist, anthropocentric Progress as material betterment Is global interdependence a good thing? Why or why not? What should be globalized & what kept local? POLS/ENVIR 384 Lec. 3

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