The globalisation of environmentalism - The evolution of global discourse on environment and development - Silent spring and the 1960s and early 1970s

3 important questions on The globalisation of environmentalism - The evolution of global discourse on environment and development - Silent spring and the 1960s and early 1970s

What is meant with "declining terms of trade"?

A situation that occurs when the prices for export products are falling or declining whilst the prices for imports are generally high and rising.

In the 1960s developing countries were unable to replicate the industrial revolution of the North due to this development. They could not earn enough capital to purchase capital equipment necessary to industrialise.

Where can the foundation for the ideas of bioenvironmentalists be found?

The economic boom after the war caused industrialisation which caused worry about the influence of these developments on the environment (Rachel Carson, silent spring), increase global integration trade, more states due to decolonisation, but inequality between North and South. Population growth in developing world threat to worlds resources and thus threat for both North and South "mutual vulnerability" (Paul Ehrlich, the population bomb & the club of Rome, limits to growth). These ideas took form in the 1960s and the start of the 1970s.

Where can the foundation for the ideas of social greens be found?

In influential works from the 1960s and begin 1970s (shared with bioenvironmentalists) such as:
-Rachel Carson, silent spring
- Paul Erlich, the population bomb
- the club of Rome, limits to growth

The work by A.F. Schumacher, "small is beautifull: economics as if people mattered" influenced the focus that social greens put on the need for small local economies, he used some of Ghandi's work to underpin his ideas.

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