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Greening Media
CMS 323John Cabot University
Prof. Antonio Lopez
Defining Problem
“This is more than an environmental crisis: it's an existential threat, and it should be treated like one, without fear of sounding alarmist, rather than covered as just another special interest, something only environmentalists care about.”
A Convenient Excuse,Wen Stephensonhttp://thephoenix.com/boston/news/146647-convenient-excuse/#ixzz2C7hgtXbx
Remember: We have one planet but we are consuming 1.4 earths
1960
1970
2000
The Math
• ppm = concentrations of carbon dioxide parts per million
• 350 ppm = Safe level for humanity
• 392 ppm = Current level (rising two pmm annually)
• Raise of two degree celsius is accepted limit (we’re at .08)
• We have a “budget” of 565 gigatons of CO2 to burn by 2050 to remain at safe levels
• 2,795 gigatons of CO2 in fossil fuel industry inventory
Source: 350.org; http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Perceived Boundaries
Oikos: HouseholdRoot of
economics/ecology
“Household management”
Technological Sublime
Mechanism
Externalities/Sacrifice Zones
NIMBY:Not in my back
yard.
Media’s Ecological
Footprint
Media gadgets in the US (2013):
78% of teens have a cell phone
37% of all teens have smartphones (up from just 23% in 2011)
23% of teens have a tablet computer
95% of teens use the internet
93% of teens have a computer or access.
Pew Research Center (2013)
Mining rare earth minerals contributes to civil war and loss of biodiversity
Conflict Minerals
Cloud computing mainly powered by coal
Cubitt, Hassan, & Volkmer (2011)
E-waste
Planned obsolescence
Media’s Ecological “Mindprint”
Media are Environmental Education
In 2001 63% of people got their information about the environment from television. Coyle (2005)
In 2005 $971 in ad dollars were spent per capita in the United States Brulle, Robert J. and Young, Lindsay E. (2007)
Ads promote pseudo-satisfier, dissatisfaction-manufacturing and convenience-constructing discourses. Stibbe (2009)
Space, time and place
Regenerativemindprint:
EmpathyConnectionCoordinationStorytellingEducation
Solution
Humans are culture/organism/environment combined
Green Cultural Citizenship:
Embodying sustainable behaviors and cultural practices that shape and promote ecological values within the interconnected realms of society, economy and environment.
Enduring question:
What constitutes a healthy media ecosystem?
Problem: Separation,
division, isolation
Solution: connections, relationships,
systems