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This theme explores the actions of people who, knowing full well the enormity of the challenges, still choose to act--often with audacity, creativity, and success.  It is instructive to know what has worked (and not) in the past, so some history of previous waves of environmental action is included.  Currently, a very promising approach, social entrepreneur, is having a great deal of success by using the very market forces that have historically been so destructive to improve the environment for people and other species.  This also involves using the power of six degree social networks and digital technology.
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See also [http://ic.ucsc.edu/college8core/c8wiki/index.php/Eco-heroes eco-heroes
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'''Histories of Environmental Movement'''
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''Robert Gottlieb, Forcing the Spring: The Transformation of the American Environmental Movement'' (1993)
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[http://zena.secureforum.com/Znet/ZMag/articles/sept94chase.htm Review] of Gottlieb book that tells alternative history of the environmental movement.
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''American Environmentalism: The U.S. Environmental Movement, 1970-1990'' / edited by Riley E. Dunlap and Angela G. Mertig. Published Philadelphia : Taylor & Francis, c1992 (provides a succinct conventional overview of U.S. environmental movement in introductory chapter)
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Philip Shabecoff, ''A Fierce Green Fire: The American Environmental Movement'', Island Press; Revised Edition, 2003
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[http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/departments/espm/env-hist/ca-hist.html California Environmental History bibliography]
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[http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/departments/espm/env-hist/us-hist.html US Environmental History bibliography]
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'''Social Entrepreneurs'''
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Social entrepreneurship is a new concept, but it weaves together strands that have been around for a long time. It's about forging social relationships and organizing people, but also attempts to work with the market and leverages the power of the Internet.
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[http://www.socialedge.org/ The Skoll Foundation] is dedicated to fostering social entrepreneurs. [http://www.socialedge.org/resources/edge-wiki/SocialEntrepreneurship Good resources]
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[http://www.socialedge.org/discussions/social-entrepreneurship/defining-social-entrepreneurship Skoll Foundation definition and discussion]
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'''Additional Organizations'''
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[http://wiserearth.org/content/proximity_map Wiser Earth map] of socially conscious organizations, many with an social entrepreneur approach.
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[http://www.kiva.org/ http://www.kiva.org/]
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[http://www.ashoka.org/ http://www.ashoka.org/]
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[http://www.worldchanging.com/ http://www.worldchanging.com/]
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'''Video:'''
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The New Heroes (ucsc owns: DVD2816)
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[http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/meet/moon.html sample:] Nick Moon & Martin Fisher
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Project: ApproTEC (Appropriate Technology for Enterprise Creation)
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Location: Nairobi, Kenya, offices in Tanzania, Mali and San Francisco, Calif.
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Nick Moon and Martin Fisher founded ApproTEC out of their belief that poor people don't need handouts, they need concrete opportunities to use their skills and initiative. ApproTEC provides these opportunities by specially designing and manufacturing tools that help people work more productively, allowing them to break the cycle of poverty.
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Revision as of 16:44, 26 September 2007

This theme explores the actions of people who, knowing full well the enormity of the challenges, still choose to act--often with audacity, creativity, and success. It is instructive to know what has worked (and not) in the past, so some history of previous waves of environmental action is included. Currently, a very promising approach, social entrepreneur, is having a great deal of success by using the very market forces that have historically been so destructive to improve the environment for people and other species. This also involves using the power of six degree social networks and digital technology.

See also [http://ic.ucsc.edu/college8core/c8wiki/index.php/Eco-heroes eco-heroes


Histories of Environmental Movement

Robert Gottlieb, Forcing the Spring: The Transformation of the American Environmental Movement (1993) Review of Gottlieb book that tells alternative history of the environmental movement.

American Environmentalism: The U.S. Environmental Movement, 1970-1990 / edited by Riley E. Dunlap and Angela G. Mertig. Published Philadelphia : Taylor & Francis, c1992 (provides a succinct conventional overview of U.S. environmental movement in introductory chapter)

Philip Shabecoff, A Fierce Green Fire: The American Environmental Movement, Island Press; Revised Edition, 2003

California Environmental History bibliography

US Environmental History bibliography


Social Entrepreneurs

Social entrepreneurship is a new concept, but it weaves together strands that have been around for a long time. It's about forging social relationships and organizing people, but also attempts to work with the market and leverages the power of the Internet.

The Skoll Foundation is dedicated to fostering social entrepreneurs. Good resources

Skoll Foundation definition and discussion

Additional Organizations

Wiser Earth map of socially conscious organizations, many with an social entrepreneur approach.

http://www.kiva.org/

http://www.ashoka.org/

http://www.worldchanging.com/


Video:

The New Heroes (ucsc owns: DVD2816)

sample: Nick Moon & Martin Fisher

Project: ApproTEC (Appropriate Technology for Enterprise Creation)

Location: Nairobi, Kenya, offices in Tanzania, Mali and San Francisco, Calif.

Nick Moon and Martin Fisher founded ApproTEC out of their belief that poor people don't need handouts, they need concrete opportunities to use their skills and initiative. ApproTEC provides these opportunities by specially designing and manufacturing tools that help people work more productively, allowing them to break the cycle of poverty.



Course Themes
Ecological and Social Utopias
Literature, Art, and the Environment
Environmental Science and Skeptical Challenges
Activism and Entrepreneurship
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