Causes and Consequences of Environmental Degradation环境退化的原因及后果.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Solutions Stronger environmental laws Restructure tax system Renewable energy More equitable distribution of medical research funds and health care dollars Single payer health care (PHM/PHC) Solutions Improve status of women / access to reproductive health care Living wage laws E.g., NY, LA, Chicago, and Philadelphia Create maximum wage Reform education Solutions Publicly financed campaigns and campaign finance reform Proportional representation Instant runoff voting/cumulative voting/range (rating) voting Solutions: Vote US voter turnout low (139/172 worldwide) Wealthy vote at almost twice rate of poor Whites Blacks Hispanics Old Young Property owners Renters Activism / Protesting / Whistleblowing Work in Groups (PSR) Günter Grass “The first job of a citizen is to keep your mouth open.” Anita Roddick If you think you are too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in your tent Public Health and Social Justice Website martindonohoe@ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Foreign Aid 0.9% of the total federal budget On average, Americans think that 24% of the federal budget goes toward foreign aid U.S. Charitable Giving Approximately $250 billion/year 2.5% of income 2.9% at height of Great Depression 2009 Federal Budget$2.65 trillion World Military Spending (2008) The Military and Pollution World’s single largest polluter 6-10% of global air pollution 2-11% of world raw material use 97% of all high level and 78% of all low level nuclear waste Military exempt from most environmental regulations The Military: Diversion of Resources Away from Health Care 3 hours world arms spending = annual WHO budget 1/2 day of world arms spending = full childhood immunizations for all world’s children 3 days of U.S. military spending = amt. spent on health, edu