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Carbon rift comments

If you liken it to the metabolic rift, I think you should have a subsection on history where the metabolic rift is emphasized. I am confused about how the carbon rift should not just be a subsection of the metabolic rift because environmental considerations have been the major argument to the viability of the metabolic rift. I would spend some time exploring its similiarity to other theories so it can be turned into its "own trend".

 Foreign relations in Pakistan 

There have seemingly been no edits made in our class on the "Foreign relations in Pakistan" article, so I have picked

I will be working on editing the existing eco-capitalism page. I hope to add a descriptive history on the background of eco-capitalist thought. Through this, I would like to link the major economists etc. that helped expand this ideology so people viewing this page can understand what roots the ideology stems from. I hope to find the basic tenets of eco-capitalism or something similar to that in order to organize the page well.

Bibliography

Fairhead, James, Melissa Leach, and Ian Scoones. "Green Grabbing: a new appropriation of nature?" Journal of Peasant Studies 39.2 (2012): 237-61. Web.

Barry, J. "Green Political Theory." Political Ideologies (2014): 153-78. Web. 19 Feb. 2017.

Cock, Jacklyn. "‘Green Capitalism’ or Environmental Justice? A Critique of ..." University of Witwatersrand, n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2017. //

 February 16 assignment 

The eco-capitalism page lacks a history behind the thought, including what the origins are and who the key players and organizations were to bringing this ideology to light. This will be important to add so we can add a context to the essential subtopics of eco-capitalism. The current section titled "Transition to Eco-capitalism" does not have any sources and is grammatically horrendous, as well as not providing any in depth discussion. "Transition to Eco-capitalism" does not explain what the editor wants to get across either. A better subject line could be, "Common examples of eco-capitalism." //

 February 18 assignment 

Edit of the opening sentence to produce more clarity, using the same source: "Eco-capitalism is the theory that natural resources are regarded as capital and should be preserved to protect the long-term profitability of markets."

Add in a description of PERC, a free market, environmentalist research center.

Change the subtopic title of "Transition to Eco-Capitalism" to "Examples"

Add a "History" subtopic:

History

The roots of eco-capitalism can be traced back to the late 1960's. The "Tragedy of the Commons" an essay published in 1968 in Science by Garrett Hardin claimed the inevitability of malthusian catastrophe largely because of the policy of liberal or democratic governments to leave family size matters to the family, and enabling the welfare state to willingly care for potential overpopulation. Hardin argued that if families were given freedom of choice in the matter but removed from a welfare state, that parents choosing to overbear would not have the resources to provide for their "litter", thus solving the problem of overpopulation. I will be adding more to this