17 Questions
What term is used to describe the strategy where companies engage in symbolic communications with environmental issues without taking substantial action?
Greenwashing
In the context of environmental responsibility, what does 'green talk' versus 'green walk' refer to?
Discrepancy between environmental policies and actual practices
Which concept from the text represents the idea of companies being seen as key contributors to environmental problems?
Capitalocene
How does public discourse impact corporations with regard to environmental responsibility?
It puts pressure on them to address environmental issues
What is the main issue highlighted in the text regarding the disparity between 'green talk' and 'green walk'?
A discrepancy between environmentally friendly claims and actions taken
What is the primary driver of the current ecological crisis?
Capitalogenic factors driven by capital accumulation
In the context of the text, how does the modern European ego view non-human natures?
As passive objects for the endless accumulation of capital
What fictitious dichotomy does the text mention in relation to the capitalocene?
Division between rational humans and animals/nature
How are animals and nature portrayed in Western capitalist culture according to the text?
As objects for the endless accumulation of capital and human consumption
What role do Indigenous people play in the capitalocene according to the text?
They are seen as 'nature-folk' to be mastered by Western cultures
How does the text describe the relationship between farmed & trapped animals and disposability?
They are viewed as 'ungovernable waste' slipping into disposability
What is the main driver of epochal planetary transformations in the Anthropocene?
Elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane
In the context of the Anthropocene, what does the narrative of 'human' against 'nature' tend to obscure or confuse?
How colonialism and capitalism structure the environmental crisis
How does the text describe the Anthropocene's reliance on blaming an undifferentiated 'humanity' for the environmental crisis?
As a tactic to shift blame from corporations to individuals
What concept does the text suggest is exemplified by shifting blame for environmental issues from the '1%' to the '99%'?
'Human against nature' narrative
Why do Indigenous folks question whether they are equally to blame for the current environmental crisis?
Due to their sustainable practices that respect nature
How does the text suggest that the '1%' is involved in creating environmental problems?
By prioritizing profit over environmental sustainability
Test your knowledge on environmental responsibility, sustainability, corporate impact on the environment, greenwashing, and the effects of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystems.
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