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What is the perfect “recipe” to start a nationwide movement towards protecting the planet from climate change? The perfect recipe to starting a nationwide movement towards protecting the planet from climate change is education, connections, and refusal. Education is a very important step in order to really start a movement. In the climate change movement it is very important for people to understand what is really happening. A great person that really educates is Bill Mckibben. His movie is called…

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Best Formula for Social Change:  I believe that the perfect recipe for social change in regards to climate change is through action and refusal. In general I agree with both Mckibben and Moore. They both believe that climate change does indeed need to change, and they both express different ideas on how this can be accomplished. Both experts have been spreading their ideas to many people which I believe is the first step towards change. By continuing to fight and…

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“If Your House is on Fire” is an interview focusing on the environmental efforts and ideas made by Kathleen Dean Moore. Moore has a strategy for social change, and it is very interesting. Moore believes that if the ethics and culture of a community change, overall things can lead to a huge social change. Moore states “If the culture forces us to live in ways we don’t believe in, then we have to change the culture. Given the urgency of…

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The ideas that Duhigg and Mckibben have about social change are very similar. Duhigg believes that social change occurs through connections that people have, and how the connections work towards a main goal. Although Mckibben does not outwardly express this idea, it is shown that he thinks in a similar way through the movie “Do the Math”. Duhigg states “A movement starts because of the social habits of friendship and the strong ties between close acquaintances” (87). This shows that…

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When watching Do the Math‘s movie it was very interesting to see McKibben’s strategies for social change. It is interesting because his ideas are very similar to those of Epstein, Hallward and Duhigg’s ideas. McKibben discusses how more and more of this generation needs to come together because at this point it is an emergency, and we may be the only ones to change it. This relates of Epstein’s ideas of social cohesion, and people coming together. These ideas also go…

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Throughout the semester ENG 110 has discussed different paths that lead to social change. The most recent path we have learned about is through Charles Duhigg. Charles Duhigg believes that social change derives from strong ties, weak ties, and for a person or group to be able to have the power to make a large group of people to work towards a singular goal, and I wholeheartedly agree. Strong ties are close relationships such as friends and family. Weak ties…

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Charles Duhigg’s ideas about social change are very interesting. He clearly defines the steps that historians, sociologists say show up during large revolutions or movements. Duhigg states, “A movement starts because of the social habits of friendship and the strong ties between close acquaintances” (87). He later continues talking about the other two steps. The movement grows through the community because of the weak ties that hold it together. Lastly, the movement maintains it’s pace because leaders encourage participants to…

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-young -elementary school -sunny -playground -overalls -mean boys -sexism at a young age -not understanding -wood chips This story is important, because it showed sexism at a young age. I was shut down as a child in the playground, because I said I wanted to be president. A little boy told me that only boys can be president. I was introduced to sexism as a very young age, and it changed the way I thought.

The audio in this specific podcast is very, very important. In particular story from a girl named Emily, a gay teen from Kennebunk, the audio switched quite frequently, but it was important to the story. At first they were talking about how her coming out experience was very good. In the background they were playing upbeat music, but then the audio cut out , because the grandmother snapped at Emily saying “You need to stop!” Eventually Emily talked to her…

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