3.4 - Playing Politics with the Environment

11/16/2020

Guiding Thought Question: What are the positives and negatives to political parties making the environment central pieces to their platforms (What they stand for)?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will examine what political parties do, and how they are able to influence environmental policy. They will examine a number or issues to see how affiliation in a political party can affect views on a certain issue. (1.1.g, 1.2.a, 1.2.e)

Central Question: What are the values of political parties in the efforts to preserve the environment?

12 Comments

Ella J

11/16/2022 07:42:22 am

Positives: Protecting the world for future generations
Gain support from environmentally conscious public.
negatives: Lose support from people more concerned with economy
might funnel resources away from other important issues.
Climate change deniers unhappy.

sims

11/21/2022 07:36:52 am

positives: they can positively impact the environment longer and they can get other people to care about it
negative: they could lose the interest of some people and lose votes

Bea

11/21/2022 07:38:48 am

negatives
-they can't agree so if they are able to establish any environmental legislation it probably will not be that strong

Marley

11/21/2022 07:40:24 am

Positives: gain more support from those who are interested in the environment
Leave the environment the same or better as it was in the past
Negatives: some groups might not support
Might hurt the environment

ella h

11/21/2022 07:45:42 am

Positives: Having a central idea of what to focus on
Negatives: can lose support from opposing parties that do not agree with your idea

Trevor

11/21/2022 12:27:06 pm

A positive to the environment being the central piece would be that they're more focused on things that could affect the well-being of future generations. A negative would be that some things might slip past the government because they're so focused on the environment. Not everyone agrees that the environment should be central focus.

stella

11/21/2022 12:27:10 pm

positives- helps the environment!!!
negative- other things that may be more important to focus on

savannah

11/21/2022 12:28:10 pm

positives it can potentially help increase awareness/ activity toward helping the government.

chett

11/22/2022 01:46:07 pm

positive: better for the environment, can help pollution, air quality, etc.
negative: won't focus as much on any other topics, may not get voted for from others who don't care as much about the environment

Jack B

11/22/2022 01:46:42 pm

Positives: They promote policies that make humanity less likely to Chuck Norris style Roundhouse Kick itself into extinction.

Negatives: Everyone involved looks like a nerd.

addison

11/22/2022 01:50:28 pm

the positive effect of political parties is that is can raise awarness and can focuse on things

the positive effect of political parties is that people might not agree and can lose support bc people may not agree with the other politica lveiw

nived

11/22/2022 01:51:13 pm

if the main focus is the environment then it would help the environment more

and yeah if the main focus is the environment then the other problem wont get much attention

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