https://padlet.com/dnetz1/tk6q5yhgrckj7aqs en-us 2021-05-04 18:58:17 UTC 2021-05-06 14:43:25 UTC hello@padlet.com dnetz1 https://padlet.com/dnetz1/tk6q5yhgrckj7aqs/wish/1491302962 This is one of the more concise formulations of the Treadmill of Production theory that Schnaiberg (the founder of that approach) and his colleagues published. Like most of their writing, it is not particularly easy to read, though. Don't give up when you find some parts a bit frustrating or hard to grasp, read on and try to get the gist of the argument. Much of the text engages at length with Ecological Modernization theory, since it was written for a book on EM. We will cover that approach three weeks from now, so don't worry if you don't get all of what they say in those bits - but anyway, this is not really hard to understand: For the moment, just imagine an "EM theorist" to be someone that says "oh, capitalism can be greened no problem - in fact, people are already doing that all over! Look at all those fancy green startups with their cool sustainable innovations!" (you'll get a more nuanced picture later). Also, don't spend too much time unpacking the details of the specific US examples elaborated on in the text - concentrate on grasping the main points about what the "treadmill" is, how it works and what follows from it instead!]]> 2021-05-04 19:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dnetz1/tk6q5yhgrckj7aqs/wish/1491302962 dnetz1 https://padlet.com/dnetz1/tk6q5yhgrckj7aqs/wish/1491355115 Why do Schnaiberg et al. use the metaphor of a treadmill? What are they trying to evoke by using that metaphor? Do you think it fits?]]> 2021-05-04 19:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dnetz1/tk6q5yhgrckj7aqs/wish/1491355115 dnetz1 https://padlet.com/dnetz1/tk6q5yhgrckj7aqs/wish/1491365259 What is it that Schnaiberg, Gould and Pellow describe as the "treadmill of production"? What are its elements, what processes constitute it? What actors are part of the treadmill, in what ways do they contribute to its operation?
And why is it called treadmill "of production"? What role does consumption play in its operation, and why isn't that at the center of the argument?
There is also an argument that there is one "ecological treadmill" and one "social treadmill" - what are those, and how are they related?]]> 2021-05-04 19:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dnetz1/tk6q5yhgrckj7aqs/wish/1491365259 dnetz1 https://padlet.com/dnetz1/tk6q5yhgrckj7aqs/wish/1491393542 What is the "environmental state"? How do the authors define it? What does the treadmill theory have to say about the environmental state, and what are its disagreements with Ecological Modernization in this regard?]]> 2021-05-04 19:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dnetz1/tk6q5yhgrckj7aqs/wish/1491393542 https://padlet.com/dnetz1/tk6q5yhgrckj7aqs/wish/1497891603 2021-05-06 12:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dnetz1/tk6q5yhgrckj7aqs/wish/1497891603