Progress Report #1

Members: Emily Metallic, Marjorie Richards, Emma Venard, Lori Probasco, Victoria Tudor, Sam Alig,  Solai Meyappan

Topic: Impact of corporate environmental destruction on indigenous societies through

·      Deforestation/Agriculture

·      Extracting industries

·      Water Industries/Land Grabs

Plan: We will show specific case studies and the impact that the environmental destruction has had on indigenous societies. Also showing why people should care about this issue and the impact these corporations are having on people that are unable to defend themselves.

Resources: Newspaper articles, JSTOR, Academic Articles, Documentaries, YouTube Videos, Oxfam materials, Organizations/Corporation Websites.

Questions to be answered:

What aspects of the environment are being destroyed by corporations?

What are the effects of environmental destruction?

What is the government role in the environmental destruction?

What are specific case studies/examples of environmental destruction in indigenous societies?

What are some possible solutions?

How are the corporations defending/covering up their actions?          

What are the roles of individual citizens (globally and in indigenous societies)?

Why do we need to change the current situation?

Task 1: Emma Venard

            Roles of government/citizens

Task 2: 

Topic: Impact of corporate environmental destruction on indigenous societies

·      Deforestation/Agriculture

·      Extracting industries

·      Water Industries/Land Grabs

Plan: We will show specific case studies and the impact that the environmental destruction has had on indigenous societies. Also showing why people should care about this issue and the impact these corporations are having on people that are unable to defend themselves.

Resources: Newspaper articles, JSTOR, Academic Articles, Documentaries, YouTube Videos, Oxfam materials, Organizations/Corporation Websites.

What aspects of the environment are being destroyed by corporations?

What are the effects of environmental destruction?

What is the government role in the environmental destruction?

What are specific case studies/examples of environmental destruction in indigenous societies?

What are some possible solutions?

How are the corporations defending/covering up their actions?          

What are the roles of individual citizens (globally and in indigenous societies)?

Why do we need to change the current situation?

Task 1: Emma Venard

            Roles of government/citizens

Task 2: Lori Probasco

            Case Study: Deforestation/Agriculture

Task 3: Victoria Tudor

            Case Study: Extracting Industries (Land Grabs?)

Task 4: Emily Metallic

            Overarching information: Basic info on a global level; effects, definition, etc.

Task 5: Sam Alig

            Case Study: Water Industries

Task 6: Marjorie Richards

            Proposed Solutions, organizations working to stop environmental destruction

Task 7: Solai Meyappan

            Roles of corporations: PR campaigns, covering up, etc.