Industry/the Environment/Human Rights
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Human rights are the fundamental freedoms essential to living a full life. Regardless of your sex, race, ethnicity, national origin, economic status or sexual orientation, human rights belong to all people. Throughout history and still today, not everyone enjoys full realization of these rights.
The relationship between the natural environment and human culture is a two-way street. Too often, only one part is asserted: that the form of the natural environment influences (or, in extreme cases, determines) the human culture of a place. Mountains may prove obstacles to communication, but transport technology overcomes the barriers. Climate may limit the growth of certain crops, but irrigation or greenhouse protection can extend a plant's natural limits. As human technology expands, people are able to adapt to the limitation once placed by the natural environment. Besides technological adaptation, humans have increasingly modified their natural environment, shaping it to their needs. Clearing forests for agriculture or grazing, paving surfaces for urban areas, damming rivers, exploiting minerals, polluting air, streams and oceans, are all examples of the permanent changes to the natural world resulting from human culture. In this unit we will explore the relationship and interactions between industry, the environment and human rights. We will wrestle with difficult issues like environmental racism and corporate social responsibility. Enduring Understandings
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights . Click Here