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diff --git a/chapter1.md b/chapter1.md index a386a75..d15d01d 100644 --- a/chapter1.md +++ b/chapter1.md @@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ the WWF's measure of wildlife populations, has declined by almost three quarters since 1970 [@living-planet]. All these failures beg the question: why aren't the green movement's strategies -working? \[EXAMPLE OF GREEN LEADER ASKING THIS QUESTION\] In particular, I want -to focus on green rhetoric. +working? 'Has public attention gone numb?' asks journalist Harrison Stetler. 'Is +the sense of crisis faced with the devastating effects of climate change feeding +passivity — or even the rush to preserve past privileges — rather than +mobilization?' [@stetler-2025] In particular, I want to focus on the movement's +rhetoric. Rhetoric, as I'm using the term, refers to an utterance with an agenda. When green rhetoric works well, it solves a problem relevant to green concerns. In @@ -562,4 +565,3 @@ catastrophic language is counter-productive in this context. ## TODO - Find quotes and page numbers in @{back-to-nature} and @{heat} -- Find an example: green rhetor doing some soul-searching |