1. Earnie Deavenport argues that free-market activities such as technological innovation and economic growth reduce environmental harm. Jerry Mander contends that an unrestricted free market and increasing consumption is destroying agricultural land and habitats. After reading both viewpoints, whose argument do you find more reliable? Why? Which of the viewpoints comes closer to what you believed before reading them?
2. Sue Hall maintains that the incentive of increased profits is driving companies to act in a more sustainable manner. What examples does she use to support her argument? Does Leonore Carpenter’s viewpoint effectively refute Hall’s examples? Why or why not"