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Write five (5) double-spaced, typewritten pages (12 pt. font) on one of following. Please cite your sources in a consistent manner and use regular margins.

1. Analyze Klein’s argument that the crisis of climate change creates an opportunity to “change everything” in relation to our economic and political systems? Compare and contrast this revolutionary approach to addressing climate change with the more gradual reform approaches that she criticizes. 

2. Klein praises the actions of blockades, protests, and divesting that focus on disrupting the fossil fuel industry’s extractivist practices. Discuss why she believes that these are necessary practices in addressing the challenge of climate change. Do you think these types of action are appropriate and effective? Why or why not?