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  • As social justice movements this house would actively support “The Activists” reality competition show

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    “The Activist” is a new hit reality competition show which consists of a panel of celebrity judges contestants competing against one another for a prize and the support of a major network. “The Activist” would’ve featured six activists in areas of health education and the environment competing through digital campaigns for a spot at the G20 Summit in Italy. The “winner” would receive the most money for their cause.

    Canisius College Cup 2021 · 2 · 2021-10-22

  • This house believes that government should predominantly base its policies on the country’s Gross National Happiness

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    Gross National Happiness (GNH) is a philosophy that guides the government of Bhutan. It includes an index which is used to measure the collective happiness and well-being of a population. The GNH Index includes nine domains: 1) psychological well being 2) health 3) education 4) time use 5) cultural diversity and resilience 6) good governance 7) community vitality 8) ecological diversity and resilience 9) living standards.

    Canisius College Cup 2021 · 3 · 2021-10-22

  • This house believes that International Development institutions (e.g. the World Bank IMF) should not give aid to countries with poor environmental records

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    Imperial Novices 2021 · 2 · 2021-10-16

  • That the government should fund graphic advertising campaigns to discourage people from eating meat (e.g. placing images of dead animals or slaughterhouses on meat packaging).

    Junior Division - International Debating Championships 2021 · 1 · 2021-10-15

  • That we support the elimination of all restrictions on property development that relate to building aesthetics

    The Australian and New Zealand Pro-Am Championships 2021 · Open Final · 2021-10-15

  • This house prefers a world where the Agricultural Revolution had not happened and instead human societies remained organized as nomadic hunter-gatherers

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    The Agricultural Revolution marked the transition of human societies from a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle to one defined by agriculture and permanent settlements. The revolution first began in the Middle East approximately 10000 years ago(before spreading across much of Africa and Eurasia) and occurred distinctly in Mesoamerica 4000 years ago. The development of agriculture and sedentary society is what enabled the emergence of formal political and economic structures innovations such as writing and technologies capable of modifying the natural environment.

    Edinburgh Online Open Motions 2021 · 2 · 2021-10-09

  • This house as the progressive glacier movement would campaign for glaciers to voluntarily acquiesce (surrender) to global warming.

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    For the purposes of this debate glaciers (e.g. ice sheets icebergs ice shelves) have suddenly developed sentience communication and the capacity to consciously control the pace of their melting or stop it entirely. Glaciers cannot stop the process of global warming or its other adverse consequences (e.g. sea levels may rise at a different pace but this does not affect carbon emissions or the prevalence of bushfires). Nobody else apart from the glacier species is aware that glaciers have developed intelligent thought.

    Edinburgh Online Open Motions 2021 · 5 · 2021-10-09

  • This house as climate activist would start using visceral projections (i.e. images of animal death stories of climate disaster etc.) over scientific evidence as their main method of advocacy

    Asia Pacific WSDC 2021 · 2 · 2021-10-08

  • As Environmentalists this house would Resort to Ecoterrorism Against Corporations

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    Ecoterrorism is the use or threatened use of violence of a criminal nature against innocent victims or property by an environmentally-oriented subnational group for environmental-political reasons.

    2021 Riau Islands Debating Championship · Open Final · 2021-10-06

  • This house blieves that environmentalists should put a monetary value on environmental functions

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    An ecosystem function is the capacity of natural processes and components to provide goods and services that satisfy human needs, either directly or indirectly (e.g., forests ,wetlands, coastlines etc.)

    UADC 2021 · 6 · 2021-10-01

  • That we would remove urban planning rules concerned with designing buildings primarily based on their appearance

    NLUJ PD 2021 · 2 · 2021-09-25