Class Topics: 

• History of Phosphate Mining in Florida
• The Mosaic Corporation and Phosphate Mining in DeSoto County Florida

Readings:     

Edward T. Wimberley's Homegrown Ecopragmatics. Chapters 9-10

Homework Assignment:           

1. Briefly describe the historical economic and environmental impacts of phosphate mining in Florida.
2. Who are the stakeholders in the DeSoto phosphate mining issue with Mosaic?
3. Why does the author believe ecopragmatic approaches to policy making will not likely happen in the DeSoto County issue?