SAGE News Clips: San Francisco Fights Global WarmingDescription: Given San Francisco's close proximity to the water, the city has devised a multipronged plan to combat the effects of climate change. The city plans to upgrade its aging seawall, and it aims to source all residential electricity from renewable sources within the next 10 years. Watch this video to learn about these and other plans San Francisco is enacting to achieve zero waste and fight global warming.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 403, and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test, and answer the following questions:Residents' actions in San Francisco to embrace renewable energy, compost or reduce waste, for example, appear
to fit within the philosophy of "Think globally, act locally" and require individuals to make proactive changes for the betterment of society as a whole. Social movements that are fundamentally concerned with the quality of private life, often advocating large-scale changes in the way people think and act, are known as ______.
A. public mobilizations
B. new social movements
C. rebellions
D. contagion movements
Answer: B
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