1. How did the “new world” and “lost world” utopias shape the culture from 1950 – 1970? • What examples of the consumer/suburbia utopia are seen? • How was “progress” defined? Describe the dystopian/ecological effects of the excess of consumer/suburbia? The new world utopia started to form during the post-war era in result of the idea that progress was defined by growth and gross national production. The mass growth of suburbia had negative ecological effects due to the increase of personal automobiles and the decrease of public transit. 2. Which book was essential to ecological movement? Why? Who was author? The book that was essential to the ecological movement was called Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson. She was the first person to call