Chapter 8: Hypotheses from Ecuador The hypothesis that I found to be the most important was "the dominate goals of the environmental movement will vary with transnational funding; when transnational funding is high, the goals of ecoimperialists will dominate, and when transnational funding is low, the goals of ecoresisters will dominate." I found this hypothesis to be important because it defines the relationship between international funding and environmental movements. It explains how influential a nongovernmental or dependent organization can be on the environment. As I was reading the book, this is something that I found Ecuador struggled the most with. This also showed how transnational funding had its own advantages and disadvantages. Funding allowed Ecuador to create more regulations and protected more land but it also caused organizations to constantly be in competition with each other. This competition causing the goals of the organizations to become less about protecting the environment and more about making money. I thought that Tammy L. Lewis did an excellent job at explaining the issues that have taken place over the past 45 years in Ecuador. Although some of the content was unclear at times, I was still able to follow along and understand how Ecuador paved its way to becoming a more sustainably developed and environmentally conscious country. The biggest issue I had with the content was the lack of examples or explanations regarding the environmentalist’s groups. When trying to define the objectives of the groups, I felt as though there was not a clear, set definition. Despite the minor flaws, I really enjoyed learning more about the history of Ecuador and I am very excited to experience life as an Ecuadorian for myself instead of just reading about it.