1.1 Perspectives Flashcards
words I need to know and movements I need to have a basic knowledge of (17 cards)
What is Perspective?
How a particular situation is viewed and understood by an individual.
What is an Argument?
A statement or statements made to support a personally held perspective or to counter a different one.
What are Values?
Qualities or principles that people feel have worth and importance in life. May be individual or held by a group.
What are Worldviews?
The lenses shared by groups of people through which they perceive, make sense of, and act within their environment. These shape their values.
Social media makes this more complicated and gives us broader perspectives.
Can change over time.
What is an Ecocentric Worldview?
Puts ecology and nature as central to humanity, less materialistic, restraint in use of resources.
What is an Anthropocentric Worldview?
Views humankind as central to existence. Nature is there to benefit human kind. Uses regulations and taxes to be sustainable.
What is a Technocentric Worldview?
Believes technological developments can provide solutions to environmental problems. Believes in unlimited economic growth.
What are Values Surveys?
Key tool to gauge perspectives of different groups on environmental issues, uncover underlying values/beliefs.
What are Behaviour-Time Graphs?
Graph changes in behaviour on certain topics over time to track how values are changing.
What was the Neolithic Agricultural Movement?
Humans become farmers rather than nomadic hunter-gatherers. Population begins to rise. Local resources used sustainably. 10,000 years ago.
What was the Industrial Revolution?
1800’s Large scale production of goods and services. Consumer society rose. Burning of things like coal and trees for fuel. Land cleared.
What was the Green Revolution?
1940’s-1960’s Technology applied to agriculture (new crop varieties, fertilizers, pesticides). Crop yield skyrocketed. World population hit about 3 billion.
What was the Modern Environmental Movement?
1960’s Environmental impacts (e.g. collapsing fish stocks, endangered species, deforestation) became global. Greenpeace founded; wave of environmentalists surfaced. Earth summits started. Movement gained momentum. First ‘Earth Day’ 1970.
What is Modern Environmentalism?
More research being done. Still some climate skeptics, but gaining momentum amongst younger generations. Rising tensions/urgency.
What is a Stakeholder?
A person who is affected by something eg. if there is a trading boat, the stakeholders in it are the captain, the workers, the people who trade with the boat, the people who buy their products
Environmental Value System
A model showing the inputs affecting out perspectives on the environment, and outputs RESULTING from our perspectives.
Inputs are: Education, Religion, Culture, Media
Outputs are: Decisions, Actions, Attitudes
other Influences on the Environmental Movement
Independant pressure groups eg. Greenpeace, Earth Justice
Corporate Businesses - creating supply and demand, resource use
Government makes policies and legislation
Inter-governmental bodies - UN eg. Earth Summits
