1.3 Sustainability Flashcards
Sustainability and SDG models (23 cards)
What does sustainability mean?
Living within the means of nature, on the interest or sustainable natural income generated by natural capital.
What is natural capital?
Natural resources that can produce a sustainable natural income of goods or services.
What is natural income?
The yield obtained from natural resources.
What is renewable natural capital?
Living species and ecosystems that are self-producing and self-maintaining.
What is non-renewable natural capital?
Natural capital with a limited supply that cannot regenerate within a reasonable time period (i.e. fossil fuels).
What is the environmental pillar of sustainability?
Conserving natural resources and protecting ecosystems to maintain biodiversity and ecosystem services.
What is the social pillar of sustainability?
Improving social equity, quality of life, and the well-being of all community members, including marginalized and vulnerable groups.
What is the economic pillar of sustainability?
Creating an economy that can maintain itself over time without depleting natural resources or harming the environment.
What is sustainable development?
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
What is ecological overshoot?
When humanity’s annual demand on the natural world exceeds what the Earth can renew in a year.
What is Earth Overshoot Day?
The date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources/services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year.
What is carrying capacity?
The maximum number of individuals of a species that the environment can sustainably support.
What is biocapacity?
The capacity of a biologically productive area to generate a supply of renewable resources and to absorb its waste.
What are sustainability indicators?
Resource use, the socio-economic status of the inhabitants, carbon footprint, energy consumption
What is GDP?
The total value of all final goods and services produced within an economy over a year.
What is Green GDP?
An alternative form of GDP that tries to account for environmental costs and the value of ecosystem services; more holistic.
What are ecological footprints?
A model used to estimate demands human populations place on the environment.
What is environmental justice?
The right of all people regardless of race, gender, socio-economic status, or national origin to live in a pollution-free environment free from hazardous waste, have equitable access to natural resources, and have fair treatment through laws and regulations.
What is the Planetary Boundaries Model?
What is the Doughnut Economics Model?
What is the Circular Economics Model (+Butterfly)?
What is citizen science?
Involves public participation and collaboration in scientific research with the aim to increase scientific knowledge.
What are Emergent Properties?
A emergent property is a thing made up of smaller parts that each play a role in it, and gain new context inside of the system. Eg. the emergent property of the Aryan race has a component of blue eyes
