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Chapter 1 Flashcards

Science and Sustainability

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Natural resources

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Substances and energy sources we take from environment and rely on to survive
Ex: O2, H2O, Food

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Renewable resources

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Replenished over short period of time

Ex: Timber, water, soil, sunlight, wind

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Nonrenewable resources

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Formed much more slowly than we use them and are no longer available once depleted.
Ex: Crude oil

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Ecosystem services

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Air and water purification, cycling of nutrients, climate regulation, pollination, waste recycling.

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Todays population is?

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7.5 billion people.

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Agricultural revolution

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When people begin to grow crops and domesticate animals.

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What are fossil fuels?

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Fossil fuels are

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Ecological footprint

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The cumulative area of land and water needed to provide resources and waste disposal for a typical person

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Ecological footprint

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The cumulative area of land and water needed to provide resources and waste disposal for a typical person.

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Overshooting earths capacity is?

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Using renewable resources faster than they are being replaced. 68%. We are surpassing earths capacity to sustainability support our population.

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Anthropocentrism

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A human centered view that evaluates cost and benefits of actions solely on their impact on people.

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Ecocentrism

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Judges actions based on their effects on ecological systems, which contain both living and non living elements and the relationships between them.
MOST HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE.

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John Muir

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Preservation ethic

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Gifford Pinchot

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Conservation ethic

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Aldo Lepold

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Believed a healthy

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Aldo Lepold

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Believed a healthy ecological systems depended on all of their interacting parts.

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Environmental Justice

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Involves fair and equitable treatment of all people with respect to environmental policy and practice, Regardless of their income, race, or ethnicity.

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Sustainability

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A guiding principle of modern ES. Living within our planets means and conserving earths resources.

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