UNIT TWO- Sustainability Flashcards
(13 cards)
What is Canada’s top 5 resources? What makes these resources important?
Forestry, oil, agriculture, fish and mining (criteria: safety, availability, impact on economy, # of jobs )
What are the sectors of the economy? Provide examples.
Primary- agriculture, mining
Secondary- manufacturing and construction companies
Tertiary- the service industries, i.e. retail sales, teachers, lawyers, doctors
Quaternary- technology, i.e. education, research, and development
How and why did Canada’s fishing industry collapse and why is it important?
Canada’s cod was over fished by fishers causing the industry to collapse. Not only did one of Canada’s largest economic sectors collapse, but many fishers lost their jobs and went crazy because of it.
What are GMOs and why are they bad/good?
Good- Makes food more nutritious, protects crops from diseases and pests, reduce pesticide use, increase crop yield
Bad- Contains too many chemicals, contaminates our food, organic has more nutrients, tastes better, preserves ecosystems and agricultural diversity
Factory farming. Arguments for and against
For- brings billions, cheaper meat, produces more meat,
Against- animals endure cruelty, 1 pound of meat= 1000 gallons of water, 51% of gas emissions are because of animal agriculture, destroys forests and takes up so much land.
Fish farming. Pros and cons
For- more monitored, more sustainable, less feed, need to protect ocean
Against- Use of chemicals, fish are more susceptible to disease, causes pollution and first nations don’t agree.
What are the methods of logging in forests? Explain.
clear cutting (cut all trees down, least sustainable), selective cutting (only cuts down certain trees, most sustainable), shelterwood cutting (cuts trees in bunches, kinda sustainable)
Mountain pine beetle. What is the issue?
- Pine beetles are eating our boreal forests at an alarming rate.
- Government did controlled burnings, didn’t work.
- Beetle outbreak occurred because of climate change (winters weren’t cold enough to kill beetles)
- Cut so many trees it lowered price of timber
The types of mining’s
Strip mining- surface mining (most severe environmental impact)
Open pit mining - more expensive that strip, here we get diamonds and ore (removes trees like strip)
Underground mining- most expensive, goes up to 3000m deep
What is the ring of fire in Ontario?
Largest potential mineral reserves in Canada. It’s claimed it will be the economic equivalent of the Athabasca oil sands, with a potential of generating $120 billion
What are renewable, non-renewable and flow resources?
Renewable- Replaces naturally, at a quicker rate that consumed (sun, wind, water)
Non-renewable- When it runs out, it would take 100+ years to replace it’s self
Flow- Must be used when and where it occurs, all we do is collect them ( water, wind, sun)
Sustainability VS Stewardship
Sustainability- Meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Stewardship- The use and protection of the natural environment through conservation and sustainable practices
The Trans Mt. Pipeline
- Who’s for it/against
- Who purchased it
- What is the intention of the liberal government
For- The Canadian Gov’t, Alberta and Kinder Morgan
Against- First Nations, Greenpeace, B.C, TSS
Who purchased? The liberal government/ aka Trudeau
What is their intention now that they’ve bought the rights to build the pipeline? Are they going to build it and offer Canadian jobs? Are they just going to leave it be?
