Summary: Living In The Environment | 9780538735353 | G Tyler Miller, et al

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• 1 Environmental problems, their causes, and sustainability

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• Of which parts does natural capital consist?

  - natural resources (materials and energy in nature that are essential or useful for humans; air, water, soil, life (biodiversity), coal)
  - natural services (processes which support life and human economies, purification of air, water, renewal of topsoil)

• what is the definition of the ecological foodprint?

  the amount of biologically productive land and water needed to provide the people in a particular country or area with an indefinite supply of renewable resources and to absorb and recycle the wastes and pollution produced by that resource use.

• of which factors does the IPAT model consists and what does it measure?

  Impact = population x Affluence (consumption) x technology (positive and bad effects)
  
  impact = how much a population is degrading the natural capital it depends upon.

• What is the ecological tipping point?

  The point after which the behavior of the natural system is changed irreversibly.

• What are the three major cultural changes that occured in human history?

  1. agricultural revolution (how to grow and breed plants and animals)
  2. industrial-medical revolution (mechanical, large-scale production , based on fossil fuels and medical advances)
  3. information-globalization revolution (new technologies for more access to information and resources on a global scale)

• What are the three main environmental worldviews?

  1. planetary managment worldview: we are separate from and in charge of nature, which exist to meet our needs.
  2. stewardship worldview: we can and should manage the earth but we have an ethical responsibility to be caring;
  3. environmental wisdom worldview: we are part of and dependent on nature. nature exists of all species and not just for us. integrating environmental wisdom in the way we act is crucial.

• What is an environmentally sustainable society?

  Living sustainable means living of the earth's natural income (rente) without depleting or degrading the natural capital (je spaargeld) that supplies it.
  
  
  A society that meets the current and future basic resource needs of its people in a just and equitable manner without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their basic needs.

• 1.1 What are three principles of sustainability

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• What is natures survival strategy?

  It follows three principles of sustainability: solar energy, biodiversity and chemical cycling.

• Why do countries differ in levels of unsustainability?

  Economic growth and development influences the sustainability

• 1.1.1 Environmental science is a study of connections in nature

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• What is environmental science?

  An interdisciplinary study of how humans interact with the living and nonliving parts of their environment.
  
  It integrates information and ideas from:
  - natural sciences (biology, chemistry, geology)
  - social sciences (geography, economics, political science)
  - humanities (philosophy, ethics)