Topic 1.3 Sustainability

Vocabs and meanings :))

Sustainability

practices that manages earth resources to ensure long-term viability of a system

What are key aspects of sustainability?

resource management, waste reduction, intergenerational equity, ecological integrity

Natural Capital

All natural resources that produces natural income of goods

Types of natural capital

goods and services

Examples of natural capital

renewable and non-renewable

What is renewable?

Renewable means it can be produced or replenished if used sustainability

What is non-renewable?

it cannot be produced within a human life span

Natural income

flow of resources that natural capital generates

How can sustainability be encouraged?

Ecological land use, social systems and material cycles

What is pollution?

addition of substance by human activity at a rate greater than it can be sustained

Point source (Pollution)

Single, identifiable source

Non-point sources

sources are non-identifiable but we can infer that pollution is there.

Primary pollutants

pollutants that are emitted directly

Secondary pollutants

Farmed by reactions in environment

Biodiversity

variety of life on earth