APES Chapter 1
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environment: everything around us, living and nonliving
environmental science: an interdisciplinary study of how humans interact with the environment: natural & social sciences - humanities
ecology: how everything interacts w/ each other - environment
organism: living things
species: a group of organisms that share distinct characteristics
ecosystem: a set of organisms that interact with each other and their environment within a set space
environmentalism: political/social movement to protect the environment
scientific purples of sustainability: lessons from nature
a) dependence on solar energy: warmth, nutrients, water, and wind power · nutrients: chemicals for life processes
b) Biodiversity: variety in organisms; supports but limits growth, pro-adaptation
c) chemical/nutrient cycling: finite resources must be continuously reused
natural capital: resources + services that support life - activity · natural resource: materials and energy in nature used by humans (renewable- nonrenewable · Natural/ecosystem services: processes that occur in a healthy ecosystem · degradation: using natural capital too much too fast
social sciences principles of sustainability: include full cost pricing, win-win solutions, and responsibility to the future
a) full cost pricing: adjust market paces to reflect the environmental cost
b) win-win solutions: solutions with the best outcome for people and the planet
c) responsibility to the future: protecting the environment for future generations
resource: obtainable from nature for use inexhaustible: continuous supply renewable: replenished in a cycle that can be disrupted (OB)
sustainable yield: rate of use of renewable resources indefinitely
nonrenewable: finite supply for consumption who renewal
environmental degradation: human wasting, degrading, and depleting the earth
pollution: contamination (physical or other) that harms health survival
Point sources: 1, identifiable source of pollution
nonpoint sources: disposed, difficult to ID and treat
Pollution clean-up: cleaning and diluting existing pollutants tragedy of the commons: common resources are degraded a harmfully privatized affluence: wealth of more developed nations
eco-footprint: the amount of resources to sustain a lifestyle
per-capita eco-footprint: average toolpant per citizen
Impact: Population * Affluence * Technology
affluence trade-off: More consumption = bigger footprint but more wealth access to education = pollution reduction
poverty: a state of being unable to fulfill basic needs (food, water, healthcare, shelter) environmentally
harmful subsidies: benefit businesses at the expense of environment
subsidies shift: taxing pollution waste more and goods/income less Nature deficit disorder: increased health issues due to nature isolation
See flashcards!!
environment: everything around us, living and nonliving
environmental science: an interdisciplinary study of how humans interact with the environment: natural & social sciences - humanities
ecology: how everything interacts w/ each other - environment
organism: living things
species: a group of organisms that share distinct characteristics
ecosystem: a set of organisms that interact with each other and their environment within a set space
environmentalism: political/social movement to protect the environment
scientific purples of sustainability: lessons from nature
a) dependence on solar energy: warmth, nutrients, water, and wind power · nutrients: chemicals for life processes
b) Biodiversity: variety in organisms; supports but limits growth, pro-adaptation
c) chemical/nutrient cycling: finite resources must be continuously reused
natural capital: resources + services that support life - activity · natural resource: materials and energy in nature used by humans (renewable- nonrenewable · Natural/ecosystem services: processes that occur in a healthy ecosystem · degradation: using natural capital too much too fast
social sciences principles of sustainability: include full cost pricing, win-win solutions, and responsibility to the future
a) full cost pricing: adjust market paces to reflect the environmental cost
b) win-win solutions: solutions with the best outcome for people and the planet
c) responsibility to the future: protecting the environment for future generations
resource: obtainable from nature for use inexhaustible: continuous supply renewable: replenished in a cycle that can be disrupted (OB)
sustainable yield: rate of use of renewable resources indefinitely
nonrenewable: finite supply for consumption who renewal
environmental degradation: human wasting, degrading, and depleting the earth
pollution: contamination (physical or other) that harms health survival
Point sources: 1, identifiable source of pollution
nonpoint sources: disposed, difficult to ID and treat
Pollution clean-up: cleaning and diluting existing pollutants tragedy of the commons: common resources are degraded a harmfully privatized affluence: wealth of more developed nations
eco-footprint: the amount of resources to sustain a lifestyle
per-capita eco-footprint: average toolpant per citizen
Impact: Population * Affluence * Technology
affluence trade-off: More consumption = bigger footprint but more wealth access to education = pollution reduction
poverty: a state of being unable to fulfill basic needs (food, water, healthcare, shelter) environmentally
harmful subsidies: benefit businesses at the expense of environment
subsidies shift: taxing pollution waste more and goods/income less Nature deficit disorder: increased health issues due to nature isolation