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CHAPTER 13 : SUSTAINABLE LIVING (Commoner's Law of Ecology (Law 3 :…
CHAPTER 13 : SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Definition
Living is about a life that is deeply satisfying, fulfilling and appealing.
Because
Socially responsible
Environmentally responsible
Economically responsible
Commoner's Law of Ecology
Law 3
: Everything is always changing
Law 4
: There is no such thing as a free lunch
Law 2
: Everything has to go somewhere
Law 5
: Everything has limits
Law 1
: Everything is connected
Global Warming and Greenhouse Effect
Definition
Global warming : A climate described as warmer than any present climates globally with spatial variable shifts in rainfall, and ecological shocks.
Greenhouse effect : The warming that happens when CO2 and other greenhouse gases made up of water (H20), methane (CH4), ozone (O3) and nitrous oxide (N20) in the Earth's atmosphere trap heat.
Sustainable Consumption
Common forces of consumption
Consumption as an expression
Created needs and wants
Increasing speed of life
Principles for sustainable consumption
Virtuous
Wise
Moderate
Humane
Responsible
Definition
Consumption that meets the needs of the current generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
Lean Living
To explain how value can be added to the whole chain of sustainable living.
PRINCIPLES
Zero defective purchase decisions
Product Decision
Durability
Recyclability
Locality
Action Decision
Extend life
Increase functionality
Zero waste decisions
Consumption Decision
Reduce range of consumption
Develop collaborative consumption
Disposal Decision
Segregate
Salvate
Environmental Ethics
Discipline in philosophy that studies the moral relationship of human beings to, and also the value and moral status of, the environment and its non-human content.
Sustainability Ethics
Specific responsibilities, obligations or duties that human beings have with regard to his contemporaries, nature and future generations.
Do not diminish satisfying opportunities to experience nature.
Do not diminish natural capital