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CHAP 17: ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, POLITICS AND WORLDVIEWS - Coggle Diagram
CHAP 17: ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, POLITICS AND WORLDVIEWS
What are some major environmental worldviews?
An environmental worldview is determined partly by a person’s
Environmental ethics
Human-centered (anthropocentric) worldviews
Planetary management worldview
sees humans as the planet’s most important species
Stewardship worldview
we have an ethical responsibility to be caring and responsible managers, or stewards, of the earth
Life-centered (biocentric) worldviews
we have an ethical responsibility to avoid hastening the extinction
Earth-centered worldviews
we have an ethical responsibility to take a wider view and to try to preserve the earth's biodiversity and the functioning of its life-support systems for the benefit of all forms of life, now and in the future
17.1
How are economic systems related to
the biosphere?
Economics resources
Natural capital + manufactured capital + human capital = goods and services
Economics and market systems
Ecological economists see all economies depend on resources and services provided by the sun and natural resources
In free-market economic system, the buyer and sellers interact with each other base on competition, no government interference.
Economic growth and economic development
Economic growth is an increase in nation’s capacity to provide good and services to people
Economic development is the improvement of human living standards
17.2
What are some major environmental
worldviews?
Environmental worldviews
how you think the world works
what you believe your environmental role in the world should be
what you believe is right and wrong environmental behavior
Planetary management, stewardship and earth wisdom are 3 major environmental worldview.
Planetary management (human –centered) sees humans as planet's most important and dominant species and should mange the earth for our own benefit.
How Can We Implement Sustainable
and Just Environmental Policies?
Environmental discrimination
most polluting factories, hazardous waste dumps, incinerators, and
landfills are located near low-income communities
Led to the development of the environmental
justice movement
Environmental policies should be governed by
seven principles
Reversibility
Net energy principle
Precautionary principle
Prevention principle
Polluter-pays principle
Environmental justice principle
Holistic principle
Working Together Can Make a Difference
Individuals matter – joining together brings
about change (grassroots approach)
Individual environmental leadership
Students and Educational Institutions Can
Play an Important Role
Propose sustainable changes to reduce costs
Pressure universities to stop investing
endowment funds in environmentally harmful
companies