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Kristen Slater. Unit 1: Framework for a Sustainable Future, ( ( ( (Public…

- - - - Essential transitions for sustainable future: 1 population transition 2 Resource transition reducing carbon footprint 3 technology transition producing more Goods that are a green economy 4 political and sociological transitions- focuses on needs of people and eliminating poverty 5- Community transition- building upwards not outwards, smart growth
- - - - There are two types of economic systems:
        
        centrally planned and free-market.
        
        centrally planned is rulers decide. Ie: dictatorship
        
        free market is a market decides what will be exchanged (capitalist)
    - - Brown versus green economy
      - brown economy is bad, environmental degradation, losses in biodiversity
      - Green economy is a sustainable economy. policies to improve sustainable development to protect against environmental degradation
- - - - Scientific method: analyzed by experimentation. 1. natural phenomenon 2. observations 3. questions 4. research hypothesis 5. experiment (if hypothesis supported peer review, discussion, replication)
      - science- knowledge gained through scientific method
      - sound science- abides by scientific method, data is explicable. standard and disciplined approach
      - through scientific method we come up with natural laws, concepts, and theories
    - - environmental scientists: research ways to decrease human inputs on the environment, anticipate affects of our actions
- - - - Public policy and the policy lifecycle-
      - predictable course of policy development in Democratic societies.
      - environmental policies work by requiring action from three branches of the U.S. government legislative executive and judicial
      - Example: the CFC case study
      - Environmental Policy command-and-control legislators set standards and thresholds polluters must follow guarantees some level pollution clean air and Water Act enforced by EPA
      - The market approach uses fees penalty and reward system.
      - Ie: pay for how much you throw, pay for fish license
      - Develop policy based on four steps
      - 1.recognition Looking for the problem
      - 2 formulation making a policy
      - 3.implementation observing the results
      - control confirming that it takes effect and promoting