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ESS Subject Reflection (Anna,Doll,Katrina)
Environmental Value Systems
Anthropocentrism
humans must sustainably manage the global system.
Ecocentrism
integrates social, spiritual and environmental dimensions into a holistic ideal.
What is EVS?
An EVS is a worldview or paradigm that shapes the way an individual, or group of people, perceives environmental issues that are influenced by cultural, religious, economic and socio-political contexts.
Technocentrism
technological developments can provide solutions to environmental problems
Sustainability and Resource Use
If resources are well-managed and exploit sustainably, then human can earn profit in the long term, otherwise, it will harm the environment and the resources will be run out in the near future.
Resources are described as natural capital, this produce natural income and people exploit these resources to earn profit
Introduction to Ecosystems
An ecosystem is a community of living and non-living things that work together. Ecosystems have no particular size
Ecosystems are specific areas of the environment that develop as a result of the interaction between the earth's four spheres
Human Population Dynamics
Population dynamics are also affect by different socio-economic factors, including literacy, years in school, use of contraception, healthcare availability, disease, income, female employment, human development index.
To examine the population growth, the dependent variables are needed, such as crude birth rate, crude death rate, total fertility rate, infant mortality, life expectancy.
Exploring Ecosystems
Ecosystems covers the whole systems in the nature around us such as oceans, rivers, forests,...
An ecosystem has diverse living organisms. In the study of Ecology, these living organisms are categorized on the basis of the level of organization.
Pollution Management
Consumption of products increases the benefits for the economic behavior as people consume goods for the needs in different extents. In consequence, those products have caused the sudden change in SDW production; the economy and SDW production has a direct relationship in which the growth of economy leads to the increase in the production of waste.
With rapid population growth, the number of waste generated can be estimated as 2.01 billion tonnes every year. More people will need more essential products as they will influence the rise in solid domestic waste production.
Soil Systems and Terrestrial Food Production
The soil system is a dynamic ecosystem that has inputs, outputs, storages, and flows
Food waste is prevalent in both LEDCs and (MEDCs), but for different reasons : Socio-economic, cultural, ecological, political, and economic factors
As the human population grows, along with urbanization and degradation of soil resources, the availability of land for food production per capita decreases.
Energy and Climate Change
The energy choices of society will be influenced by the availability; sustainability; scientific and technological developments; cultural attitudes; and political, economic, and environmental factors.
Choice of energy sources can have impacts at both local and global level as emissions of greenhouse gases can contribute to global climatic change.
Aquatic systems and Aquatic Food Production
aquatic food production depends upon solar radiation to provide the energy for plants
Aquatic photosynthesis can support very long food chains leading to rich and diverse food webs.
The hydrological cycle is a system of water flows and storages that may be disrupted by human activity.