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Chapter 1: Environmental Science - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Population growth.
      - Ecosystem degradation.
      - Biodiversity loss. (2050 could lead to upwards of 50% of biodiversity loss).
      - Global climate change. (mostly due to CO2 levels)
- - - - 4 Hypotheses:
        
        Flawed measurement of human well-being.(rejected)
        
        Enhanced food production outweighs ecosystem decline. (supported)
        
        Tech=less dependent on ecosystems. (supported)
        
        Lag between well-being and ecosystem decline. (supported)
- - - - Stewardship: managing natural resources through actions and programs and human well-being for greater goods and services.
        
        How can we become better environmental stewards?: No plastic, recycle more, use more renewable energy, use public transportation, composting, vegan or vegetarian-minimize consumption of meat-hunts.
        
        Business as usual is not sustainable.
        
        Good News:
        
        Fewer people are starving, and poverty is declining.
        
        Life expectancy is rising globally.
        
        Population growth rates are slowing.
        
        More people are voting to protect the environment.
        
        Professional groups are calling for sustainability.
        
        Single use plastic laws.
        
        To what extent do you think many of us will have fundamentally changed the way we live?
      - Is our planet sustainable?
      - Sustainability: System or continued process can be continued indefinitely without depleting or damaging material or energy required to keep it going.
      - Sustainable Development: meets needs of current generation without comprising those of future generations.
      - Essential transitions for a sustainable future:
      - Population Transition.
      - Resource Transition.
      - Technology Transition.
      - Political and Sociological Transitions.
      - Community Transition.