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Intro To Environmental Studies - Coggle Diagram
Intro To Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies: Emphaisis on environmental issues, ethics, economics, policty, etc.
Environmentalists Paradox: As human well being increases, ecosystem health decreases
Hypothesis 1: How we measure human wellbeing is flawed
REJECTED
Hypothesis 2: Because of enhanced food production, natural production is irrelevant
SUPPORTED
Hypothesis 3: Technology has made us less dependent on natural ecosystems
SUPPORTED
Hypothesis 4: There is a lag between human advancement and ecosystem decline
SUPPORTED
Important Environmentalist
Rachel Carson
Teddy Roosevelt
John Muir
Aldo Leopold
Wangari
Garrett Hardin
Mohammed Yunus
Three Main Themes
Sound Science
How we gain knowledge
Scientific method
Critical thinking
Sustainability
=system or process that can continue indefinitely without depleting resources
Sustainable Development: meets todays needs, but also future generations
Stewardship
Protecting natural resources for future generations
Economic Services:
Provisioning: goods obtained from ecosystems
Regulating: obtained from regulation of ecosystem process
Cultural: nonmaterial benefits
Economic Systems
Centrally Planned: dictator controls what is made and how much
Free Market: market decides what is made and how much
Economic Goods
Produced Capital: durable goods
Natural Capital: natural resources
Intangible resources