Wabash Watershed (1961-1990) Wabash Watershed (1961-1990) Introduction Global warming is a resultant of Heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere. The release of these gases has increased in the last 500 years since the industrial revolution. There is an expectation that global warming will result to rising sea levels‚ droughts‚ fires‚ heat waves‚ extreme storms‚ heavy rainfall‚ floods‚ and melting of snow and ice. These changes as envisaged would affect agriculture and general
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Sustainability Review Test 1 1) Kenneth E. Boulding—“Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth” English (1910-1993)‚ Professor at U. of Michigan‚ U of Colorado Economist‚ educator‚ peace advocate‚ Quaker‚ systems scientists‚ interdisciplinary philosopher We are approaching a closed system and how it is going to be tough for us Neither receivers inputs nor outputs i.e. self-contained Today we are in an open mind approaching a closed one Morals are keeping us in the open for now Econospherethe
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Industrial Revolution & After Total Replacement Fertility- Number of children a couple has to have in order to replace themselves. Stable population. In order to have 0 population growth. What can reduce/limit population size. Decreased Reproduction Socio-economic and cultural factors contributing to declining birth/fertility rates. *Female changes in reproductive rates. Female employment status Higher education Postpone.control childbearing Children not needed for family labour
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Winnie-the-Pooh‚ Corduroy‚ and Peter Rabbit. Frog and Toad‚ Skippyjon Jones‚ and Arthur. All of these characters have been loved by many generations of children. What do they have in common? They are all animals. We think. Though placed in the bodies of bears‚ rabbits‚ and frogs‚ they attain many human traits. These traits can be anything from walking on hind legs to talking‚ with clothing and human facilities readily available for their usage. Anthropomorphism is defined as the attribution of human
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combined Greek mythology with rational thinking and sought all the forces which compose nature. Socrates grew up in the atmosphere of the Pre-Socratic thought and explored their knowledge and wisdom. Socrates gave philosophy for the first time an anthropocentric character. The absence of this element in previous thought is the main reason the adjective ’Pre-Socratic’ is attributed to the philosophers before Socrates. The central question of the Pre-Socratic philosophy was: what is the nature of cosmos
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Whether we know it or not‚ we make use of metaphors and the many ways in which they help us make sense of the world. A metaphor is defined as a figure of speech that identifies an object or an idea that is similar to an unrelated thing. The use of metaphors and the language that it portrays helps to create new insight and evidence of the universe. Metaphors not only help classify the culture and diverseness of the natural world‚ and help interpret the scientific world‚ but help us set our outlooks
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Chapter 10 Vocab: * Biota: The sum total of all livings organism. The term usually is applied to the setting of natural ecosystems. * Biological wealth: The life-sustaining combination of commercial‚ scientific‚ and aesthetic values imparted to a region by its biota. * Biodiversity: The diversity of the living things found in the natural world. The concept usually refers to the different species‚ but also includes ecosystems and the genetic diversity within a given species. * Instrumental
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linear‚ western individualistic approach toward a complex and interdependent approach to environment management‚ thus we have duties for future generations. Effective environmental management systems‚ must be adopted so as to manage and assess anthropocentric impacts on the environment and education for sustainable development should become common practice in all countries. Thus Western countries‚ Eastern countries‚ and other entities (environmental
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* What is order of major sociologic eras? * Know a basic typology of green cities (on blackboard) * Resilence- ability to recover or adjest easily to misfortune or change. * * Readings Beatley 1-81 Wheeler‚ 8-79‚ 105-135‚183-208‚ 319-373‚ 397-455 Slavin 1-16 Register 1-135 Examples from Beatley Water Bears. Found in lichens (in places such as Singapore‚ hong kong). Can profoundly change in response to environmental conditions. Induce hibernation. Regenerate through rehydration
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of waste material committed by governments. * Whaling should also be considered as a crime – environmentalists say. * Two views of harm: * 1) General Nation’s states and transnational corporations – adopt what White (2008) calls an anthropocentric or human centred view of the environmental harm – humans have a right to dominate nature and economic growth comes first. * 2) An ecocentric view sees humans and their environment as interdependent – if something hurts the environment then
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