1.1 - EVS

Question 1

What is an EVS?

Answer 1

Environmental value system: particular worldview that shapes the way individuals evaluate environmental issues.

Question 2

What are the inputs and outputs of EVS?

Answer 2

Inputs: education, cultural influences, religion, media.
Outputs: decisions and perspectives

Question 3

Define ecocentrism

Answer 3

Nature centered:
They view nature as more valuable than humans, and their objective is to protect it.

Question 4

Define anthropocentrism

Answer 4

People centered:
Place humans as central species but avoid taking an excessive advantage of the world’s resources.

Question 5

Define technocentrism

Answer 5

People based:
Believe that technology and human intelligence will manage to control the environment. They are very optimistic.

Question 6

History of the environmental movement

Answer 6

Chernobyl disaster (1986), Silent Spring (1962), Deepwater Horizon oil spill (2010), Fukushima nuclear accident (2011) have motivated to develop their own EVS’s.