24 - Responding to Environmental Challenges Flashcards
1
Q
perspectives on environmental issues can include (7)
A
- internation
- UN (intergovernmental)
- National
- Subsidiarity (letting decisions be where closest/noticeable)
- Corporate
- Educational
- Personal
2
Q
wasteful consumption of resource to satisfy want rather than need
A
consumerism
3
Q
least possible tread of personal ecological footprint, characterized by the four R’s
A
light living
4
Q
buy food grown, manufactured, or produced within 100-mile (160km) radius
A
100-mile diet
5
Q
many small conservations ameliorate/alleviate major problems/threats. Everything you do helps everybody, so if you can just do one thing, do it!
A
Law of Everybody