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Chapter 16- Making it Happen Flashcards

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Air Quality

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decrease 57% for acid rain (scrubbers in smoke stacks)
stratospheric ozone no change
urban air quality- ground level ozone ^3%
decrease 30% NOx- due to better gas, engines, more hybrids
Automobile use decrease 10% (using public transport more often)

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Climate Change

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GHG ^17%
-Canada is losing its reputation on an international level
Copenhagan target is 607 Mt of carbon in the air

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Why is it so hard to fight emissions?

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carbon offset- offer to pay another country to decrease its carbon output so we can stay the same
-lots of politics

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Canada is…

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1st country to withdraw from Kyoto Protocol

1st country to ever pull out of anti-desertification protocol

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Water Quality

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  • municipal water use decrease 16% (due to more efficient appliances & monitoring)
  • water treatment increase 29% (for at least secondary treatment)
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Biodiversity

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+47% increase in protected areas from 1990 to 2011

ex) fisher is now back in the protected area
- slow move on marine protected areas

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Sector Industries

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forest level of protection +30%
days of agriculture soils left unprotected +20% increase in protection of soils
energy -3% with energy efficiency
national energy consumption is up 23.1% 1990-2009

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Newfoundland

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waste management

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Nova Scotia

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water consumption, sewage, LRTAP, Sydney Tar Ponds

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PEI

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soil erosions, ocean levels rising, loses 3 feet of shoreline per year

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New Brunswick

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population, water quality, air quality

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Ontario

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water quality, waste management, emissions

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Quebec

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contaminant reduction (whales), public water

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Manitoba

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climate change, water quality, flooding

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Saskatchewan

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water quality, drought (positive feedback loop)

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Alberta

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climate change, drought, oil and gas byproducts

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BC

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population, water quality, emissions, soil erosion, clear cutting

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Northern Canada

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climate change, biodiversity, resource exploitation

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Future Challenges

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  • sustainable use of biological resources
  • incentives: laws vs peer pressure, threats vs. incentives
  • management: combination of narrow and broad
  • population growth
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Housing trends in the USA

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  • average house size=38% larger in 2005 than 1975

- size of household has decreased 2.6ppl/house

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of vehicles manufactured in 2012

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84.1 million

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Millenium Development Goals

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1: eradicate extreme hunger and poverty
2: achieve universal primary education
3: promote gener equality and empower women
4: reduce child mortality
5: improve maternal health
6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other diseases
7: ensure environmental sustainability
8: Develop a Global partnership for development
- all tie into sustainable development

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Some successes of Millennium Goals

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extreme poverty decrease fro 1/3 to 1/5 1990-1994

  • extreme poverty rate in sub-Saharan Africa has levelled off and rate has declined
  • more children in school in developing world
  • increase participation of women in politics (slowly)
  • decline in child mortality (globally)
  • Control of malaria (will get worse with climate change)
  • TB on decline
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Challenges

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  • international agreements (Canada is not doing well)
  • Environmental protection- enviro budgets first thing to be cut during recession
  • consumption
  • nature deficit disorder- need education
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Rich countries

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appear to be happy

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Happy Planet Index

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  • life satisfaction x life expectancy/ eco footprint

- developed countries have very low HPI

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National Perspectives

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Polls: Enviro is important to Canadians
Kyoto Protocl
-Climate change is serious to Canadians (in top 5)
-SLOW action

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Personal Perspectives

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  • education is critical: is there still a lack of environmental understanding?
  • Are universities leading the way? Augustana is doing well- solar pannels, low flush toilets, glass windows, concrete floors
  • Nature deficit disorder- more screen time than outdoor time
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Solutions

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  1. Sustainability and education
  2. Generate genuine wealth
  3. improve efficiency
  4. Shift to clean energy
  5. Reduce waste and pollution
  6. Protect and conserve water
  7. Produce healthy food
  8. Protect and restore nature
  9. Build sustainable cities
  10. Promote global sustainability
    * think up and example for each of these

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