Conclusions Flashcards
What are Canada’s most urgent environmental problems by province
There’s a whole variety Of issues, these are decided by each province. But it seems like Most provinces have at least one issue that is linked to water somehow, also energy is one of the biggest issues, Perhaps not in every province but definitely on the national scene. There’s a close relationship between energy and water
Why are resource and environmental problems considered meta-problems and why are they difficult to solve.
These problems are difficult to solve because there multidimensional. There is change, conflict between institutions and opinions, complexity, uncertainty. Because there are no simple problems, there are no simple solutions. The large problems are easy to lobby support, but hard to solve. And it doesn’t seem like we can solve the small problems either.
What does it mean when I say that often problems are individually insignificant but cumulatively significant
Some of the small problems are the biggest ones. One project only makes a small disturbance but many of them make a big problem. Small solutions can lead to real action. No one purposely plan to destroy 50% of the marshland in Connecticut and Massachusetts but hundreds of little decisions to convert wetlands Were made and this is the result
If we’re trying to solve environmental problems what are good practice characteristics
A – context specific. There’s no cookie-cutter approach each one has to be a custom design. B – vision. Need to have a sense of direction not just make plans but do them.C- Recognition of diversity in ethics and values. Need to understand different worldviews i.e. aboriginal communities. D – collaboration. We have to work together and share information and resources. E- They have to be integrative. We are you science then we plan then we make it decision. Too often we plan and plan and don’t actually integrate it
Remind me what the precautionary principle is
When there is a threat of serious your reversible damage, the lack of full scientific certainty should not stop us from acting. It needs to be cost effective because we don’t want to spend a lot of money on it if we didn’t need to. It’s a balance of risk and advantage. It’s preventing harm within our power even when all the evidence is not in.
What is environmental justice, sustainability, managing adaptivity,
Environmental justice is equal sharing of benefits and dis-benefits. Like having to pay the carbon tax. Sustainability is sustainable environment and livelihood. Managing adaptivity is excepting management practices as an experiment.
