Environmental Value Systems 1.1

Question 1

How is an EVS a system?

Answer 1

It’s a system because it has an input (education, culture, religion, media) and an output (decisions, perspectives, course of action)

Question 2

Differences between:
Native Americans
European Pioneers

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Question 3

Differences between:
Buddhist societies
Judeo-Christian societies

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Question 4

Differences between:
Communist societies
Capitalist societies

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Question 5

What is egocentrism?

Answer 5

Nature-centered. Minimal disturbances of the natural processes. Sustainability for the whole earth and self-imposed restraint on resource use.
Deep ecologists.
Soft ecologists.

Question 6

Deep ecologist.

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Question 7

Soft ecologist

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Question 8

What is anthropocentrism?

Answer 8

Belief that economic growth and resource exploitation can continue. Acceptance of new project and appraisal of techniques and decisions reviewing arrangements for wider discussion.
Environmental manager

Question 9

Environmental manager

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Question 10

What is technocentrism?

Answer 10

A personal value that technology should affect, control and protect the environment.
Cornucopian

Question 11

Cornucopian

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Question 12

What is the definition of an EVS?

Answer 12

A particular worldview or set of paradigms that shapes the way an individual/group perceive and evaluate environmental issues