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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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What is sustainability?

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To create/maintain the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony to support present and future generations.

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What is Inequality?

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Unequal access to opportunities

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What is equality?

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Evenly distributed tools and assistance

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What is equity?

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Custom tools that identify and address inequality

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5
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What is justice?

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Removing the issue/obstacle altogether

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What is resilience?

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to “jump back” or “to recoil”

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What is the limitation of resilience?

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Going back to the previous state without learning from the perturbations will not be useful

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What is a tipping point?

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a critical threshold where a small change can lead to significant consequences

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What is vulnerability?

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prone to disturbance - the degree to which a system is sensitive to encounter the adverse effects of a hazard

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What is sensitivity?

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the degree to which a system is negatively or beneficially effected by climate-related stimuli

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What is adaptive capacity?

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the ability of a system and its components to change

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What is carrying capacity?

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the margin of the habitat’s ability to provide the resources necessary to sustain human or another species life

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13
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What is a prophet’s take on sustainability?

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They are biology-based

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What is a wizard’s take on sustainability?

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They are technology-based

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What is a complex system?

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represents the interactions among its components

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What are the components of a system?

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Social aspect, economic aspect, and environmental aspect

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17
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What is complexity when it comes to systems?

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systems that have outcomes which cannot be predicted

18
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What is a complex adaptive system?

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A system where its elements are interconnected and you can’t change one component without affecting other parts of it

19
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What is a positive feedback of global warming?

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creates change, speeds up warming

20
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What is a negative feedback of global warming?

A

creates change, slows down warming

21
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When were the significance of human-nature relationships recognized?

A

In 6th century BC by Greek Philosophers

22
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What is Three Sisters Agriculture?

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A system involving cultivating corn, beans, and squash together in the same fields

23
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Who in the 18th century recognized the overconsumption of wood would eventually happen?

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George Agricola

24
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When/who was the first to come up with the word ‘sustainability’?

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In 1713, Hans Carl von Carlowitz

25
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Who questioned the belief that nature and its resources were finite?

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Henry David Thoreau

26
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Who argued the population would continue to increase until it reached its carrying capacity?

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Thomas Malthus

27
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Who is known as the father of national parks, started the Sierra Club, and created a movement to form Yosemite National Park?

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John Muir ;)

28
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Who wrote to book “Silent Spring”?

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Rachel Carson

29
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Who wrote the “Population Bomb” discussing data about population and the effects if patterns continued?

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Paul Ehrlich

30
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Who wrote “Small is Beautiful” discussing how economic growth isn’t sustainable?

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E.F. Schumacher

31
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Who wrote “The Limits to Growth” discussing the dangers of unchecked population growth, industrialization, pollution, and resource consumption?

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Researchers at MIT

32
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When was the first Earth Day?

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April 22nd, 1970

33
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When was the first UN Conference over the environment?

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1972 in Stockholm

34
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When was WCED established and by who?

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1983, UN

35
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What was “Our Common Future” about?

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It called for an integrated approach for the well-being of people and the planet

36
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What is the Agenda 21?

A

Goals set by countries to reach by 2015 to make the world more sustainable

37
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What are needs?

A

Things that are essential for our survival

38
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What are wants?

A

things that enhance our quality of life

39
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What are desires?

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Things we crave but may not be able to obtain

40
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What is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

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  1. Bottom of pyramid: Physiological needs
  2. Safety needs
  3. Love/Belongingness needs
  4. Esteem needs
  5. Top of pyramid: Self-actualization

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