Exam Revision

Question 1

P.I.W.C.E.U.G.I.M.O

Answer 1

Pigs imagine walking cross eyed under ground into mouldy olives!

Question 2

Which means…

Answer 2

Population dynamics 
Industrialisation 
Waste
Consumption
Ecological Citizenship
Urbanisation
Globalisation
Implications of Enviro Justice
Movements
Organised Economy

Question 3

Affluenza

Answer 3

We are addicted to appearing wealthier, so we continue to buy the latest technologies.

Question 4

Treadmill of production

Answer 4

Capitalism and innovation = ecological disorganisation

Question 5

Environmental movements critique what?

Answer 5

Capitalism

Question 6

What is a strategy for environmental justice?

Answer 6

Social change

Question 7

We live in an industrialised society dependent on..

Answer 7

Factories and mechanised production, rather than human labour.

Question 8

How do we know about environmental issues?

Answer 8

Claims are scientifically validated, and have received media attention of their existence and implications

Question 9

What does ecological citizenship mean?

Answer 9

It bridges the divide between individual and collective action.

Question 10

New ecological paradigm

Answer 10

Humans exist within the ecosystem

Question 11

Human exemptionalist paradigm

Answer 11

Humans are above all other forces of nature.

Question 12

Why do we live in the HEP?

Answer 12

We differ and dominate all other creatures, rather than co-existing (pets, lesser dominant species)
Our biophysical environment is irrelevant, instead of living within bio/phys restraints (we use machines to manipulate)

Question 13

What is economic growth and how is it measured?

Answer 13

The increase in the amount of goods and services produced per head of the population over a period of time. Measured by GDP

Question 14

A social consequence of using economic growth as a measure of progress

Answer 14

We envision human progress as something powered by money, rather than our quality of life.

Question 15

What is an environmental consequence of using economic growth as a measure of progress?

Answer 15

Socially we become ignorant, and therefore our environment suffers for higher monetary gain and growth (more waste less resources, capitalism)

Question 16

What is Greenpeace’s strategy?

Answer 16

To develop an environmental consciousness by initiation an energy revolution to address climate change

Question 17

Benefits of Greenpeace

Answer 17

Institutionalised movements are typically for-profit - with the funding they have the power to initiate real changes

Question 18

Risks of Greenpeace

Answer 18

..

Question 19

Strategy for Lock The Gate Alliance

Answer 19

‘Pressure states and corporations’ to protect Aus environment from inappropriate mining

Question 20

Benefits of Lock The Gate

Answer 20

Formed by communities so anyone can be involved with influencing change on local/global scales

Question 21

Risks of Lock the Gate

Answer 21

Occasionally may engage in technically considered ‘illegal action’ through protests and blockades

Question 22

Solution to population growth

Answer 22

Advance gender equality by targeting women and development

Question 23

How does improving the status of women help the issue?

Answer 23

By improving the status of women through better education and paid work involvement, decrease in pop growth and improve the life chances of children

Question 24

Why is women and development criticised?

Answer 24

Women participate in Lower paid jobs anyway.. gender subordination still exists but in a new kind