Human Environment Relations

Question 1

Acid precipitation

Answer 1

caused by the burning of fossil fuels

form of environmental impacts of pollution

Question 2

affect

Answer 2

the emotion that arises when you’re in a certain place

people protesting, how someone feels at a monument

Question 3

anti-modern views of nature

Answer 3

Romanticism
Transcendentalism
Preservation
Deep ecology

Question 4

conservation

Answer 4

A modernist ethic governing the wise use of resources

Balances needs of various stakeholders

Question 5

deep ecology

Answer 5

no absolute divide between humans and everything else

o Things on earth non-human have an inherent value

Question 6

dominion

Answer 6

christian view of nature

must “conquer nature”

Question 7

ecofeminism

Answer 7

a philosophical and political movement that combines ecological concerns with feminist ones, regarding both as resulting from male domination of society.

Question 8

environmental determinism

Answer 8

“People in tropical climates are lazy bc they never had to store up/prep for the winter…”

is the view that the physical environment, rather than social conditions, determines culture.

Question 9

Environmental justice

Answer 9

the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.

oNegative impacts of economic development consistently effect poor more than the rich

Question 10

I=PAT

Answer 10

Impact on the environment = PopulationAffluenceTechnology

ie:
If the US drags its feet, we slow down the global processes
o 3rd most populous in the world
o one of the wealthiest countries
o leader in newer developments of technologies (wind energy, electric cars) BUT influenced strongly by fossil fuel industry

Question 11

Modernist views of nature

Answer 11

Scientism
Industrialism
Rationalism
Utilitarianism
Conservation
Environmental Justice

Question 12

John Muir

Answer 12

preservation; Antimodernist ethic that seeks to preserve natural systems for the inherent value of nature

Question 13

preservation

Answer 13

more radical then conversation

Ecological management of National Parks

Question 14

romanticism

Answer 14

intense emotion is an authentic source of aesthetic experience with nature
placing new emphasis on such emotions as apprehension, horror and terror, and awe experienced in untamed nature

Question 15

political ecology

Answer 15

Concern with the impact of political and economic forces in shaping human-environment relations

Question 16

scientism

Answer 16

nature becomes a collection of resources
Rationality, deductive thought and scientific methodology will be our solution
i.e. keeping chickens in the light so they will lay more eggs for us

Question 17

transcendentalism

Answer 17

people could heroically rise above personal limitations through close contact with nature
self-reliance brings out the best in you
nature is where things are extreme, not shallow and superficial like the world

Question 18

William Cronon

Answer 18

nature is a construction of civilization;
Studies how we depend on the ecosystems around us to sustain our material lives, how we modify the landscapes in which we live and work, and how our ideas of nature shape our relationships with the world around us.

Question 19

Henry Thoreau

Answer 19

Transcendentalist writer; best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings

advocated abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life’s true essential needs

Question 20

Gifford Pinchot

Answer 20

known for reforming the management and development of forests in the United States and for advocating the conservation of the nation’s reserves by planned use and renewal