key terms and definitions

Question 1

define sustainability

Answer 1

current use of materials used in a way which doesn’t impact the future availability for future generations but is enough to meet current demands

Question 2

define biocapacity

Answer 2

an estimate of the amount of biological materials produced in an ecosystem- a measure of biological productivity

Question 3

define ecological footprint

Answer 3

the area of earth surface that is needed to provide resoruces that are used in human population and to deal with the watses produced

Question 4

define carbon footprint

Answer 4

the total amount of carbon produced by an individual, system or product in its lifetime

Question 5

define earth overshoot day

Answer 5

going further than what is expected to be sustainable- the day of the year in which we are using more resources than what the earth has created

Question 6

define overshoot

Answer 6

demand in ecess of regeneration- the portion of their demand or ecological foot print which must be eliminated to be sustainable

Question 7

define the business as usual scenario

Answer 7

a scenario for furture patterns of actvity which assumes there will be no significant change in peoples attitudes or priorities with no development in technology of economics

Question 8

define affluence

Answer 8

how much money an individual, group or society has

increased affluence increases environmental fixes