Module 9- The Global Environment Flashcards
What are commons? Give examples.
2pts
Any resource used as though it belongs to all.
Ex- Air, water
What is environmental ethic?
Set of values or principles that govern a corporation’s practices relating to the environment
Development ensuring that the use of resources and the impact on the environment today does not damage prospects for the use of resources or the environment
by future generation.
Sustainable development
Adopting business
strategies and activities that meet the needs of the enterprise
and its stakeholders today while protecting, sustaining, and
enhancing the human and natural resources needed in future.
Business sustainable development
What are environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGO’s)?
Give an example.
2pts
Groups that hold shared values or attitudes about the challenges in the natural environment and advocate for changes to improve the condition of the environment
Ex- Greenpeace
What is carbon pricing and what are the 3 ways its done?
4pts
Financial instrument used to reduce carbon emissions
–> Cap-and-Trade
–> Carbon Pricing: Government imposes a fee on carbon
–> Output-based price system
What are 4 approaches to environmental concerns?
4pts
- Token response: a action or statement that seems to a problem but doesn’t really solve it or show true commitment to change
- Compliance with laws and regulations
- Comprehensive environmental management
- Sustainable development
Selling environmentally friendly
goods and services to consumers.
What type of marketing is this?
Green marketing
Raw materials used to produce
goods or products that are used and not recycled or may be even non-recyclable.
What type of economy is this?
Linear economy
After use, some goods are recycled
and reused in production but the remainder is still waste.
What type of economy is this?
Reuse economy
Restorative and regenerative by
design so materials constantly flow around a closed loop
system preserving value rather than being used once
and then discarded.
What type of economy is this?
Circular economy
What types of landscapes are not captured in the film “Manufacturing Landscapes”?
a. Extraction landscapes
b. Recycling fields
c. E-waste
d. Large factories
e. Melting ice caps
f. Cargo ship containers
g. Ship yards
h. Oil fields
i. Destroyed villages
j. Urban sprawl
e. Melting ice caps
According to the film, what percentage of all the worlds computers end up in China?
a. 20%
b. 30%
c. 40%
d. 50%
e. 60%
d. 50%
What were the residents of the small village of Zhejiang & Fujian Provinces destroying?
a. Bicycles
b. Refrigerators
c. Irons
d. Computer monitors
e. Car motors
d. Computer monitors
How many units/day of small low voltage breakers can Tan Yanfang assemble in one day?
a. 250
b. 400
c. 500
d. 750
e. 1000
b. 400
