sco 6.0

Question 1

focuses on the question of what is important: human needs and wants OR the overall health of the environment

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environmental worldview

Question 2

human centered world/humans control the world

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Anthropocentric Worldview

Question 3

Exploitation of nature/environment is justified because it enables wealth. Environmental/resource issues are fixed with management and technology

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expansionist worldview

Question 4

Humans have an ethical responsibility to protect the earth. Management, policy and technology can be used for protection

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stewardship worldview

Question 5

life centered world – humans are a part of the environment and are one species interacting with every other species.

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biocentric worldview

Question 6

Resources are limited. Tech/economic can help/harm the environment. We need to adapt our lives to be more sustainable

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environmental wisdom worldview

Question 7

Recognizes the value of species. Humans have no right to interfere with the balance of nature

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deep ecology worldview

Question 8

They include energy generated from solar, wind, geothermal, hydro-power and ocean resources, solid biomass, bio-gas and liquid bio-fuels.

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renewable resource

Question 9

four major types are: oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear energy

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nonrenewable resource .

Question 10

A measure of the effect of a person’s or community’s lifestyle on the environment. It is expressed as the amount of land required to sustain such a lifestyle.

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ecological footprint

Question 11

marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. In 2021, it fell on July 29.

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earth overshoot day

Question 12

Decisions ensure that resources are not damaged and lost. Focuses on natural resources

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environmental sustainability

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Decisions promote the well-being on the community for the long term. Individuals have to make choices about how they will live. Means hard decisions as to how you live and how you want to live. Do things that are responsible like composting, recycling, re-purposing

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social sustainability

Question 14

Responsible, and effective policy that uses resources efficiently that promotes sustainable activity. Finding the balance to ensure that people have work, are able to meet their needs and ensure that we use responsibly is very difficult and may lead to our economy suffering.

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economic sustainability

Question 15

environmental, social and economic

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pillars of sustainability