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biogeochemical cycles

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Cycle of matter - the movement of elements between organisms, the atmosphere, and the earth’s crust.

  • life + earth + chemical cycling
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Carbon cycle

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root respiration + animal respiration + human emissions = C02 = photosynthesis. organic life dies - decomposition - fossils/fossil fuels - human emssions - repeat (see image)

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Nitrogen cycle

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fixation - fixing bacteria - nitrifying bacteria - Assimilation or Dentrification - repeat (see image)

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carbon budget

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How much carbon humans can emit while keeping the global warming under a specific limit

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planetary boundaries

  • tipping points
  • thresholds
  • regime shifts
  • resillience
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9 planetary boundries that if we cross will move us into the anthroprocene.

tipping points = crossing thresholds tips to regime shifts (shit hitting the fan)

Thresholds = threshold of what will destroy everything

regime shifts = structural and functional change of ecosystem (amazon rainforest changes to savannah)

Resilience = how well boundarie can bounce back to how it was previously and recover

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Antropocene

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unofficial geological epoch marking the begining of significant human impact that can be measured in earths rock layer. Marks a new age where humans fuck up beyond repair and cause significant changes.

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geological epochs (how are they formed)

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long period of time characterized by great change, measured in rock layer of earth

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common goods/common resources

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  • Open access and difficult to exclude access, for instance ocean
  • no one owns them
  • resources are finite. “Space”

i.e = ocean + fishing

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Brundtland report/model

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  • big dick daddy of sustainable development
  • 1987
  • warned that shit was about to hit the fan
  • developed guiding principles for sustainable development
  • stressed maintaining economic development that doesn’t destory the planet
  • “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”
  • linked environment + development for the first time
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tragedy of the commons

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Individuals believe that it does not make a difference if they change because nobody else is changing, but everyone is not changing because they think nobody else is changing

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logic of the commons

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  • Common resources are nonexcludable but rival
  • people only think about themselves and they believe they their reduction of pollution is so little that they do not change anything
  • Only think in short-term planning and not about the future

i.e = nobody is excluded from fishing, but all fishermen are rivals

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GDP + GPI

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gdp = Gross domestic product

  • bad for measuring sustainable development
  • measures uneconomic growth + economic growth

GPI = Genuine progress indicator

  • social indicators, environmental indicators, economic indicators
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uneconomic growth

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Economic growth that is bad for the economy and society

  • i.e = american healthcare system
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doughnut model

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Model that balances how we can meet our human rights whilst keeping the planet alive

innerboundary = social needs/human rights
Outerboundary = ecological ceiling

STAY IN THE FUKING DOUGHNUT

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deposition

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shit is depoisted

geological deposition = sediment over time is deposited to form a new layer of earth marking geological epoch

nitrogen deposition =

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denitrification

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loss or removal of nitrogen

i.e= bacteria absolutley MUNCH on nitrogen

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Ammonification

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breaking down the nitrogen in dead organic matter, into simple substances

these simpler substances help sustain ecosystems

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Assimilation

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becoming similiar to others

nitrogen assimiliation = inorganic nitrogen changes into organic nitrogen to fit in with the homies

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weak sus dev approach vs strong sus dev approach

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Weak sus dev = the needs of nature, society, and the economey are equal

  • gets job done slower

Strong sus dev = Nature first, then society, then economey.

  • gets the job done quickly
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corporate social responsibility

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company’s responsibility to operate in an ethical and sustainable manner while considering the impact of its actions on the environment, society, and stakeholders

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Holocene

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  • epoch with a stable climate that allowed humanity to develop
  • started around 12.000 years ago

Three main causes changing this stable climate:
-Population growth
-Technological development
- Increased consumption →exhaust of resources

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GSSP /Golden spike

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  • Global boundary stratotype section and point

Geological mark of an epoch change

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Great Acceleration

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period of great acceleration of economic and climate change rising together since 1950

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sustainability

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  • capacity of society to continue indefinitely within the natural cycles
  • ability for humans to keep living without fucking the earth the fuck up
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photosynthesis

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carbon + water + sunlight = oxygen + sugar

Respiration + photosynthesis = bridge between atmosphere and land/ocean

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Greenhouse effect

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  • greenhouse gasses in atmosphere trap heat from the sun which heats up da earth
  • water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane

sunlight hitting earth is:

  • reflected by atmosphere
  • reflected by albanism
  • absorbed by earth surface
  • absorbed by greenhouse gasses
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carrols pyramid of corporate social responsability

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(see image)

  • focuses on economy and thats bad
  1. Economics Responsibility.
  • Your business needs to be profitable if you want to continue doing your business
  1. Legal Responsibility.
  • You have to abide by the law if you want to continue doing business
  1. Ethical Responsibility
  • there’s things that you can do that aren’t obligatory by the law but are the right things to do
  1. Philanthropic Responsibility
  • You can give back to your community and everyone around you
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SDG’s (be able to talk about interaction between all of them)

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Goal 1: No Poverty:
- End poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Goal 2: Zero Hunger:
- End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.

Goal 3:
- Good Health and Well-being: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

Goal 4: Quality Education:
- Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Goal 5: Gender Equality:
- Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation:
- Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy:
- Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth:
- Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure:
- Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation.

Goal 10: Reduced Inequality:
- Reduce inequality within and among countries.

Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities:
- Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.

Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production:
- Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Goal 13: Climate Action:
- Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

Goal 14: Life Below Water:
- Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development.

Goal 15: Life on Land:
- Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions:
- Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.

Goal 17: Partnerships to Achieve the Goal:
- Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

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3 pillar approach

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nature + society + economy = 3 pillars to sustainable development

  • flawed because nature should take precedence
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Nestled approach

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nature first then society then economy

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Reservoir

fluxe

residential time

sink

scource

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Reservoirs = places of storage - water (ocean), atmosphere (air), land (soil + vegetation), and rocks ( Earth’s crust).

Fluxes = flows from one place to another

residential time = speed of cycle aka how long it takes element to move from one reservoir to another

Sink = influx into a reservoir is greater than outflux (more shit flowing in)

Source = influx smaller than outflux (more shit flowing out)

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Carbon cycle:

  • Reservoir
  • fluxe
  • sink
  • scource
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reservoirs/pools = water (ocean), atmosphere (air), land (soil + vegetation), and rocks ( Earth’s crust).

Rocks and sediment = 99 percent of earth’s carbon

Fluxes = precipitation, fires, fossil fuels, deposition, photosynthesis, respiration

Sink = ocean, soil, and forests

Source = fossil fuels, deforestation, VOLCANOS

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radiative forcing

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radiative = energy balance

A change in the balance of of the amount of incoming & outgoing radiation/energy

Positive radiative forcing = more radiation coming in (heating up)

Negative radiative forcing = more radiation going out (cooling down)

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