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Sustainability - Environment Flashcards

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What is Consumerism?

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An ideology that encourages the acquisition of goods and services

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What is Materialism?

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A value system where status is determined by wealth and
ownership

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What are the psychological effects of Materialism?

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  • Lower well-being
  • Lower prosocial behavior
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What are the two components of happiness?

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  • Positive affect: Frequency of experience of positive feelings, moods,
    and emotions such as joy
  • Subjective Well-being:
    – Satisfaction with your life
    – Feeling that your life is close to an ideal one
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What are the three views on the relationship between humans and nature?

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  • Master: Nature exists for human use and economic and technological growth can solve any environmental problem.
  • Steward: Humans have a responsibility to care for nature on behalf of humanity
  • Participant. Humans are part of nature and share in its health or illness.
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What is an ecosystem?

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The interactions between living organisms and other materials

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What year did science explain global warming due to humans releasing CO2?

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1824: proposed by Joseph Fourier
1896: modeled by Svante Arrhenius (Nobel prize)
1958-present: CO2 measured by Drs. Keeling

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What is the Keeling Curve?

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Its a graph which plots the ongoing change in concentration of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere since 1958

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What is a tipping point?

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The point at which a series of small changes or incidents becomes significant enough to cause a larger, more important change.

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Why are tipping points so hard to predict?

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  • Lack of insight
  • Social signaling (engaging in a behavior when somebody else is present, because that other person is present, not due to our true beliefs and personality though)
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What are the 4 threats that get our attention? (the four I’s)

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Intentional
Immoral
Imminent
Instantaneous

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What are the 5 steps in the Theory of Emergence Response?

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  1. Notice the Problem
  2. Interpret the Problem as an Emergency
  3. Feel Personally Responsible To Act
  4. Know What to Do
  5. Do It
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Psychological barriers in noticing the problem

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  • Lack of information or comprehension
  • Low perception of threat (the four I’s)
  • Rejection of conflicting information (cultural cognition)
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Psychological barriers in interpreting the Problem as an Emergency

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Same as above

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Psychological barriers in feeling personally responsible to act

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  • Self interest
  • Free riding
  • Belief in a just world
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What is free-riding?

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When those who benefit from resources, public goods and common pool resources do not pay for them or under-pay.

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How can we reduce free-riding?

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  • Individual performance can be evaluated
  • Expect to be punished for poor performance
  • Individual effort is necessary for success
  • The task is important to you
  • The group is small
  • The group is cohesive
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Why do we have a belief in a just world?

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We have a need to believe the world is a predictable and just place where people get what they deserve

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How is a belief in a just world a barrier for action?

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  • It reduces the perception of a problem
  • Reduces the acceptance of responsibility
20
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What is the Classic Model of Climate Change Mitigation

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Education -> Climate Change Beliefs (reality, importance) -> Behavior

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What are the 3 R’s of Climate Change?

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  • Reality
  • Risk
  • Response
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Reality

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  • Scientists are convinced that human-caused climate change is occurring.
  • Harmful climate change impacts are already happening here and will get worse.
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Risk

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  • Our climate may get worse than we expect.
  • We may experience surprises – abrupt climate change or abrupt impacts triggered by gradual climate change.
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Response

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  • The sooner we respond, the better off we’ll be.
  • There’s much we can do.
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What are two climate change strategies?

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  • Adaptation (e.g. change in land use, relocation)
  • Mitigation (e.g. energy conservation and efficiency)

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