Test 1 Flashcards
5 Root Causes
- Rapid Popn Growth
- Unstable resource use
- Poverty
- Not including the environmental costs in the products we buy.
- Trying to manage and simplify nature with out understanding how it works
Wicked Problems
- Those looking at the problem cannot fully grasp its size and shape
- those trying to solve the problem are part of the problem
- we may not have the right tools/ tools may not yet exist
- problem is unique/ never happened before so looking to the past is ineffective
conservation->Environmentalism
- Pollution cleanup
- waste disposal
- Protecting species
- Environmental Degradation
- Increased resource use
- population growth
- Pollution Prevention
- Waste prevention and reduction
- protecting habitats
- environmental restoration
- more efficient resource use
- population stabilization
Participation
Organized processes that engage the public in environmental assessment, planning, decision-making, management monitoring and evaluation.
- redistribution of power
- informs the public and involves them in shaping the policies that affect them
public participation should
- represent the public better-empower and educates stakeholders
- increses transparency
- value local/ indigenous knowledge
- resolve disputes - corrects injustices
- build capacity for all
As we seek opportunities to educate and communicate with the public, we should also look for opportunities to..
- seek shared governance
- seek transparency in our actions
- engage in reflective practice
- identitfy measurement criteria and assess for effectiveness.
Ecological Literacy
A way of thinking about the world in terms of its interdependent natural and human systems, including consideration of the consequences of human actions and interactions within the natural context.
Core Aspects of Ecological Literacy
- Principles of Living Systems
- Design Inspired by Nature
- Systems thinking
- Ecological Paradigm and the tradition to sustainability
- Collaboration, Community building and citizenship
Orr: 6 foundations for Ecol Lit Education
- All education is environmental education
- Env Issues are complex and cannot be understood through a single discipline or department.
- education occurs in part as a dialogue with a place and has the characteristics of a good conversation
- the way education occurs is as important as its content
- experience in the natural world is an essential part of understanding the environment
- education relevant to sustainability will enhance the learners competence with natural systems
Habits of systems thinkers
- sees the whole
- looks for connections
- pays attention to boundaries
- changes perspective
- looks for stocks
- challenges mental models
- looks for change over time
- sees self as part of the system
- embraces ambiguity
Shifts In Perspective
- From parts to the whole
- from objects to relationships
- from objective knowledge to contextual knowledge
- from quantity to quality
- from contents to patterns
- from either/or to both/and
system
an interconnected set of elements that is coherently organized in a way that achieves something. It consists of element, interconnection, and function or purpose.
When unpacking your issue ask…
can you identify parts?
do the parts affect each other?
do the parts together produce an effect that is different from the effect of each part on its own?
Does the effect, the behavior over time, persist in a variety of circumstances?
Communication for conservation
- public has control
- fund allocation
- reintroduction
- habitat conservation/ land use
- Cooperation between the public and conservation professionals is essential!
- education important aspect
why communicate?
- shares information
- helps increase longterm support
- leads to desired behavior
- sound conservation practice
