Unit 1: Sustainability 1.3

Question 1

Sustainability

Answer 1

Ensuring long-term viability of a system, where rate of resource use is equal to the rate of replenshiment

Question 2

Natural Income

Answer 2

The harvest or yield from natural resources.

Question 3

Environmental Sustainability

Answer 3

Managing resources to allow their replacement and ecosystem recovery.

Question 4

Social Sustainability

Answer 4

Creating systems that support human well-being and social structures.

Question 4

Economic Sustainability

Answer 4

Building economic systems that ensure future production and consumption.

Question 5

Renewable Natural Capital

Answer 5

Resources that regenerate as fast as they are used.

Question 6

Non-Renewable Natural Capital

Answer 6

Resources that are irreplaceable or take geological timescales to replace.

Question 7

Environmental Justice

Answer 7

Ensuring all people have equal rights to a clean environment and fair resource access.

Question 8

Ecological Footprint

Answer 8

The land and water needed to sustain a population’s resource use and waste.

Question 9

Carrying Capacity

Answer 9

The maximum population a species’ environment can support sustainably.

Question 10

Biocapacity

Answer 10

The ability of an area to generate renewable resources and absorb waste.

Question 11

Regenerative Design

Answer 11

Systems that renew themselves with minimal inputs.

Question 12

Distributive Design

Answer 12

Sharing value from the start of a process, promoting equitable wealth distribution.

Question 13

Questionnaire

Answer 13

A set of questions aimed at gathering information.

Question 14

Sampling

Answer 14

A statistical method to collect representative data from a portion of a population

Question 15

GDP

Answer 15

Measures economic growth as the annual increase in a country’s goods and services.

Question 16

Environmental Ethics

Answer 16

The study of moral principles related to the environment.

Question 17

Ethics

Answer 17

The study of what is morally right or wrong.

Question 18

Morals

Answer 18

Personal beliefs about right and wrong.

Question 19

Ecological footprint

Answer 19

A method that determines how dependent humans are on natural resources.

Question 20

Precautionary principle

Answer 20

It advocates taking protective action against environmental harm even if full scientific evidence is lacking, placing the burden of proof on those proposing potentially harmful activities.

Question 21

Natural capital

Answer 21

The resources in nature that provide goods and services useful to humans (e.g., forests, water, soil).

Question 22

(Natural income
of…) Goods

Answer 22

The physical products provided by natural capital, like timber, fish, or crops.

Question 23

(Natural income
of…) Services

Answer 23

The benefits provided by natural capital, like pollination, water purification, or climate regulation.

Question 24

Environmental
Impact
Assessment

Answer 24

A process to evaluate the potential environmental effects of a proposed development or project before it starts.