Unit 1.1 Environmental Value Systems

Question 1

What are the three main types of Environmental Value Systems (EVS)?

Answer 1

Ecocentrism: Earth-centered
Anthropocentrism: People- centered
Technocentrism:Tech-centered

Question 2

Environmental Value Systems

Answer 2

A worldview or paradigm that shapes the way an individual, or group of people, perceives and evaluates environmental issues, influenced by cultural, religious, economic and socio-political contexts

Question 3

Ecocentric Viewpoint

Answer 3

Ecocentrism proposes that there is an intrinsic value to natural resources and natural systems and that spiritual, social, and environmental dimensions are all integrated

Question 4

Anthropocentric viewpoint

Answer 4

a human-centered worldview that believes nature is there not because it has any intrinsic value, but because we can use all of its natural resources for our benefit

Question 5

Technocentric

Answer 5

Technocentric value systems have absolute faith in technology and industry. Natural processes need to be understood so that they can be controlled and replaced by technology if necessary.

Question 6

Deep ecologists (ecocentrics)

Answer 6

Nature should just be left alone
Stop all development

Question 7

self-reliance soft ecologists (ecocentrism)

Answer 7

Between ecocentrism and anthropocentrism, they believe there is some room for development.

Question 8

Environmental Managers (anthropocentric)

Answer 8

development is acceptable if it is controlled and moderated by human population control

Question 9

Cornucopians (technocentrics)

Answer 9

human ingenuity and technology will save the day

Question 10

Inputs

Answer 10

The things around that affects our opinions, the decisions we make and how we live our lives.
(culture, education, science, media, etc.)

Question 11

Processes

Answer 11

taking in all the knowledge then thinking about and evaluating it in order to make an informed decision as to whether we accept or reject the ideas.

Question 12

Outputs

Answer 12

Once the inputs are there and the information has been processed the answers are available, and decisions and viewpoints can be made

Question 13

Preservationists

Answer 13

They advocated for the preservation of land and its resources in pristine untouched condition.

Question 14

Conservationists

Answer 14

These people were not conserving the environment for its intrinsic value, but for the value of the goods and services it could provide.

Question 15

Intrinsic value

Answer 15

Something is of value just because it is there, you can not sell it in return for anything else.

Question 16

Instrumental Value

Answer 16

Something is valued because it is a means to an end, it gives you something tangible.