Week 14 Flashcards
Three pillars of sustainability
-Environmental
-Social
-Economic
Concentric model of sustainability
The environment is central;
“if the environment is
depleted, social
structures will collapse
and there will be no
economic output “
Cultural ecology
Each culture has unique environmental
limitations and resources and patterns of
behavior that they respond to
* Food-getting strategies shape a central set of
behaviors called the culture core
Political ecology
Anthropological model that tries to
understand the relationship between
ecology and power, especially how
marginalized groups don’t have access
to power
TEK
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
(TEK)
– natural resource management by
Indigenous communities that
centers their worldviews