APES Chapter 1

how living things interact w /each other and the environment.

a set of organisms that interact with each other and their environment within a set space.

political /social movement to protect environment.

a group of organisms that share distinct characteristics.

interdisciplinary study of how humans interact with the environment: natural & social sciences- humanities.

everything around us, living and nonliving

living things

a group of organisms that share distinct characteristics

a set of organisms that interact with each other and their environment within a set space

political/social movement to protect environment

lessons from nature

warmth, nutrients, water, and wind power

chemicals for life processes

variety in organisms; supports but limits growth, pro-adaptation

finite resources must be continuously reused

resources - services that support life - activity

materials and energy in nature used by humans (renewable- nonrenewable

processes that occur in a healthy ecosystem

using natural capital too much too fast

include full cost pricing, win-win solutions, and responsibility to the future

adjust market paces to reflect the environmental cost

solutions with the best outcome for people and the planet

protecting the environment for future generations

obtainable from nature for use

a continuous supply (ie solar)

replenished in a cycle that can be disrupted (ie trees)

rate of use of renewable resources indefinitely

finite supply for consumption

human wasting, degrading, and depleting the earth

contamination (physical or other) that harms health survival

1, identifiable source of pollution

disposed, difficult to ID and treat

cleaning and diluting existing pollutants

common resources are degraded a harmfully privatized

the wealth of more developed nations

the amount of resources to sustain a lifestyle

average the amount of resources to sustain a lifestyle per citizen

Population * Affluence * Technology

More consumption = bigger footprint but more wealth access to education = pollution reduction

a state of being unable to fulfill basic needs (food, water, healthcare, shelter)

benefit businesses at expense of envie

taxing pollution waste more and goods/income less

increased health issues due to nature isolation

environmental worldview: humans are separate and greater than nature

environmental worldview: responsibility to earth and economic benefit with the environment

environmental worldview: we are part of and dependant on Earth’s sustainability

earth’s renewable resources uses sustainably for a sustainable society