Exponential Growth
growth in which some quantity, such as population size or economic output, increases at a constant rate
environment
all external conditions and factors, living and nonliving (chemicals and energy), that affect an organism or other specified system during its limetime
ecology
study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their nonliving environment of matter and energy
environmental science
an interdisciplinary study that uses information from the physical sciences and social sciences tolerant of how the earth works how we interact, and how to deal with environmental problems
environmentalism
a social movement dedicated to protecting the earths life support systems for us and other species
solar capital
solar energy from the sn reaching the earth
solar energy
direct radiant energy from the sun and a number of indirect forms of energy produced by direct input. indirect forms include wind, falling, and flowing water, and biomass
natural resources/captial
the earths naturla materials and processes that sustain life on the earth and our economies
environmentally sustainable society
society that satisfies the basic needs of its people without depleting or degrading its natural resources and thereby preventing current and future generations of humans and other species from meeting their basic needs
economic growth
increase in the cpacity to provide people with goods and services produced by an economy
gross domestic product
annual market value of all goods and services produced by all firms and organizations, foreign and domestic, opening within a country
Per capita GDP
annual gross domestic product of a country divided by its total population at midyear, it gives the average slice of the economic pie per person
Economic development
improvement of living standards by economic growth
developed countries
country that is highly industrialized and has a high per capita
developing countries
country that has low to moderate industrialization and low to moderate per capita GNP
globalization
broad process of global social, econmic, and environmental change that leads to an increasingly integrated world.
resource
anything obtained form the living and nonliving environment to meet human needs and wants. applied to others as well
perpetual resources
an essentially inexhaustible resource on a human time scale. salary energy is an example
renewable resource
resource that can be replenished rapidly through natural processes
sustainable yield
highest rate at which a potentially renewable resource can be used without reducing its available supply throughout the world, or in a particular area.
environmental degradation
depletion or destruction of a potentially renewable resource such as soil, grassland, forest or wildlife that is used faster than it is naturally replenished
common-property/free access resources
resource that people normally use are free to use
tragedy of the commons
depletion or degradation of a potentially renewable resource to which people have free and unmanaged access
Per capital ecological footprint
amount of biologically productive land and water needed for supply each person or population with the renewable resource they use and to absorb or dispose of the wastes from such resource use.
nonrenewable resources
resource that exists in a fixed amount in various places in the earths crust and has the potential for renewable by geological, physical, and chemical processess taking place over hundreds of millions to billions of years
recycling
collecting and processing a resource so that it can be made into new products
reuse
using a product over and over again in the same form. example is collecting, washing, and refilling bottles
pollution
an undesirable change in the physical, chemical or bilogical characteristics of air, water, soil, or food that can adversly affect the health, survival, or activites of humans or other living organisms
point sources
single indentifiable source that discharges pollutants into the environment
nonpoint sources
large or dispersed land areas such as crop fields, streets, and lawns that discharge pollutants into the environment over a large area
input pollution control
device or process that prevents a potential pollutant from forming or entering the environment or sharply reduces the amount entering the environment
output pollution control
device or process that removes or reduces the level of a pllutan after it has been produced or enterd the environment
affluenza
unsustainable addiction to overconsumption and materialism exhibited in the lifestyles of affluent consumers in the united states and other developed countries
environmental worldview
how people think the world works, twhat they think their role in the world should be, and what they believe is right and wrong environmental behavior
environmental ethics
human beliefs in or abotu what is right or wrong environmental behavior
planetary management worldview
beliefs that we are the planets most importan species
stewardship worldview
we are the planets most importan species but we have an ethical responsibility to care for the rest of nature
environmental wisdom worldview
beliefs that nature exists for all the earths species, not just for us, and we are not in cahrge of the rest of nature
environmentally sustainable economic development
development that encourages forms of economic growth that meet the basic needs of the current generations of hmans and other species without preventing future generations of humans and other species form meeting their basic needs and discourages environme
nondegradable pollutants
materail that is broken down by natural processes
Exponential Growth
growth in which some quantity, such as population size or economic output, increases at a constant rate
environment
all external conditions and factors, living and nonliving (chemicals and energy), that affect an organism or other specified system during its limetime
ecology
study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their nonliving environment of matter and energy
environmental science
an interdisciplinary study that uses information from the physical sciences and social sciences tolerant of how the earth works how we interact, and how to deal with environmental problems
environmentalism
a social movement dedicated to protecting the earths life support systems for us and other species
solar capital
solar energy from the sn reaching the earth
solar energy
direct radiant energy from the sun and a number of indirect forms of energy produced by direct input. indirect forms include wind, falling, and flowing water, and biomass
natural resources/captial
the earths naturla materials and processes that sustain life on the earth and our economies
environmentally sustainable society
society that satisfies the basic needs of its people without depleting or degrading its natural resources and thereby preventing current and future generations of humans and other species from meeting their basic needs
economic growth
increase in the cpacity to provide people with goods and services produced by an economy
gross domestic product
annual market value of all goods and services produced by all firms and organizations, foreign and domestic, opening within a country
Per capita GDP
annual gross domestic product of a country divided by its total population at midyear, it gives the average slice of the economic pie per person
Economic development
improvement of living standards by economic growth
developed countries
country that is highly industrialized and has a high per capita
developing countries
country that has low to moderate industrialization and low to moderate per capita GNP
globalization
broad process of global social, econmic, and environmental change that leads to an increasingly integrated world.
resource
anything obtained form the living and nonliving environment to meet human needs and wants. applied to others as well
perpetual resources
an essentially inexhaustible resource on a human time scale. salary energy is an example
renewable resource
resource that can be replenished rapidly through natural processes
sustainable yield
highest rate at which a potentially renewable resource can be used without reducing its available supply throughout the world, or in a particular area.
environmental degradation
depletion or destruction of a potentially renewable resource such as soil, grassland, forest or wildlife that is used faster than it is naturally replenished
common-property/free access resources
resource that people normally use are free to use
tragedy of the commons
depletion or degradation of a potentially renewable resource to which people have free and unmanaged access
Per capital ecological footprint
amount of biologically productive land and water needed for supply each person or population with the renewable resource they use and to absorb or dispose of the wastes from such resource use.
nonrenewable resources
resource that exists in a fixed amount in various places in the earths crust and has the potential for renewable by geological, physical, and chemical processess taking place over hundreds of millions to billions of years
recycling
collecting and processing a resource so that it can be made into new products
reuse
using a product over and over again in the same form. example is collecting, washing, and refilling bottles
pollution
an undesirable change in the physical, chemical or bilogical characteristics of air, water, soil, or food that can adversly affect the health, survival, or activites of humans or other living organisms
point sources
single indentifiable source that discharges pollutants into the environment
nonpoint sources
large or dispersed land areas such as crop fields, streets, and lawns that discharge pollutants into the environment over a large area
input pollution control
device or process that prevents a potential pollutant from forming or entering the environment or sharply reduces the amount entering the environment
output pollution control
device or process that removes or reduces the level of a pllutan after it has been produced or enterd the environment
affluenza
unsustainable addiction to overconsumption and materialism exhibited in the lifestyles of affluent consumers in the united states and other developed countries
environmental worldview
how people think the world works, twhat they think their role in the world should be, and what they believe is right and wrong environmental behavior
environmental ethics
human beliefs in or abotu what is right or wrong environmental behavior
planetary management worldview
beliefs that we are the planets most importan species
stewardship worldview
we are the planets most importan species but we have an ethical responsibility to care for the rest of nature
environmental wisdom worldview
beliefs that nature exists for all the earths species, not just for us, and we are not in cahrge of the rest of nature
environmentally sustainable economic development
development that encourages forms of economic growth that meet the basic needs of the current generations of hmans and other species without preventing future generations of humans and other species form meeting their basic needs and discourages environme
nondegradable pollutants
materail that is broken down by natural processes