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Chapter 1 An Intro. To Environmental Science
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Essential Questions
1. What is environment?
2. Why are natural resources important to human life?
3. How does the scientific method work and operate?
4. What are some pressures on the global environment?
5. What is sustainability and sustainable development
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Environmental Science
Natural Resources
Renewable v. nonrenewable
Human Population
Growth  Resource Use
Hunter/ gatherer
Agricultural Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Population Growth vs
Resource
Consumption 
Social/Environmental
Impact
Ecological footprint
Interdisciplinary
Types of science
Easter Island
Overconsumption
Scientific Method
Steps
Sustainability
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Chapter 6 Env. Ethics & Economics: Values & Choices
Essential Questions
1. How have ethics changed over time in Western Culture?
2. What are different view points in environmental ethics?
3. How are do the different types of economics compare and contrast?
4. What are the shortcomings of using the GDP to measure the economy?
5. How does ecolabeling and green washing differ?
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Ethics
Ethics:
Relativists
Vs.
Universalists
Instrumental Value
Vs.
Intrinsic Value
Env. Ethics
Anthropocentrism:
Biocentrism:
Ecocentrism:
Conservation/Preservation John MuirGifford PinchotAldo Leopold
Env. Justice
Economics: Approaches &
Env. Implications
Economics:
Economics
Adam Smith & Classical Economics
Economy Types
- subsistence
- capitalist
- centrally planned
- mixed
Cost/Benefit Analysis
Neo Classical Economics
Externalized Costs
Cassandras
Vs.
Cornucopians
GDP
GPI
Ecolabeling/Green Washing
Sustainable development
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Chapter 7 Env. Policy: Decision Making & Problem Solving
Essential Questions
1. What are the problems that env. policy tries to address?
2. How has US env. policy changed over time?
3. What are the steps in creating env. policy?
4. What organizations help shape international env. policy?
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Overview of Policy
Policy:
Env. policy:
Problems
*** Tragedy of the Commons
Free Riders
External costs:
Federal Policy
Legislation
Regulation
Early US Policy
3 Waves
Early
2nd Wave
3rd Wave
International Env. Policy
Conventional Law
Conventions/Treaties
Organizations Involved
- UN & UNEP
Approaches to Env.
Policy
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World Bank
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EU
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WTO
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NGOs
Env. Policy Tools
1. Command and Control
2. Green Taxes
3. Subsidy
4. Permit Trading (cap & trade)
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