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APES- chapter 1
APES - chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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We are the planet's most important species, and we are apart from and in charge of the rest of nature | Planetary Management Worldview |
The earth has an unlimited supply of resources for use by us through science and technology | Planetary Management Worldview |
Economic growth increases human well-being, and the potential for economic growth is essentially limitless | Planetary Management Worldview |
Our success depends on how well we can understand, control, and manage the earth's life-support systems for our benefit | Planetary Management Worldview |
We are part of nature, and nature does not exist just for us | Environmental Wisdom Worldview |
The earth's resources are limited, should not be wasted, and should be used efficiently and sustainably for us and other species | Environmental Wisdom Worldview |
Some forms of technology and economic growth are environmentally beneficial and should be encouraged, but some are environmentally harmful and should be discouraged | Environmental Wisdom Worldview |
Our success depends on (1) learning how the earth sustains itself and adapts and (2) integrating such scientific lessons from nature into the ways we think and act | Environmental Wisdom Worldview |
Ability of a system to survive for some specified (finite) time | Sustainability |
Sensible and careful use of natural resources by humans | Conservation |
Setting aside or protecting undisturbed natural areas from harmful human activities | Preservation |
Human centered | Anthropocenric |
Value of an organism, species, ecosystem, or the earth's biodiversity based on its usefulness to us | instrumental value |
Value of an organism, species, ecosystem, or the earth's biodiversity based on its existence, regardless of whether it has any usefulness to uss | instrinsic value |
The gradual shift from small, mobile hunting & gathering bands to settled agricultural communities (10k-12k years ago) | Agricultural Revolution |
Use of new sources of energy from fossil fuels, nuclear fuels, and new technologies to grow food and mfg products | Industrial Revolution |
Growing and harvesting of fish and shellfish for human use in freshwater ponds, irrigation ditches and lakes, or in cages | Aquaculture |
Depletion or degradation of a potentially renewable resource to which people have free and unmanaged access | Tragedy of the Commons |