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Ecology and Sustainable Development: Key Concepts and Challenges, Quizzes of Business Ethics

Definitions and explanations of various ecological terms and concepts, including the study of living organisms in an ecosystem, global commons, sustainable development, threats to the earth's ecosystem, forces of change, limits to economic growth, world income inequality, ozone depletion, global warming, life cycle analysis, industrial ecology, and design for disassembly.

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2009/2010

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TERM 1
Ecology
DEFINITION 1
The study of how living things (plants and animals) interact
with one another in an ecosystem. By some measures, the
demands of human society have already exceeded the
carrying capacity of the earth's ecosystem.
TERM 2
Global Commons
DEFINITION 2
A shared resource that a group of people uses collectively. If
all individuals maximize their own advantage in short term,
commons will be destroyed.
TERM 3
Sustainable Development
DEFINITION 3
Development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs. -Protecting the envt will require economic
development. -Economic development must be done
sustainably. -Strikes a balance of the two.
TERM 4
Threats to the Earth's Ecosystem
DEFINITION 4
1. Water resources 2. Fossil fuels 3. Arable land 4. Jungle/rain
forest reduction 5. Global warming
TERM 5
Forces of Change
DEFINITION 5
1. Population explosion (mainly Latin America, Asia, Africa) 2.
World poverty 3. Industrialization 4. Political use of envt
issues, permitting, etc.
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Ecology

The study of how living things (plants and animals) interact with one another in an ecosystem. By some measures, the demands of human society have already exceeded the carrying capacity of the earth's ecosystem. TERM 2

Global Commons

DEFINITION 2 A shared resource that a group of people uses collectively. If all individuals maximize their own advantage in short term, commons will be destroyed. TERM 3

Sustainable Development

DEFINITION 3 Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. -Protecting the envt will require economic development. -Economic development must be done sustainably. -Strikes a balance of the two. TERM 4

Threats to the Earth's Ecosystem

DEFINITION 4

  1. Water resources 2. Fossil fuels 3. Arable land 4. Jungle/rain forest reduction 5. Global warming TERM 5

Forces of Change

DEFINITION 5

  1. Population explosion (mainly Latin America, Asia, Africa) 2. World poverty 3. Industrialization 4. Political use of envt issues, permitting, etc.

Limits to Economic

Growth

  1. World resource base is finite/bounded. 2. Rapid population growth, rising expectations 3. Rapid industrialization of less developed countries are heading for collision with a fixed barrier. TERM 7

World Income Inequality

DEFINITION 7 About 40% of the world's population has income below the international poverty line ($2/day). Income not distributed equally throughout the world. Countries at either extreme level of income tend to behave in more environmentally destructive ways. TERM 8

Ozone Depletion

DEFINITION 8 CFCs destroy a layer of ozone. Montreal Protocol: cut CFC production. By 2003, 184 countries signed. Protective layer will gradually recover (hole over Antarctica, etc) TERM 9

Global Warming

DEFINITION 9 -Greenhouse Effect: CO2 in atmosphere prevents heat from escaping. -Amt of greenhouse gases in atmosphere has increased by 25% since the Industrial Revolution. -Caused by burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, beef production. -Earth has warmed by .4 degrees C. -Kyoto Protocol not signed by US (99-0 vote NO). - Source reduction and reduced pollution are goals. TERM 10

Life Cycle Analysis

DEFINITION 10 Collecting info on the lifelong environmental impact of a product, from extraction of raw material to manufacturing to its distribution, use, and ultimate disposal.