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| 10547170201 | Anthropogenic | changes in environment caused by man, roads in forests, "anthropogenic pollutant" | 0 | |
| 10547181671 | biodiversity | the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. | 1 | |
| 10547185190 | obsolescence | situation in which older products and processes become out-of-date, t6echnology wearing out | 2 | |
| 10547198692 | affluenza | An extreme form of materialism resulting from the excessive desire for material good, oblivious to world in which they live | 3 | |
| 10547204424 | environmental remediation | elimination of a pollutant in (air/ water/ soil) to reestablish quality living | 4 | |
| 10547208875 | environmental mitigation | address human impact on the environment, and start new activates that over time compensate disruption | 5 | |
| 10547217962 | environmental indicators | numerical measurement that measures the factors effecting the environment, ozone levels, amount of pure oxygen in a lake | 6 | |
| 10547224174 | synergistic interaction | Interaction of two or more factors or processes so that the combined effect is greater than the sum of their separate effects, pesticides and fertilizers, drugs and alcohol | 7 | |
| 10547228389 | perpetual resources | never ending resources, solar energy, tidal energy, wind energy, trees are renewable but not perpetual | 8 | |
| 10547342539 | living | biotic | 9 | |
| 10547346239 | nonliving | abiotic | 10 | |
| 10547347694 | sustainable development | Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. also allows economic well being | 11 | |
| 10547354930 | linear l;ife span | cradle to grAVE | 12 | |
| 10547357820 | closed loop life span | cradle to cradle, looks at products entire life, even the transport needed to move between stages. | 13 | |
| 10547364144 | enviornmentalism | social movement, often more political and ethical than scientific | 14 | |
| 10547372319 | natural capita | natural resources, and ecosystem services, supported by solar energy | 15 | |
| 10547376772 | renewable resources | can be replenished in a useful time frame, as long as they are not used faster than they are replaced | 16 | |
| 10547382268 | sustainable yield | Highest rate at which a renewable resource can be used indefinitely without reducing its available suppl, given a certain amount of OG things, you cant dip below that original number in your supply | 17 | |
| 10547389390 | 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. If such use continues, the resource becomes nonrenewable (on a human time scale) or nonexistent (extinct). | 18 | |
| 10547390787 | nonrenewable resource | Something produced in nature more slowly than it is consumed by humans | 19 | |
| 10547404833 | economic depletion | when it becomes to hard to extract a resource and you are not making a profit, amethyst mine | 20 | |
| 10547411105 | natural services or ecosystem services | Processes of nature, such as purification of air and water and pest control, which support life and human economies. bees-pollination, trees- prevent soil erosion, shoreline protection | 21 | |
| 10547444510 | gross domestic product (GDP) | increase in nations exports/wealth, value of all products produced for that year, 4 types of economic activity, 1. consumer spending 2.investments 3. government spending 4.exports minus imports | 22 | |
| 10547462267 | per capita gdp | the GDP divided by the total population at midyear | 23 | |
| 10547465895 | genuine progress indicator (GPI) | includes personal consumption, income distribution, levels of higher education, resource depletion, pollution, and health | 24 | |
| 10547477987 | purchasing power parity (PPP) | Measurement tool of calculating exchange rates so that each currency buys an equal amount of goods as every other currency. | 25 | |
| 10547483722 | economically developed countries | 20% world population 75% of pollution 85% of wealth 88% of resources | 26 | |
| 10547493382 | economically developing countries | 80% population limited technology less industry lower standards of living per capita lower per capita GDP, PPP | 27 | |
| 10547505527 | private property | single individual owns the land | 28 | |
| 10547509266 | common property | group of individuals own the land | 29 | |
| 10547516012 | open access renewable resources | available to all for little or no charge | 30 | |
| 10547517827 | Tradegy of the Commons | when individuals, acting independently and rationally will deplete a shared resource, even when doing so is not in their best interest. | 31 |
