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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10547185190	obsolescence	situation in which older products and processes become out-of-date, t6echnology wearing out	2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