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Living in the Environment Chapter 1 Notes

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Chapter 1 Notes Intro to Environmental Science Environment: the natural world around us, creates a complex web with humanity that cannot be separated Environmental science: a blend of natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities Goals are to learn: How nature works How the environment affects us How we affect the environment How to deal with environmental problems How to live more sustainably Ecology is a major offshoot It studies organisms and their relationships to each other and the natural world around them Different from environmentalism Environmentalism is more political and social focused than science focused Sustainability: ability of Earth?s natural systems and human cultural systems to live sufficiently for an indefinite amount of time

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1 Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT, 18e G. TYLER MILLER ? SCOTT E. SPOOLMAN ? Cengage Learning 2015 ? Cengage Learning 2015 1 The Lorax: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V06ZOQuo0k ? Cengage Learning 2015 A transition in human attitudes toward the environment, and a shift in behavior, can lead to a much better future for the planet in 2065 Sustainability The capacity of the earth?s natural systems and human cultural systems to survive, flourish, and adapt into the very long-term future Core Case Study: A Vision of a More Sustainable World in 2065 ? Cengage Learning 2015 Nature has sustained itself for billions of years by using solar energy, biodiversity, and nutrient cycling

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Crowding Out - is what happens when a mega sports event attracts fanatics but drive agnostics away Substitution - when consumers shift their spending, instead of increasing their overall consumption Leakage - the tendency for money to circulate out of rather than through a local economy Economics - Social science concerned with the efficient use of limited resources to achieve maximum satisfaction of economic wants (study of how individuals and societies deal with scarcity) What is economics? -science of scarcity (the condition in which our wants are greater than our limited resources) -since we are unable to have everything we desire, we must make choices on how we use our resources -in economics we will study the choices of individuals, firms and governments
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