Environmental Science 1021F/G Midterm: midterm review .docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Environmental Science
• Course: Environmental Science 1021F/G
• Professor: Geoff Stewart

Document Summary

And why: parallel in the larger oikos , business as usual not precautionary principle. Important environmental issues such as: gas, pollution etc. Human centred (anthropocentric) or life centred (biocentric: 2. 1800"s; john james audubon, john muir, aldo leopold. Ddt banned 10 years later: environmental impact of. Population boom, technology development, energy use shift, politics, economics: current state accepted as normal". Until ~10,000 20,000 ybp: resource use for survival only; nomadic, directly connected with nature, shared duties and population controlled, limited life span, energy sources: solar (wind/water/plants), fire, muscle, environmental impact: low. Industrial revolution: began ~275 ybp (mid-1700 and 1800"s, substitution of coal for wood, non-renewable fossil fuels use, steam engine, oil, nautral gas, fertilizers and plant breeding = more food, exploding population, urban expansion. Industrial revolution and after: from ~400,000 ybp to 1800"s pop"n increased to 1b, from 1800"s to present pop"n increase to 7b, energy sources: solar, muscle and animal power, fossil fuels, metals, environmental impact: degradation and destruction.