MGM102H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Kyoto Protocol, Water Pollution, Resource Depletion
Document Summary
The industrial revolution marked the beginning of a societal shift toward technology and scientific methodologies as mechanisms for economic development. It also marked the change in societal behaviour from self-sustenance to a consumption-inspried marketplace. This increase in the demand for products and services resulted in the need for greater production, more efficient operations, and a growth in specialization. Technological innovations like assembly line, replaceable parts, and factory based, labour driven business systems all evolved in response to the growing demand being experienced. The new shift was the dramatic intensification of destructive pressures on our environment: we pump toxic materials in our air, water and land. Absent of regulations for governing business behvaiour, prosperity was measured by activity and monetary gain, not by long term legacy and environmental stewardship. Environmental stewardship is the integration of sustainability values into the managing of environmental resources.
