ENV118 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Val Plumwood, Keystone Species, Trophic Cascade
27 Nov 2018
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Working across these boundaries can help us deal with social and environmental crises. As an interdisciplinary subject, environmental humanities tries to bridge what we know from a scientific perspective with social and cultural norms. We lack the understanding of our interdependence on biodiversity and ecosystems. Anthropogenic causes of extinction: hippoc (introduced species, pollution, population growth, overconsumption, climate change: these processes feed into each other and lead to a trophic cascade. Australia has one of the highest rates of mammalian extinction in the world. Se queensland: temperatures rose above 43 degrees which killed around 45,000 flying foxes in one day. Not a singular cause for extinction but a cumulative effect. How we can develop more resilient societies. Separation by thinking differently about these human- environment relationship. We are not separate from the environment or immune from these problems; therefore, we must rethink our priorities and responsibilities. Large-scale environmental changes related to the development of the earth over a geological time scale.
