GEOG 3ER3 Lecture : Sustainability & Economy- Lecture 2
Document Summary
Logging had big impacts on the decrease of forestry. Silent spring was one of the landmarks of sustainability. Describes that there was a huge flaw in how humans interacted with the environment. Needed to be policy actions to change interactions. 1960-80 there was a recognition of the high use of greenhouse gases and how it connected to climate change. Recent definition emphasize ecological point of view. Human society and economy intimately connected to the natural environment. Humans must live harmoniously with nature if we hope to persist, adapt, and thrive indefinitely. Environment is seen as the foundation of sustainable. Our economy would not exist without the environment. Seen as a sub system of the environment. Everything we do must be viable in the long term.
