ENV100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Anthropocene, Ozone Layer, Thomas Berry

• School: UTSG
• Department: School of Environment
• Course: ENV100H1
• Professor: Simon Appolloni

Document Summary

Heat trapped i(cid:374) earth"s at(cid:373)osphere (cid:271)(cid:455) gree(cid:374)house gases. The greenhouse that is forming now will have great consequences on life and life systems that last for hundreds of thousands of years: desertification, sea level rise, ocean acidification. Invasive species will transform ecosystems ex: pine beetles in bc. Ozone layer created to protect life on earth. Nitrogen levels chemical coming from fertilizers (production of food/waste from animals) Rate of species extinction 6th major extinction in history. Planetary boundaries: safe operating spaces for humanity to exist within: fro(cid:373) ro(cid:272)kstro(cid:373) et al. (cid:862)pla(cid:374)etar(cid:455) bou(cid:374)daries: e(cid:454)plori(cid:374)g the afe operati(cid:374)g. Anthropocene from our readings spe(cid:272)ies (cid:863) (cid:894)pg. (cid:1009)-6) Carso(cid:374): (cid:862)o(cid:374)l(cid:455) (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) the (cid:373)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of ti(cid:373)e represe(cid:374)ted (cid:271)(cid:455) the prese(cid:374)t (cid:272)e(cid:374)tur(cid:455) has o(cid:374)e: opened up the environmental movement that we have today. Carso(cid:374): (cid:862)ca(cid:374) a(cid:374)(cid:455)o(cid:374)e (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e it is possi(cid:271)le (cid:863) (cid:894)pg. 7-8) (cid:272)harper: o(cid:374) tho(cid:373)as berr(cid:455), (cid:862)what is happe(cid:374)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374) our ti(cid:373)es (cid:863) (cid:894)pg. (cid:1008)0(cid:895) Drastic re-examination of our political, economic, technological, social, political, religious systems.