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32 Cards in this Set
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Affluenza
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An addiction to the overconsumption of goods and a materalistic lifestyle.
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Biodegradable Pollutants
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A material that can be recycled/broken down quickly through natural processes.
Ex:A Banana Peel |
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Conservation
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The act of conserving resources to protect the ecosystem or protect habitats.
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Ecological Footprint
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The amount of land and water needed to support a species (specifically man), at their standard of living, and the effect using those resources has on that land.
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Ecology
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The study of how organisms intereact with each other and their enviorment.
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Ecosystem
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A community of plants and animals that live in the same enviorment.
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Enviormental Degradation
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The Destruction of an enviorment and its resources.
Ex:Deforestation |
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Enviormental Science
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A science that studies the enviorment, enviormental problems and solutions to those problems.
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Enviormental Wisdom/World View
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The belife that the world was made for more species then just man, and that man should act as such.
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Enviormentally Sustainablly Society
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A society in which resources are used at a rate in which the earth cab repelish them.
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Exponential Growth
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The increased of growth of something as size or amount increases.
Ex:The more hours you work, the more money you get paid |
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GDP Gross Domestic Product
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The value of a countries goods importes and exported.
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LDC (Less Developed Country)
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A country with a standard of far under the average of othe countries
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MDC (More Developed Country)
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A country with a standard of living above the average.
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Natural Capital
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The natural resources available in a resource to maintain life.
Ex:Oxygen |
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Natural Resources
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Resources that are natutally formed.
Ex:Water, Trees |
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Nondegradable Pollutants
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An object that cannot be broken down naturally.
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Nonpoint Source Pollution
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Pollution that is indirect such as runoff.
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Point Pollution
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Direct pollution into an enviorment such as dumping into a river.
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Nonrenewable Resource
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A resource that cannot be reused or repelished quickly.
Ex:Coal |
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Per Capita
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Measures an individuals ecological impact or impactn
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Perpetual Resource
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A resource that will never run out
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Planatary Managment World View
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The Intentional managment of earth and its resources on a world scale
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Pollution Cleanup
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The reduction or removal of pollutants from an enviorment.
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Pollution Prevention
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Reducing the amount of pollution released..
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Poverty
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Scarcity of resources resulting in deplorable conditinons.
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Recycling
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The proccess of repurposing resources or manafacturng them into something.
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Renewable Resource
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A resource that can be naturally repelished quickly.
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Stewardship Worldview
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The belife that the world is only for humans
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Sustainablity
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The ability of an enviorment to support life while also maintaning resources
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Sustainable Yield
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The yield that can be extracted. with out reducing the base of the capital itself
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Tradagy of the Commons
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The situation in which everyone looks out for their own interests which results in the depleation of resources.
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