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linear metabolism
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Cities that consume and pollute at a high rate
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"great ocean conveyer belt
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a. winds that generate waves and currents and from the pull of gravity that creates the tides
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food mile
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a. Distance food goes from production to consumption
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ecological footprint
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a. Measure of human demand on earths ecosystems
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MIST
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a. MIST – has to do with heat island affect; Mitigation Impact Screening Tool
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carbon sequestration
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a. A geoengeneering term for the long term storage of carbon dioxide or other forms of carbon
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ecosystem services
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a. Term used to describe all the benefits that mankind uses from nature; ex: clean drinking water, decomposition of wastes
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externalities
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a. Repercussions on a third party that isn’t involved
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skyview factor
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a. Buildings radiate to ground and each other
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carrying capacity
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a. Our ecological capacity of resources
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3 E's of sustainability
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a. Economic prosperity, Environmental quality, social Equity
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resilience
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a. Ability of a system to adapt to external and internal stress and remain functionally intact
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sustainable yield
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a. The ecological yield that can be extracted without reducing the base capital itself
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silent spring
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a. 1962 book written by Rachel Carson that is largely credited for the environmentalism movement
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our common future
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a. 1987 AKA Brundtland Report; from the UN World Commission on Environment and Development; placed environmental issues firmly on the political agenda; earth summit
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renewable water supply
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a. a simplified upper limit to the amount of water consumption that could occur in a region on a sustained basis
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enbironmental impact equation
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a. IPAT; Impact = Population X Affluence X Technology
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land ethics
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a. Aldo Leopold 1949 A Sand County Almanac ethics dealing with land, animals, and plants
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groundwater replenishment
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a. Basically recycling undrinkable water and using it for things like watering lawns etc
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Brownfields
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a. Abandoned/underused industrial facilities available for reuse but land is often contaminated by low concentrations of hazardous waste
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NEPA
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a. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)- US environmental law promoting enhancement of environment; established President’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
b. Significant effect: set up procedural requirements for all federal government agencies to prepare Enbironmental Assessments (EA’s) and Enbironmental Impact Statements (EIS’s) |
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village farming society
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Sedentism (living there on own) during growing season; assembling labor for periodic needs; managing ecosystem to maximize return; breed resources for max return; store seeds for next year;
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