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14 Cards in this Set
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2 rivers running dry
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Colarado & Yellow
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how should renewable resources be exploited
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1) Harvesting rates do not exceed regeneration rates
2)Waste emissions do not exceed the renewable capacity of the local capacity |
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Sustainable growth
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Since our resource base cannot go along with our economy, sus. growth is an exymoron
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Aral Sea
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its ports are now abandoned
4/5 of its volume since 1960 bad for trade |
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food buble economy
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production is artifically inflacted by mining of groundwater
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Socialism and Ecology
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Presuppose each other
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1) Technology and Culture: Cause vs. Cure
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technology offers the only means of moving towards sustainability
without technology humans would have been limited by “metabolic processes of humans as biological organisms” |
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2) Humility vs. Arrogance
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need humility to realize and understand that we are not omniscient
-humility will keep our minds open, and flexible enough to deal with unseen circumstances must have the arrogance to make tough decisions |
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3) Intergenerational vs. Intragenerational
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intergenerational (between generations): ultimate moral principle behind the idea of sustainability
* massive redistribution of resources |
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4) Growth vs. Limits
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sustainable vs. development
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5) Individual vs. Collective Interests
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-individuality=automobile society, land ownership and the right to pursue “happiness”
sustainability is based on concepts that are very different: mass transportation, stewardship, smaller families and households |
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6)Democracy: Diversity vs. Purpose
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in diversity we find a greater range of potential answers and swifter ability to respond
we must be decentralized |
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7) Adaptability vs. Resistance
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sapien = adaptable, and yet our government resists major change
in order to make this process relativly painless, need to be adaptable |
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9) Optimization vs. Spare Capasity
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we need to leave “spare capacity” or extras
unused resources are seen as a waste, we feel the need to use every resource to it’s fullest extent |
