Worksheet 1

This is a worksheet to help you with the concepts of the topics for this week.

Vocabulary:

exponential growth, linear growth, natural resources, ecology, natural capital, tragedy of the commons, economic growth, economic development, developed countries, developing countries, precautionary principle, sustainability

hunting-gathering, agriculture, slash-and-burn agriculture, industrial revolution, globalization, frontier worldview, conservationist worldview, planetary management worldview, environmental wisdom worldview

Concepts:

What is the difference between exponential and linear growth? Give an example of each.

Explain the overuse of common resources as described by the "tragedy of the commons".

Compare developed to developing countries. Give several examples of each type of country.

Distinguish between ecological resources and economic resources. What is the defference between perpetual, renewable and non-renewable resources? Give an example of each.

Define the Ecological Footprint and the environmental impact of growth?

What are the major environmental problems and the top 7 consumer activities causing them?

What is Afluenza and the IPAT?

How does consumption affect IPAT?

Describe the environmental impacts of hunter-gathers, agicultural society, and industrialized society.

What were the benefits and drawbacks of the agricultural revolution?

Application questions:

An example of applying the individual concepts to a broader question could be like the following. In this class we will use the term "application" to mean that you are to use what you know to solve a new problem, you couldn't have just memorized the answer.

Describe the factors affecting environmental quality of a developing country versus the factors of environmental quality in a developed country? Hypothesize that consumption is the same in both?