Ecological Footprints
A measure of the land and water area required to sustain an individual’s lifestyle and absorb their waste.
What is an Ecological Footprint?
The responsibility of managing and taking good care of resources entrusted to us, specifically the environment.
What is Stewardship?
A sustained increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere.
What is Global Warming?
The belief that the land and its resources exist solely for human use.
What is Utilitarianism?
These fuels, like oil and coal, are non-renewable and contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
What are Fossil Fuels?
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.
What is Sustainability?
A movement focused on the preservation and restoration of the natural world.
What is Environmentalism?
Rain with a high level of acid content caused mainly by atmospheric pollution from burning coal.
What is Acid Rain?
A perspective emphasizing that humans are one part of an interconnected web of life.
What is the First Nations/Indigenous Perspective?
Development that enables all humans to meet basic needs and dignity without denying the same to the future.
What is Sustainable Prosperity?
The maximum population of an organism that a given environment can support without being degraded.
What is Carrying Capacity?
The First Nations perspective that humans are connected to all things and should protect the land for future use.
What is Steward Identity?
The process where heat energy from sunlight is trapped by gases in the atmosphere.
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
This type of farming avoids synthetic chemicals and focuses on soil health and biodiversity.
What is Organic Farming?
This divide describes the gap between those who consume the most resources and those who consume the least.
What is the Consumption Gap?
The variability among all living organisms and the ecological complexes they are a part of.
What is Biodiversity?
This term describes behaving ethically as a business while improving the quality of life for the community.
What is Corporate Social Responsibility?
The transformation of fertile land into desert, often due to climate change or destructive farming.
What is Desertification?
This artist's presentations highlight the massive scale of human impact on the global landscape.
Who is Edward Burtynsky?
The discharge of pollutants that trap heat, such as carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere.
What are Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
The reduction in cost per unit as the volume of production increases.
What is Economy of Scale?
The "triple bottom line" includes these three specific success factors for a corporation.
What are People, Planet, and Profit?
Large-scale industrial operations for raising livestock, often criticized for their environmental impact.
What are Factory Farms?
These are organisms whose genetic material has been altered to provide desirable traits, like pest resistance.
What are Genetically Modified Foods?
Any material that is potentially damaging to the environment or human health.
What is Hazardous Waste?