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It represents the average consumption of each person in the population.
what is affluence
this is when people leave trash laying around...
what is pollution?
occurs when a quantity has reached its fixed percentage
what is Exponential growth?
this is a "footprint" that lets off carbons and emissions to the world.
what is an ecological footprint?
the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.
what is pollution?
learn to live more sustainability with smaller ecological footprints, during this century
what is sustainability revolution?
depletion of resources such as air, water and soil
what is environmental degradation?
this is when a population has exceeded its population limit
what is population growth?
this is when markets have food and does not pay for the cost of the environmental cause or problem
what is market prices pf goods and services?
is the main contributor to climate disruption, making extreme weather worse -- including more severe floods, widespread wildfires and record drought. It
what is carbon pollution?
condition which people cannot fulfill their basic needs for adequate food, water, shelter
what is poverty
is the increase in the number of individuals in a population.
what is population growth?
a place where its "poor" or low life and not in so good of condition.
what is poverty?
when the government gives tax breaks and payments
what is subsidies?
the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person
what is carbon footprint?
many do not understand that life on earth has been sustained largely by the recycling of waste
what is scientific principles of sustainability?
these resources on Earth and once they are depleted they are gone forever.
what is unsustainable resources?
when people are unable to fulfill there needs such as, adequate food, water, and shelter.
what is poverty?
collective beliefs and values that give people a sense of how the world works, their role in the environment, and right and wrong behavior toward the environment.
what is environmental worldview?
cutting back on the amount of trash we make, reusing is finding a new way to use trash so that we don't have to throw it out,
what is reduce, reuse, and recycle?
holds that we should and could manage the earth for our benefit
what is stewardship worldview?
Poor environment and a lack of other species
what is poverty?
something built upon high levels of resources
what is affluence?
living sustainability means living on
what is natural income?
results when contaminants are introduced into the natural environment such as water.
what is water pollution?