GEOG 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Environmental Organization, Adapt, Determinism
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Nature, technology and society & limits to growth. Relationship between nature and society --> think of it as a two way. Our systems (economic, political, cultural) all depend on our ability to adapt and to make use of the natural environments in which we live. Environmental determinism: human culture and society is a direct result of pressures exerted on us by our surrounding environments. Humans shape nature and the environment in which we live --> we are the only species that have the ability to reshape the environment for our own needs. Technology in the nature-society nexus --> the intersection between nature and society. Used as a way of organizing ourselves and how we are able to adapt/alter the environment to meet our needs --> we need technology in order to change nature. Attempts to adapt or overcome nature to innovate new technologies. Minimize it"s undesirable effects on our lives or.
