ENV 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Conservation Movement, Ecotheology, Agricultural Economics

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Environmental Studies
• Course: ENV 1101
• Professor: Sasa Kebo

Document Summary

A movement to preserve the health of earth and its ecosystems. Social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world and by extension humans from undesirable changes brought about by human choices. First ideology to be rooted in natural sciences. I = p x a x t x s. The extent of human impacts on ecosystem capital is a function of: The sensitivity of the environment in question. Calls for responsible planning and management of resources. Environmentalism refers to all forms of collective behaviour that aim to correct destructive forms of relationship between human action and its natural environment. Ecology can be understood as a set of beliefs, theories, and projects that consider humankind as a component of a broader ecosystem and wish to maintain the system(cid:495)s balance in an evolutionary perspective. 3 basic principles of environmentalism: ethical ecological stewardship, respect for other species, wilderness as spiritual haven. Basic principle of environmentalism: limit what we do in nature.