Geography 2153A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Genetically Modified Crops, Muir Glacier

• School: Western University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography 2153A/B
• Professor: Susan Dupej

Document Summary

Troubling impacts: nuclear waster, toxic emissions, acid precipitations, genetically modified plant crops, deforestation, greenhouse gases, global climate change. What is the environment: environment = the conditions that surround someone or something, the external factors surrounding and affecting an organism at a given time, external factors influence hoe different organisms live and develop. What is society: society = a group of humans that co-exist and relate to one another through politics, culture and institutions that govern good behavior. Human demand and consumption: food, clothing, shelter, commodities and goods, we are disconnected from the products we buy and where they came from and how it impacted the environment, consumption patterns have a significant impact on the environment. Ecological footprint: a (cid:373)easu(cid:396)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of la(cid:374)d (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)ed to sustai(cid:374) a populatio(cid:374)"s co(cid:374)su(cid:373)ptio(cid:374) patte(cid:396)(cid:374)s, how much land/resources do the average person of a particular area need to support their consumption habits, global footprint = 2. 2 hectors.