Geography 2153A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gaia Hypothesis, Industrial Revolution, Finished Good
2 Oct 2018
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Worldviews: worldview: sets of commonly shared values, ideas and images concerning the nature of the reality and the role of humanity within it. It is the lens or the mental glasses we look through that gives us intellectual framework to understand the world. Industrial revolution: began with a series of inventions and machines that brought new uses to known sources of energy and increased the efficiencies in production. Gaia hypothesis: earth and its living organisms are part of a single, self-regulating process. Conservation: the act of protecting the environment through wise use, management strategy to use resources in a wide way. Environmentalism: a philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental protection. Utilitarian: the environment should be approached in a sustainable manner because it is the source of livelihoods, income and economic activity. Ecological: the environment should be approached in a sustainable manner because it provides functions necessary for human life, trees put oxygen and eliminate co2 from environment.
