Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: James Lovelock, Montreal Protocol, Anthropocentrism
4 Mar 2019
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Lecture 23: green ideology (thursday, november 29, 2018) Loss of natural resources: natural habitats (forests, wetlands, coral reefs, wild food sources ( sh, shell sh, biological diversity (species dying out at alarming rates after the existence of humans, human beings are that asteroid". Ceilings on needed resources: energy sources: coal, water, oil, natural gas. Harmful things we generate: toxic chemicals (pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, alien species, atmospheric gases (carbon dioxide, methane) Population growth and per capita impact: population should stabilize between 9-12 billion, more people require more resources, per capita environmental impact:developed world= developing world x 32. The gaia hypothesis: the idea of british scientist james lovelock (1969) Political science 1020e: earth and its creatures constitute a single, self-regulating system that is one organism: a single, huge, living being (gaia, encourages us to think about the interconnectedness and interdependence of all parts of the earth"s ecology.
