GS101 Lecture Notes - One-Child Policy, Monocropping, Microsoft Powerpoint
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Week 7, lecture 1 global ecology - february 26th, 2013. Changes mark beginning and end of geological errors. You cannot have infinite growth on basis of limited resource. Human nature and the commons, a cautionary tale. Neo-malthusian thesis and the spectre of overpopulation. Way we talk about or construct world. Way we place value on elements of our world. Anthropocentrism = human-centred, worldview states we have moral or ethical obligation to other humans. Environment something out there that we simply interact with as we seek the material basis (livelihood) upon which to build towards a biocentric worldview. International environment cooperation wishes to conquer environmental problems, but with little compromise: un-sponsored summits: 1972: un nations conference on human environment, stockholm. 1992: un conference on environment and development, rio de. 2002: rio +10, world summit on sustainable development, Facilitating environmental initiatives in un system, global environmental monitoring, sponsoring negotiations. Shaping domestic political agendas (e. g. big oil and u. s. rejection of.
