GS101 Lecture Notes - Anthropocene, Iso 14000, Marine Stewardship Council
Document Summary
In 1979, james lovelock published a novel introducing the environment as an organism gaia , and then in 2006 he published a second- depicting the damage we have done, somewhat a i told you so" titled the revenge of gaia . Anthropocene: idea earth geological history has been altered by humanity. Measure geological changes by massive glaciation, that make beginning and end of geological eras, humans are changing the planet but we can also heal the planet. Tragedy of the commons, essay by hardin, can"t have infinite grow because of limited resources. Need to address the consumption used by people, faster, and larger consumption of resources creates negative effect. What field of beings and things do we attach our ethical judgments, how do we exclude" others from our ethical consideration. Anthropocentrism=thought process of people center of world, obligation and ethical basis for ourselves and things useful to humans (animal not useful- who cares if endangered?)
