GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Habitat Destruction, Jennifer Worth, Extinction Event
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Fair trade: blends the issues of free trade and multinational coronations, a movement designed to help independent farmers, especially in the global south. Earn a living wage by charging fair prices for products like coffee and cocoa o nestle: pespico population distribution. Is the spread of people across the world, i. e. where do people live. Distribution of resources (steger: us is 6% of world"s population but consumes 30-40% of world"s resources). Canada"s population to consumption ratio is similar: steger: [t]he global impact of humans on the environment is as much a function of per capita consumption as it is of overall population size. (p. 94) Two problems are population growth and corresponding growth in demand for the world"s resources: china: 1. 3 billion o india: 1. 2 billion. Impact of birth control (jennifer worth, call the midwife: from 80-100 births per month to 4 or 5)
