ENBUS406 Midterm: 406 Midterm Notes
18 Oct 2016
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Class 1: values and strategies for sustainability management. Efficiency: how much do we get out for how much we put in (output/input, objective is to do more with less. Scalability: the capability of something to handle a growing amount of work or its potential to grow in order to handle/accommodate it. Systems thinking: utilizes habits, tools, and concepts to develop an understanding of the interdependent structures of dynamic systems, an approach to problem solving that attempts to balance holistic thinking and reductionist thinking. Finding the right indicators: all indicators are biased. Decoupling wellbeing from consumption: redefining growth, dematerialization. Stone age 100 000 bc 10 000 bc: stone, wood, flint, gold. Copper/bronze age 10 000 bc 1000 bc: copper, silver, tin, pottery, cement, glass, bronze, iron. Iron age 1000 bc 1800 ad: amber, paper, rubber, platinum, zinc, steel. Steel age 1800s 1950 (very dramatic shift in the industrial age: silicon, stainless steel, aluminum, synthetic rubber.
