SOSC 2000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Degrowth, Eugenius Warming

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2000
• Professor: Annette Bickford

Document Summary

Desertification - over using a land till it becomes desert. The commons - own by everyone e. g water oxygen, etc . Degrowth - a negative growth of an economy or population. Feedback loops - acceleration or deceleration of a warming trend. Deregulation undoing the appeal of the government. Thermo(heat)cene(time): burning fossil fuels creating the greenhouse effect, which is causing the earth to warm. The earth will be so hot it will be uninhabitable for the human race. It will also result in a wide variety of new and strange creatures. Antropocene: it is the term used describe the geological age we are now living in, one in which human agency is affecting the planet more than any natural force. )