ENSC 1003 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Gro Harlem Brundtland, Green Belt Movement, Land Ethic

• School: University of Arkansas
• Department: Environmental Science
• Course: ENSC 1003
• Professor: Lisa S.Wood

Document Summary

Environment: the circumstances/ conditions that surround organism/ group of organisms, the complex of social/ cultural conditions that affect an individual/ community, all the external conditions, both abiotic & biotic, that affect organism/ group of organisms. Ability to meet needs of present w/o compromising ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The rates of renewable resource harvest, pollution creation, & non-renewable resource depletion that can be continued inde nitely. (not continued inde nitely= not sustainable) Economic sustainability ability of economy to support de ned level of economic. Climate change production inde nitely: steady growth in national gdp @ min. Ability of social system, such as country, to function @ de ned level of social well being inde nitely. (that level= de ned in relation to the goal of homo sapiens, which is to optimize quality of life for those living.