Chapter 24 (continued) 9. Describe efforts by the Netherlands to develop and 10. Describe connections between Marion Stoddart’s implement a national environmental plan, or green plan. efforts to restore and protect a river (Core Case Study) and What are four guidelines for shifting to more the four scientific principles of sustainability. environmentally sustainable societies? Chapter 25 Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability – 1. Review the Key Questions and Concepts for this chapter 6. What is sustainability, if not all about sustaining on p. 661. Describe the Biosphere 2 project (Core Case resources for human use? List six guidelines for achieving Study) and the major lessons learned from this project. more sustainable and compassionate societies. 2. What is an environmental worldview? What are 7. Describe the relationship between owning things and environmental ethics? Distinguish among the following being happy. What is voluntary simplicity? What are three environmental worldviews: planetary management, examples of needs? What are five examples of more stewardship, environmental wisdom, and deep qualitative needs? List a dozen steps that are among the ecology important steps that can be taken to make the transition to more sustainable societies. 3. List three issues involved in deciding which species to protect from premature extinction as a result of our 8. Describe three traps that lead to denial, indifference, activities. Discuss the controversy over whether we can and inaction concerning the environmental problems effectively manage the earth. we face. What are the four basic principles of the Earth Charter? 4. List goals for a person seeking environmental literacy. List four questions that lie at the heart of 9. What role religion play in making the transition to environmental literacy. more sustainable societies? List components of the environmental or sustainability revolution. 5. Describe three ways in which we can learn from the What does it mean to find a sense of place? 10. Describe connections between Biosphere 2 (Core Case Study), the transition to more environmentally sustainable societies, and the four scientific principles of sustainability.
Chapter 24 (continued) 9. Describe efforts by the Netherlands to develop and implement a national environmental plan, or green plan. What are four guidelines for shifting to more environmentally sustainable societies? 10. Describe connections between Marion Stoddart’s efforts to restore and protect a river (Core Case Study) and the four scientific principles of sustainability. Chapter 25 – Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability 1. Review the Key Questions and Concepts for this chapter on p. 661. Describe the Biosphere 2 project (Core Case Study) and the major lessons learned from this project. 2. What is an environmental worldview? What are environmental ethics? Distinguish among the following environmental worldviews: planetary management, stewardship, environmental wisdom, and deep ecology 3. List three issues involved in deciding which species to protect from premature extinction as a result of our activities. Discuss the controversy over whether we can effectively manage the earth. 4. List goals for a person seeking environmental literacy. List four questions that lie at the heart of environmental literacy. 5. Describe three ways in which we can learn from the What does it mean to find a sense of place? 6. What is sustainability, if not all about sustaining resources for human use? List six guidelines for achieving more sustainable and compassionate societies. 7. Describe the relationship between owning things and being happy. What is voluntary simplicity? What are three examples of needs? What are five examples of more qualitative needs? List a dozen steps that are among the important steps that can be taken to make the transition to more sustainable societies. 8. Describe three traps that lead to denial, indifference, and inaction concerning the environmental problems we face. What are the four basic principles of the Earth Charter? 9. What role religion play in making the transition to more sustainable societies? List components of the environmental or sustainability revolution. 10. Describe connections between Biosphere 2 (Core Case Study), the transition to more environmentally sustainable societies, and the four scientific principles of sustainability.
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