Environmental+Values

=Topic 7: Environmental Value Systems= //[|Syllabus Details]// or here [|Topic 7 criteria.pdf] if that doesn't work...

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 * Topic 7 Notes: [[file:Value Systems .pdf]]

How do we make decisions about the environment and our behaviors toward it?
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7.1.1 State what is meant by an environmental value system.



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**//__Perspectives__//**
social ---> social actions (what you value socially is aligned with the environment. environmental 3. Sustainability 4. Self reliance within framework of global citizenship ---> Eg. Never buying out of season foods (as it is obviously imported) 5. Self imposed restraint on resource use ---> Eg. Living in a place with no electricity.
 * //__Ecocentrism__// (Nature centered)
 * 1) Holistic world view ---> View the world as a whole, with a single function
 * 2) Integration of spiritual
 * __Anthrocentrism__ (Human centered)
 * 1) People as managers of global systems
 * 2) Population control and resources given equal use ---> Not the complete denying of resource use but restraint to some extent.
 * 3) Regulation and enforcement necessary ---> To stop environmentally harmful actions. (such as stop the production of ozone thinning materials.)
 * //__Technocentrism__// (Technology centered)
 * 1) Technology can provide solutions.
 * 2) Resource depletion? Resource //replacement.//
 * 3) Must understand natural systems to control them ---> Study and have knowledge about systems so we can control nature for our benefit.
 * 4) Scientific analysis to guide policy making.
 * 5) Action through market forces and economic growth. ---> Note: Ecocentrics mistrust this.

//**__Philosophies__**//

 * //__Deep Ecologists:__//
 * 1) Believe all life, because it's alive, has value, because it is part of the system. Interdependence---> we all depend on one another.
 * 2) Biorights: The environment and all things in it should have rights.
 * 3) We are interfering too much ---> Technology and Economics should be altered/changed in the ways they are developing.
 * 4) Deep ecologists feel it's their obligation to stand up and protect the environment.
 * //__Soft Ecologists:__//
 * 1) Working together to maintain community
 * 2) Importance of participation in community affairs.


 * //__Stewards:__//
 * 1) We are the planet's most important species but we have ethical responsibility to care for the rest of nature.
 * 2) There's enough resources for everyone, but "let's not waste"
 * 3) Encourage environmentally beneficial forms of economic of economic growth and discourage environmentally harmful forms.
 * 4) Success depends on how well we manage the earth's life support systems for our benefits and for the rest of nature.
 * //__Managers__//:
 * 1) As the world’s most important species, we are in charge of the earth
 * 2) Because of our ingenuity and technology we will not run out of resources
 * 3) The potential for economic growth is essentially unlimited
 * 4) Success depends on how well we manage the earth's life support systems mostly for our benefits
 * 1) Success depends on how well we manage the earth's life support systems mostly for our benefits


 * //__Cornucopians__//:
 * 1) Humans can always find solutions.
 * 2) The world can provide a practically limitless abundance of natural resources.

7.1.3 Discuss how these philosophies influence decision making on a range of environmental issues.

 * Your notes here...


 * 7.1.4 Historical Influences on Modern Environmental Movement**