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LIVING
IN THEYENVIRONMENT
LOS HUMANOS
SUSTENTABILIDAD
17TH
CAPTULO 1
Los problemas ambientales, sus
causas y Sustentabilidad
2. Biodiversidad
3. Circulacin qumica
El capital natural =
Recursos Naturales + Servicios Naturales
Fig. 1-4, p. 9
Fig. 1-5, p. 10
Recursos de la Tierra
Recursos
Cualquier cosa que obtenemos de medio ambiente
para satisfacer nuestras necesidades
Algunos directamente disponible para su uso: la luz
del sol
Algunos no estn directamente disponibles para su
uso: el petrleo
Recursos perpetuo
Energa solar
El rendimiento sostenible
Tasa ms alta a la que podemos usar un recurso
renovable, sin reduccin de la oferta disponible
.. y otros no
Recursos no renovables
SOLUTIONS:
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reusar
Fig. 1-7, p. 11
Reciclar
Fig. 1-8, p. 12
Supplement 8, Fig 2
PERSPECTIVA GLOBAL:
Cules son las tendencias mundiales?
Fig. 1-9, p. 13
Contaminacin:
Fuentes y Tipos
Las fuentes de contaminacin
Las fuentes puntuales
Se descomponen con el
tiempo
No degradable
no se puede descomponer
Fig. 1-10, p. 14
Fig. 1-11, p. 14
Efectos no deseados de la
Contaminacin
SOLUTIONS:
How do we control pollution?
Pollution cleanup (output pollution control)
cleaning up or diluting pollutants after we have produced
them
A few facts: Each cow currently produces 20 liters of milk per day The carrying
capacity of the commons is 8 cows. For each cow above 8, the milk production
declines by 2 liters (due to overgrazing, there is less grass for each cow: less
grass, less milk!).
20 liters
20 liters
20 liters
20 liters
20 liters
20 liters
Do the farmers sit back and stay at 6 cows? Not if they are individual profit
maximizers (here simplified as milk production maximizers)
20 liters
20 liters
20 liters
20 liters
20 liters
20 liters
Total daily milk production for the commons: 120 liters (6 cows)
Do the farmers sit back and stay at 6 cows? Not if they are individual profit
maximizers (here simplified as milk production maximizers)
Ill get another cow
40 liters
20 liters
20 liters
20 liters
20 liters
20 liters
Total daily milk production for the commons: 140 liters (7 cows)
40 liters
20 liters
20 liters
40 liters
20 liters
20 liters
Total daily milk production for the commons: 160 liters (8 cows)
They are now at the maximum total milk production. But do they stop? No
36 liters
36 liters
Ill get another cow
18 liters
18 liters
36 liters
18 liters
Total daily milk production for the commons: 162 liters (9 cows)
32 liters
16 liters
16 liters
32 liters
32 liters
32 liters
Total daily milk production for the commons: 160 liters (10 cows)
28 liters
14 liters
28 liters
28 liters
28 liters
28 liters
Total daily milk production for the commons: 154 liters (11 cows)
24 liters
24 liters
24 liters
24 liters
24 liters
24 liters
Total daily milk production for the commons: 144 liters (12 cows)
30 liters
20 liters
20 liters
20 liters
20 liters
20 liters
Total daily milk production for the commons: 130 liters (10 cows)
Fig. 1-12a, p. 15
Fig. 1-12b, p. 15
Fig. 1-13, p. 16
Supplement 8, Fig 7
I = Environmental impact
P = Population
A = Affluence
T = Technology
IPAT Illustrated
Fig. 1-14, p. 17
Tipping Point
Fig. 1-15, p. 19
Fig. 1-16, p. 19
Population growth
Wasteful and unsustainable resource use
Poverty
Failure to include the harmful environmental costs
of goods and services in market prices
Fig. 1-18, p. 21
Extreme Poverty
Fig. 1-19, p. 22
Fig. 1-20, p. 22
Effects of Malnutrition
Fig. 1-21, p. 23
Fig. 1-22, p. 24
Stewardship worldview
Manage earth for our benefit with ethical responsibility to be
stewards
Discourages
Close-mindedness
Polarization
Confrontation and fear
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Fig. 1-23, p. 26
Individuals Matter
510% of the population can bring about major
social change
We have only 50-100 years to make the change to
sustainability before its too late
Rely on renewable energy
Protect biodiversity
Reduce waste and pollution