Exam 25: Environmental Worldviews, ethics, and Sustainability

Which worldview is exemplified by the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service in the management of refuges protecting habitats and breeding areas for waterfowl and big game?

What is one of the components of a sustainability revolution?

Research by psychologists have found that a growing number of people want more of a sense of community as opposed to more stuff.

Which term is synonymous with an anthropocentric worldview?

Part of the environmental wisdom worldview proposes that success involves ____.

Which approach proposes that we can solve any environmental,population,or resource problem with more economic growth and development,better management,and better technology?

Ways of thinking about how the world works and beliefs that people hold about their roles in the natural world is referred to as a(n)____________________.

Some analysts suggest that for some people,acquiring more and more goods should be treated as a(n)____________________ .

Which worldview proposes that when we use the earth's natural capital,we are borrowing from the earth and from future generations?

About three-fourths of the United States federal public land is in Alaska.

What is an example of reducing our ecological footprints?

Which worldview understands the earth to be a complex machine that we can understand,dominate,change,and manage for everyone's good without overloading natural systems?

Studying the earth's living systems to find out what works and what lasts,and then looking at how we might copy such earth wisdom,is a pioneering science called ____.

The stewardship worldview holds that as we use natural capital we are ____________________ from future generations.

Some analysts suggest the need to continually acquire "more and more goods" should be treated as an addiction.Do you agree? What difference would it make if we did treat it as an addiction? Is this an addiction that we would be willing to work on?

What idea aligns most with the earth-centered worldview?

Most people with a life-centered worldview believe we have an ethical responsibility to avoid causing the premature extinction of species.

The spaceship-earth worldview understands the earth as a complex machine that we can dominate,change,and manage.

According to the text,what four human activities have the greatest harmful impacts on the environment?

Which of the following could be an agent of change that contributes to more sustainable living?