Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability G. Tyler Miller’s Living in the Environment 14 th Edition Chapter 1 G. Tyler Miller’s Living in the Environment 14 th Edition Chapter 1

Key Concepts  Growth and Sustainability  Resources and Resource Use  Pollution  Causes of Environmental Problems

Living More Sustainably  Ecology  Environmental Science  Sustainable Society

What Keeps Us Alive? Capital  Solar  Natural  Solar  Natural Fig. 1-2, p. 7

Population Growth  Doubling Time/ Rule of 70  Exponential Growth Fig. 1-4, p. 8

Fig. 1-1 p. 5 World Population

Economic Growth  Gross Domestic Product (GDP)  Per Capita GNP

Economic Development  Developed Countries  Developing Countries  Positive Aspects  Negative Aspects

Globalization  Social  Economic  Environmental Effects

Resources  Perpetual  Renewable  Non-renewable Fig. 1-6 p. 9

Renewable Resources  Sustainable Yield  Environmental Degradation  Tragedy of the Commons

Ecological Footprint Fig. 1-7 p. 10

Non-Renewable Resources  Energy Resources  Metallic Resources  Non-Metallic Resources  Reuse  Recycle Economic Depletion Fig. 1-8 p. 11

Pollution  What is pollution?  Effects of Pollution Sources  Point  Nonpoint

Dealing With Pollution  Prevention (Input Control)  Cleanup (Output Control)

Environmental and Resource Problems  Major Problems ( See Fig p. 13 )  Five Root Causes

Environmental Impact Fig p. 15

Environmental Interactions Fig p. 15

Environmental Worldviews  Planetary Management  Environmental Wisdom

What is Our Greatest Environmental Problem?  Disease  Overpopulation  Water Shortages  Climate Changes  Biodiversity Loss  Poverty  Malnutrition  Disease  Overpopulation  Water Shortages  Climate Changes  Biodiversity Loss  Poverty  Malnutrition

Solutions  Current Emphasis (Reactive)  Sustainability Emphasis (Proactive)  Current Emphasis (Reactive)  Sustainability Emphasis (Proactive) Fig. 1-16, p. 18