To know the different Environmental Value Systems philosophies. On your desk is a questionnaire. For each statement write YES or NO. TOPIC 7 Lesson 1 To know the different Environmental Value Systems philosophies. To outline the world’s key historical environmental events and explain how they influence our environmental philosophies. Syllabus Link 7.1.1 - 7.1.4 – Know and explain environmental value systems and philosophies, outline key historical events.

Environmental Value Systems a particular world view or set of paradigms which shape the way an individual or group of people perceive and evaluate environmental issues.

What determines your Environmental value system? Education Culture Religion Media Peers and Society Personal experiences Lifestyle Wealth

ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHIES ECOCENTRISM (nature centred) Holistic world view. Minimum disturbance of natural processes ANTHROPOCENTRISM (people centred) People as environmental managers of sustainable global systems TECHNOCENTRISM (technology centred) Technology can keep pace with and provide solutions to environmental problems

Now take your neighbours questionnaire from earlier. Read through their answers for each statement. Think about the different environmental philosophies we just discussed. Try to identify which category they fit into, and explain why you think that. Do they agree with you? Why / why not?

Historical Events in Environmental Thinking https://www.worldwatch.org/brain/features/timeline/timeline.htm http://www.infoplease.com/spot/earthdaytimeline.html Historical Events in Environmental Thinking You will be allocated one of the following events. Find out what the event was, and explain why it is a fundamental event in affecting our environmental philosophies today. You will need to create your own timeline that briefly outlines each of the 10 events.

1956-68 Minamata disease - Japan

1962 Silent Spring – by Rachel Carson

1971 – Formation of Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth (NGOs) (note: WWF was formed in 1961)

1972 – First Earth Summit Formation of the UNEP (UN Environmental Programme) Earth Summits planned for 10 year intervals

Love Canal - 1980

1983 – Publication of the Brundtland Report "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." ["Our Common Future", 1983] Preservation of the environment becomes important for development.

Bhopal – 1984 and Chernobyl – 1986

Rio Earth Summit: Kyoto Protocol – 1992 Agreement to reduce GHG emissions to counter Global Warming.

An Inconvenient Truth – 2006

BP Oil Spill – 2010 How has this affected the environmental movement?