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Sustainable Management Metropolia, Business Ethics IP week. 3 Collapse

Collapse n Will our society collapse?

Easter island n Classic example for human-induced environmental disaster. n Famous for 400 Moai statues, 10 meter tall, weighing 75 tonnes

Easter Island geography n 170 km 2 n 3700 km form Chile East and 2000 km for Pitcairn Islands west n Discovered in 1722 by Jacob Roggeveen n He found no trees, no animals other than insects, and an impovered, underfed society

Easter Island n 1955 Thor Heyerdahl discovered that Island was covered once with palm forest, total numbers of trees estimated 16 mln. n Population estimated from thousands to n First settlers arrived in 1200 AD n Deforestation complete in 1500 AD

Easter Island n Do you see similarities with our current society? n Characteristics: n Closed ecosystem n Sensitive to destruction n Unsustainable practices

From: Collapse Jared Diamond (2005) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Publisher: Penguin 5 Factors contributed to collapse of societies in the past: Environmental Damage (never only factor) Climate Change Hostile Neighbors Friendly Trade Partners Societal Response to Environmental Change (always included)

Maya collapse n Population grew, while resources diminished n Deforestation, hillside erosion, decrease in agricultural land, man-made drought n Increased fighting over diminishing resources n Drought because of climate change n Kings responses were; enrich themselves, engage in wars, erect monuments, compete with other kings, extract food from peasants for soldiers

Development KenyaNLFinlandUSAChina Median age (y) Infant Mortality Rate (p1000) Total Fertility Rate (Bab/Wo) HIV/AIDS (%) ,60,1 Literacy (%) GDP per Cap. (x1000$) Unemployment rate (%) Population < poverty line (%) Ecological Footprint (gha/p)