1. Chapter 6: The Impact of Economic Globalization “Socialism collapsed because it did not allow the market to tell the economic truth. Capitalism may collapse because it does not allow the market to tell the ecological truth.” … Oystein Dahle, former Vice-President, Exxon, for Norway and the North Sea

2. Evaluating Economic Globalization Criterion: 1.Health of the Earth 2.Growing Social and Economic Inequality 3.An Acceptable Standard of Well- Being

3. The Earth’s Free Ecosystem Services 1.Purification of air and water. 2.Water absorption and storage. 3.Decomposition and sequesters wastes. 4.Regeneration of soil nutrients. 5.Pollination, seed and nutrient dispersal. 6.Pest control. 7.Moderates wind and temperature extremes. 8.Agricultural, medicinal, and industrial products. 9.Biodiversity that performs all of the above tasks. 10.Aesthetic, spiritual, and intellectual uplift.

4. Earth is an Island

5. Environmental Issues 1.Desertification 2.Deforestation 3.Fresh Water 4.Climate Change 5.Sea Levels 6.Soil Depletion 7.Carrying Capacity 8.Human Populations 9.Natural Populations

6. Desertification

11. Shrinking Lake Chad

12. Deforestation

14. Desertification

15. Deforestation

19. The Earth

20. Fresh Water and Irrigation

22. Irrigation Canal, India

23. Climate Change

30. Sea Levels

31. Soil Depletion

33. Soil Deple- tion

34. Terraced Fields

36. World Map according to Ecological Footprint

38. Overshoot: Easter Island

39. World Population Map

44. The Environment