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

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

3. Living More Sustainably
Ecology
Environmental Science
Sustainable Society

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

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

6. World Population
Fig. 1-1 p. 5

7. Economic Growth
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Per Capita GNP

8. Economic Development Developed Countries Developing Countries
Positive Aspects
Negative Aspects

9. Globalization
Social
Economic
Environmental Effects

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

11. Renewable Resources Sustainable Yield Environmental Degradation
Tragedy of the Commons

12. Ecological Footprint
Fig. 1-7 p. 10

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

14. Pollution What is pollution? Effects of Pollution Sources Point
Nonpoint

15. Dealing With Pollution
Prevention (Input Control)
Cleanup (Output Control)

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

17. Environmental Impact
Fig p. 15

18. Environmental Interactions
Fig p. 15

19. Environmental Worldviews
Planetary Management
Environmental Wisdom

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

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