1. Trip Wednesday

2. Sustainability and Economics
What issues do the people of Juarez, Mexico face?
Is this condition sustainable?

3. Economics How humans allocate scarce resources Supply Demand
How is price determined?
What determines the price of oil (gasoline)?

4. Externalities
Costs not included in an economic price
Example – Coal …

5. GDP Gross Domestic Product
Measure of value for all goods and services produced
Externalities not included

6. Kuznets Curve
As GDP increases environments are typically degraded and then improve
Cuyahoga river fire 1969
China at sunset 2011

7. Precautionary Principle
If an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the environment, the burden of proof falls on those taking an action.
What are some Examples?

8. World Agencies -Research Environmental issues -Data Collection
-Negotiate Environmental
Treaties
-CITES
-Montreal Protocol
-Convention on Biodiversity

9. Sardar  Dam India
Provide assistance to developing countries for infrastructure and financial systems

10. Works to improve human health / combat disease
Managing Ebola Outbreak …
Disease Testing
works to reduce poverty

11. US Agencies

12. US Legislation

13. Measuring Sustainability