1. The way to help planet Earth
Sustainability
The way to help planet Earth

2. What is sustainability?
sustainable: in the human scale of time, is able to endure, thrive, and regenerate without overburdening the living systems of the earth.
sustainable society: one that satisfies its needs without jeopardizing opportunities for future generations.

3. Sustainable development manages resources for present and future generations.
Sustainable development meets needs without hurting future generations.
resources meet current needs
resources will still be available for future use

4. What is sustainability?
Social acceptability
Environmental suitability
Economic viability
What is sustainability?
What is social acceptability?
What is economic viability?
What is environmental suitability?
As a group, define these concepts.

6. https://www. youtube. com/watch
Sustainability easily explained

7. CQ#2: Are our present lifestyles sustainable?
A. Yes
B. To some extent
C. Probably not
D. No

8. CQ#4: All of these natural resources BUT one are renewable
CQ#4: All of these natural resources BUT one are renewable. Which is not renewable?
Forest trees
B. Fertile soil
C. Minerals
D. Solar energy

9. Natural Resource Base Non-renewable: Minerals
Fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal)
Natural Resources
Renewable:
energy: solar, wind, tides
flowing water, geothermal,
clean air, fertile soil, fresh water,
biodiversity.

10. (Petroleum Equities Inc., adapted from Campbell et al., 1997)

11. Fossil Fuels 300 years in 300 seconds https://www. youtube. com/watch

12. If we are headed toward a trajectory of falling oil availability, what options are feasible for using this available open space on campus?
A. Parking lot
B. Community garden
C. Reconstruct a natural habitat (e.g., a prairie, a pond, or a forest)
D. I do not know
E. The university president should make this decision

13. Where does most of the energy needed to produce food in modern, large scale agriculture come from?
The sun
The soil
Oil
Wind power
There is no need for energy when growing food

14. An example of the oil problem: modern agricultural systems use a lot of energy!
About 66% of conventional corn soybean energy input is for nitrogen fertilizer.
About 10% is for herbicide.
In contrast, about 75% of organic energy inputs are for seed.
Besides the differences in corn and soybean row crop rotation and diversified low input systems for carbon and nitrogen accumulation in soil. our agriculture systems are also distinctive in their energy use. Conventional corn soybean row crop system has most energy demand or use for corn nitrogen fertilizer. Most use of energy in organic systems is for seed. The overall use of energy is 34 percent less in the organic systems than the conventional system. Not only do low input diversified cropping systems show advantage in greenhouse gas trapping, but the energy investment needed for the maintenance of the systems are less. This is a double greenhouse win for these systems compared to row crop systems.

15. Human Environmental Impacts
The concentration of lights visible from space indicates high human population density
Photo: NASA

16. Preserving biodiversity is important to the future of the biosphere.
The loss of biodiversity has long-term effects.
loss of medical and technological advances
extinction of species
loss of ecosystem stability

17. The timber industry has started to adopt sustainable practices.
Global fisheries have adopted several sustainable practices.
rotation of catches
fishing gear review
harvest reduction
fishing bans

18. Whole systems of humanity and nature are synthesized to better understand limits to external, extractive economies and the role of local production.
KEY: NR = Natural Resources SOURCE: Doherty et al., 2004

19. C:\Program Files\McDougal Littell\Power Presentations-Biology\START Power Presentations.html air pollution and loss of biodiversity

20. Is sustainability just a matter of RESOURCE use and allocation?
Yes No
I do not know

21. Concept Interactions for the Achievement of Sustainability
Ecology
EDUCATION
Conservation
Community
Ethics
Evolution
Energy

22. Ecosystem Integrity Ecosystem Function
The capacity to support and maintain a balanced, integrated, adaptive community of organisms having species composition, diversity and functional organization comparable to the habitat of the region.
Ecosystem Function
The specific contribution of an ecosystem component to
maintaining the ecosystem.
Adapted from: Doherty, 2001.

23. Environmental suitability
Could other attributes (beside those listed below) help to better define sustainability?
A. Yes
B. No
C. I do not know
Social acceptability
Environmental suitability
Economic viability

24. Conservation practices focus on a few species but benefit entire ecosystems.
The Endangered Species Act works to protect individual species from extinction.
A listed species is often called an umbrella species.
the habitat in which the species lives must be protected
other species are protected because they share the ecosystem

25. Protecting Earth’s resources helps protect our future.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created in
The EPA develops policies and regulations to protect the environment.
Legislation helps to protect the environment and endangered species.
Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Endangered Species Act

26. The National Park Service helps manage public lands.
The park system includes over 390 areas, covering 84 million acres.

27. Sustainability Plan in June 2014.
Reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions (e.g. vehicle emissions) and certain indirect greenhouse gas emissions (e.g. purchased electricity) by 20 percent by 2020
Reducing other indirect greenhouse gas emissions (e.g. airline business travel) by 9 percent by 2020
Working toward making 15 percent of our existing buildings and building leases meet "green" standards by 2015 (5,000 gross square feet threshold for existing buildings and building leases)
Reducing potable water consumption intensity by 26 percent by 2020
Diverting at least 50 percent nonhazardous solid waste and construction and demolition debris by 2015
Ensuring that 95 percent of all new contract actions include green requirements

28. National Parks and sustainability
powered by glaciers

29. There are several ways that people can help protect the environment.
control population growth
develop sustainable technology and practices
protect and maintain ecosystems