APES Vocab Unit 1

any person who advocates or works to protect the air, water, animals, plants, and other natural resources from pollution or its effects.

the natural wealth of a country, consisting of land, forests, mineral deposits, water, etc.

the extension of the economic notion of capital (manufactured means of production) to goods and services relating to the natural environment

The process enabling financial and investment markets to operate internationally, largely as a result of deregulation and improved communications

pertaining or belonging equally to an entire community, nation, or culture; public

A dilemma arising from the situation in which multiple individuals, acting independently and rationally consulting their own self-interest, will ultimately deplete a shared limited resource, even when it is clear that it is not in anyone's long-term interest for this to happen

a system of moral principles

people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.

Regarding the human being as the central fact of the universe

Caused or produced by humans

having two centers of evolution

an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government

a person who acts as the surrogate of other or others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate, etc.

capable of being supported or upheld, as by having its weight borne from below.

a systematic process for calculating and comparing benefits and costs of a project, decision or government policy