Chapter 11 - Introduction To Global Studies By John McCormick

The physical surroundings in which an entity – whether a human, animal, plant, insect, bacterium, or an inanimate object – exists.

The suggested name for a new geological epoch marked by widespread human change to geology and ecosystems.

A model, pattern or framework based on the values, beliefs, and ideas that guide action.

A philosophy, theory, or ideology that encourages deeper understanding of the environmental impact of human actions.

Economic development that is planned and implemented in such a way as to meet short-term needs without compromising future needs.

Economic growth based on using natural resources and managing the environment in a sustainable manner.

A political philosophy based on building a sustainable society rooted in environmental awareness, social justice, non-violence, and grassroots democracy.

The view that all parties should be treated equally in the development and implementation of environmental planning and policy.

The tension between countries taking contrasting positions on environmental policy, often resulting in the need to compromise.

The argument that corporations should place social and environmental issues at the core of their decision-making.

A contraction of the term biological diversity, describing the variety and the populations of the many species of life on earth.

Changes to the global climate resulting from an enhanced greenhouse effect, caused – in turn – by rising concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, produced mainly by the burning of fossil fuels.

A natural phenomenon involving the trapping in the atmosphere of solar emissions, making possible life on earth as we know it.

People obliged to relocate as a result of environmental disruptions such as drought, soil erosion, desertification, and climate change.