ENVS 1000 - December exam prep York University

ENVS 1000 - December exam prep York University December exam: Where do we stand with the earth: 1. The first article s talking about the differences between mysteries and problems. About how there are environmental problems that can be fixable or from point source problems but then there are things that become more complex and have no point source of which it can be fixed. This is what makes a mystery As humans are a part of the earth and its biology, we realise we are the earth since we took over it and control it with our technologies and innovations we place upon it The sense that we have anxiety means there is a shift from problems to mystery and we must figure out where we stand with the earth in order for us to survive on it. As global change comes and to take a stance with the earth, the arts also takes the stance with it This ties into lecture by showing us the picture of earth from the moon( or far in space). This picture of the earth shows how small it is but how packed of life it possesses. That many envio factors affect it but we are a major contributor. Also took all the science and technology to take a picture of all of us at once and took all the arts for a person to think of taking that picture 2. The image of the earth means a form of humility and humbleness. Its shows how small and insignificant the human race is compared to everything else in the universe. I also feel a lot more appreciation or sense of respect for the earth for in such a relatively small space, the density of life and growth team within it. 3. The planet originally had been the ground of human population, or it was the point of view or relatable object that human would use in comparisons; use to scale things etc. Humans used the earth as their landscape or groun