Overview
Environment = all the living & nonliving things around us
Renewable Resources = replenish over short periods (naturally)
Nonrenewable Resources = used up faster than replenished by natural processes
Nuclear energy = more nonrenewable
● Dug up
● Takes millions of years to make
● We dig it out at a really fast rate
Ecosystem Services
Naturally occurring processes “just doin’ its thing”
● Water purified by sediment/plants that humans drink
○ Degraded by human bad self-sabotage
● SERVICE TO HUMANS
Consumption
Ecological footprint = environmental impact of a person/population
Overshoot = surpassing Earth’s capacity to support life
How many earths to support you? https://www.footprintcalculator.org/home/en
Affluence increases consumption
Environment = all the living & nonliving things around us
Renewable Resources = replenish over short periods (naturally)
Nonrenewable Resources = used up faster than replenished by natural processes
Nuclear energy = more nonrenewable
● Dug up
● Takes millions of years to make
● We dig it out at a really fast rate
Ecosystem Services
Naturally occurring processes “just doin’ its thing”
● Water purified by sediment/plants that humans drink
○ Degraded by human bad self-sabotage
● SERVICE TO HUMANS
Consumption
Ecological footprint = environmental impact of a person/population
Overshoot = surpassing Earth’s capacity to support life
How many earths to support you? https://www.footprintcalculator.org/home/en
Affluence increases consumption
