The Environment -
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Everything around us, living and non living things
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Sustainability -
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Ability of earth's various systems including human cultural systems and economics, to
survive and adapt to changing environmental conditions indefinitely.
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Natural Capital -
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Natural resources and natural services that keep us and other species alive and support our
economics
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Biodiversity -
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, Variety of different species, genetic variability among individuals within each species, variety
of ecosystems, and functions such as energy flow and matter cycling needed for the survival
of the species and bological communities
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Affluence -
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wealth that results in high levels of consumption and unnecessary waste of resources
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Ecological Footprint -
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Amount of biological productive land and water needed to supply a population with
renewable resources it uses and to absorb or dispose of the wastes from such resource use.
It is a measure of the average environmental impact areas.
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Ecological tipping point -
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Point at which an environmental problem reaches a threshold level, which causes an often
irreversible shift in the behavior of a natural system.
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Social Capital -
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Result of getting people with different views and values to talk and listen to one another,
find common ground based on understanding and trust, and work together to solve
environmental and other problems.
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Environmentally sustainable society -
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