INTRODUCTION

1. INTRODUCTION Felix Rizk

2. Basic   Humans  Needs   Possessions ENVI. PROBLEMS

3. RESOURCE DEPLETION  ENV. IMPACT PROBLEMS  POLLUTION EXPONENTIAL POP X TECH. = ENV. IMPACT CHANGE SCIENTIST MEASURE IMPACT BY A METHOD CALLED THROUGPUT — RATE OF MOVEMENT OF MATERIALS/ENERGY THRO’ SOCIETY. DC’s HAVE HIGHTHROUGPUT. WHY? Dc’s . HAVE LOWTHROUGHPUT.

4. ORIGINS OF SUSTAINABILITY • Nature uses renewable energy. • Nature recycles all wastes. • Every organism has a population limit in nature. • In nature, biological diversity is essential.

5. A CYCLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT • THE 2 CONTROLLING FACTORS ARE: • HUMAN Population • INDUSTRY/TECHNOLOGY

6. HISTORIC PROGRESSION OF HUMAN IMPACT: HUNTING/GATHERING —― NO IMPACT FARMING- CONSERVATION –FIRST SIGNS OF IMPACT  INDUSTRIAL –ENVIRONMENTAL STAGE –MAJOR SIGNS OF IMPACT – BUT LOCAL  TRANSITION – SUSTAINABILITY STAGE – LIVING WITH GLOBAL IMPACTS  FUTURISTIC POST-INDUSTRIAL STAGE--- STABLE  POPULATION EXPONENTIAL LEVELS OF IMPACT  OVERSHOOT

7. WHO ARE ? CORNUCOPIANS VS ENVIRONMENTALISTS VS PRECAUTIONIST