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“Tug on anything at all and you’ll find it connected to everything else in the universe.”

“Tug on anything at all and you’ll find it connected to everything else in the universe.” . John Muir . Environmental Science . Scientific principles Economic influence Political action Compromise needed . Environment. Everything that affects an organism during its lifetime

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“Tug on anything at all and you’ll find it connected to everything else in the universe.”

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  1. “Tug on anything at all and you’ll find it connected to everything else in the universe.” John Muir

  2. Environmental Science • Scientific principles • Economic influence • Political action • Compromise needed

  3. Environment • Everything that affects an organism during its lifetime • Factors from many areas working together • Green book page 2 fig 1.1

  4. Interrelated Units • Ecosystems • Region in which the organisms and the physical environment form an interacting unit • Boundaries are difficult to define • Regional concerns

  5. Global Concerns • International activities to address concerns • Earth Summit 1992 • Kyoto Conference on Climate Change 1997 • Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005

  6. 6 Major Themes • Human population growth • Sustainability • Global perspective • Urbanizing • People and nature • Science and values

  7. A lot of what we do connects us to something or somebody else.

  8. Ethics • Seeks to define what is right and what is wrong • What actions are wrong and • Why they are wrong

  9. Cultural Relativism • Not all cultures share the same ethical commitments • Laws should reflect values • Environmental Justice • Ensures that no groups bears a disproportionate burden • Can’t protect nature without thinking of people

  10. Environmental Ethics • Corporations/Individuals • Nations/Internationals bodies • Justification for different positions

  11. Ecological Footprints • “The area of Earth’s productive land and water required to supply the resources that an individual demands, as well as to absorb the wastes that the individual produces.”

  12. http://www.myfootprint.org/ Homework: Calculate your Ecological Footprint Print the results and turn in with a one page response paper

  13. Environmental Attitudes • Development • anthropocentric • Preservation • ecocentric • Conservation • tries to balance anthr and eco

  14. 3 Philosophical Approaches • Anthropocentrism • Human centered • Biocentrism • Life centered • Ecocentrism • Earth itself has rights

  15. Three general principles of a Christian environmental ethic 2 Timothy 3:16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness

  16. Principle of Creation Value • God created and therefore values all of His works of creation 

  17. Principle of Sustained Order and Purpose • God created and sustains all elements and systems in His creation within particular orders to meet certain ongoing purposes

  18. Principle of Universal Corruption and Redemption • Everything in the created world and universe is subject to corruption by sin and ultimate redemption through Jesus Christ

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