STH 200

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In class, we discussed 4 different approaches (platforms) to development. Which approach can be described as strong support for all development and a focus on production and economic impacts?

Advocacy Platform

A branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty

Aesthetics

In Western science, the term ecosystem is limited to the physical components of a particular region such as the grouping of plants, animals, and other geographic features in a particular area. In other cultures, such a unit would also include ... Ancestors, the presences of beings that had lived and died in that place, the people who currently lived there, intangible, all answers are correct

All answers are correct

Kristin Westdal states that sound is critical for the survival of the beluga whale. This is because beluga whales use sound to... communicate between each other, locate their breathing holes, locate their food at depths, all answers are correct

All answers are correct

Dempsey et al (2011) indicated that there are 5 inter-related measurable aspects of community sustainability. Which of the following are the aspects? (Pride/sense of place, Safety and security, Social interaction/social networks in the community, Community stability, Participation in collective groups and networks in the community)

All are correct

Sea turtles live in the ocean but hatch at night on the beach. Hatchlings find the sea by detecting the bright horizon over the ocean. Artificial lights draw them _____ the ocean. In Florida alone, millions of hatchlings die this way every year.

Away from

_______ in the ecological context is defined as a threshold of stress below which populations and ecosystem functions can be sustained. In the social context, the _________ of a region is measured by the level of services (including ecological services) needed by the community

Carrying capacity

Rules and regulations that are used to limit or avoid the tragedy

Command and control

Piece of open land for public use, especially in a village or town

Common

Happens when consumers purchase products or services produced with social and environmental considerations in mind. It can be described as consumers 'voting with their dollars', by purchasing products and services produced responsibly

Conscious consumer

Making a common resource excludable - making a common resource "behave" like a private resource

Creating property rights

When those who damage (overuse) the resource is socially disapproved while those that use the resource wisely are praised and respected

Cultural Norms

The set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or a social group, and that it encompasses, in addition to art and literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems, traditions and beliefs

Culture

Environmental degradation can _________________ economic development.

Dampen

Our Common Future states that "Environmental stress has often been seen as the result of the growing demand on scarce resources and the pollution generated by the rising living standards of the relatively affluent. But poverty itself pollutes the environment, creating environmental stress in a different way." What is the way poverty pollutes the environment, creating environmental stress? (a) Those who are poor and hungry will not be able to contribute financially to environmental causes (b) All answers are correct (c) Those who are poor and hungry will often destroy their immediate environment in order to survive (d)Those who are poor and hungry are also uneducated.

EXAM 1 Incorrect answer is - all answers are correct

Archimedes was an ancient Greek thinker who taught us that if we lean on the right levers, we can move the world. In the fight against extreme poverty, Youn indicates that there are three powerful levers that we can lean on. Which of the following are those three levels (select 3) A. Humanity already knows the tools to end poverty B. Most of the world's poor are farmers C. Humanity needs to discover new and innovative tools to end poverty D. Most of the world's poor live in cities where it is easy to get resources to E. Delivery of these tools eradicate poverty

EXAM 1 Incorrect grouping of (most of the worlds poor are farmers, humanity needs to discover new and innovative tools to end poverty, delivery of these tools eradicates poverty)

The United Nations identified 17 goals for Sustainable Development. Which of the goals relates to doing things such as promoting sustainable agriculture and supporting small farmers. a. Zero hunger b. Sustainable cities & communities c. Global warming d. Clean water & sanitation e. Life on land f. Affordable & clean energy g. Quality education h. Industry, innovation & infrastructure i. Decent work & economic growth j. Good health & well-being k. Life below water l. Partnerships for the goals m. Reduce inequalities n. Responsible consumption & production o. Peace, justice & strong institutions p. No poverty q. Climate action r. Gender equality

EXAM 1 it is neither Sustainable cities & communities or Global Warming

Man and Nature Or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Actions by George Perkins Marsh was the first comprehensive critique of the extent to _______ development had _______ the physical environment and hence human well-being. FIRST BLANK OPTIONS (appropriate, industrial, inappropriate, all, sustainable) SECOND BLANK OPTIONS (advanced, maintained, damaged, highlighted)

EXAM 1 (I had put Industrial/damaged, one of these was incorrect)

In our discussion in class we divided the environment into 4 different categories. Which of the following is not one of those categories?Natural environment, Farmed environment, Natural resources, Economic environment, or Built environment

Economic environment

Relates only to new money injected into an economy by visitors, vendors, media, sponsors, external government entities, or banks and investors from the community

Economic impact

An approach to restoring and sustaining healthy ecosystems and their functions and values. It is based on a collaboratively developed version of desired future ecosystem conditions that integrates ecological, economic, and social factors affecting a management unit defined by ecological, not political, boundaries. Management of entire ecological systems, including human social dimensions, rather than individual components

Ecosystem management

_____________ is an approach to restoring and sustaining health ecosystems and their functions and values. It is based on a collaboratively developed version of desired future ecosystem conditions that integrates ecological, economic, and social factors affecting a management unit defined by ecological, not political, boundaries.

Ecosystem management

According to John Linehan, there is no better direct economic benefit that justifies the preservation of habitats than ...

Ecotourism

John Kasaona discussed a program developed by the IRDNC to pay local people to look after the wildlife. They turned to the "poachers" who lived in the local villages. The idea was to help men reclaim their abilities to manage their peoples and their rights to own and manage wildlife. And thus, as people started feeling ownership over wildlife, wildlife numbers started coming back, and that's actually becoming a foundation for conservation in Namibia." Which of the following is not one of the three things he stated that helped to build this foundation?

Enforcing punishments for those who were found to be poachers

The sum of all conditions affecting life, development and survival of an organism

Environment

The sum of all conditions affecting the life, development, and survival of an organism

Environment (EPA def.)

The circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded

Environment (dictionary def.)

One in which there are no 'exclusionary' or discriminatory practices hindering individuals from participating economically, socially, and politically in society

Equitable society

In his decision about water resources, Rob Harmon described an incentive program that they developed. Based on his description of the program what area/ type of sustainable business practice would this be for breweries?

External credibility

According to John Linehan, "climate change affects only the most fragile ecosystems in the world, like the polar ice caps."

FALSE

According to John Linehan, the bald eagle was almost drive into extinction by hunting

FALSE

Aesthetics is very objective

FALSE

Burden states that, "design is not just how something looks, it's how your body feels on that seat in that space, and I believe that successful design always depends on that very individual experience." In other words she is saying that design (and we could add aesthetics) is very objective

FALSE

Consumers and purchasers how power in what businesses produce. The larger the purchaser or consumer, the greater their influence is on the goods businesses produce, but not on how businesses produce goods

FALSE

Food insecurity exists in 90% of the counties in America

FALSE

If you put an animal in a habitat that is not natural for them they will adapt and have no long-term issue

FALSE

Industries like forestry can never be sustainable

FALSE

Interpretation is a communication process that forges intellectual, not emotional, connections between the interests of the audience and the inherent meanings in the resource

FALSE

Man and Nature: Or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Actions by George Perkins Marsh was the first comprehensive critique of the extent to which sustainable development had a positive impact on the physical environment and hence human well-being

FALSE

Pollinator decline is not a grand challenge in modern world

FALSE

Pollinator decline is not a grand challenge in the modern world

FALSE

Research shows that people who have an understanding of sustainable ideas and issues still are not inclined to be supportive of those ideas

FALSE

Which of the following resources are considered renewable and which are considered non-renewable?

FORREST AND FISH - renewable FOSSIL FULES AND MINERALS - Non-renewable

A trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade. It contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and securing the rights of, marginalized producers and workers

Fair Trade

Human trafficking is the use of ________, _________, or _______ to obtain labor or services from a person against their will

Force, Fraud, Coercion

Howard indicates that businesses should take _______ responsibility for the impacts of their supply chain.

Full

The United Nations Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG) has identified 17 sustainable development goals for the world. Which of the following is not one of those goals?

Global Warming

Statement of desired outcomes

Goals

We have discussed that there are 4 sides/ dimensions of sustainable development. The diagram above helped us to visualize how these 4 sides are related to each other. Which of the following is not one of the sides we discussed?

Human

In class we identified 4 sides of sustainability (economy, environmental, sociocultural, aesthetic) that are completely ...

Interdependent of each other (impacts each other)

Which of the following is not one of the top three killers of bees

Invasive species

According to John Lineham, the bald eagle was almost driven into extinction by ...

Irresponsible use of pesticides

The NC Zoo is the ______ natural habitat zoo in the world

Largest

Part of the destinations income which is not spent on domestically produced goods and services

Leakage

Called hidden hunger. Where a person is getting enough calories but not enough nutrients

Micronutrient Deficiency

An industry classification system that groups establishments into industries based on the similarity of their production processes

NACIS

In our discussion about the environment, we identified different types/sides of the environment. Which of those types/sides can be described as ... features that include mountains, seas, rivers, lakes, caves, beaches, and forest/ woodlands. In its purest form, it is an area that has not been disturbed by humans or domestic animals.

Natural Environmental (Landscape)

An environment that includes landscapes and the natural features that give an area its identity

Natural environment

Sustainable development is the development that meets the ________ of the present without compromising the ability of _________ to meet their own _________

Needs Future generations Needs

Form of participation where initiatives that on the surface seem to be a form of public participation but stakeholders who have no input

Non-participation

Resources where the use by one reduces the stock available for future generations.

Non-renewable Resources

Brought the concept of sustainable development to a global issue

Our Common Future

poverty as "the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions." -OR- Lacking enough resources to provide the basic needs of life - food, clean water, shelter, clothing, access to health care, education, and transportation

Poverty

There are many potential benefits of adopting sustainable practices for a company. Which of the following is not one of those reasons identified or discussed in class? Preservation of all resources, Stakeholder satisfaction, Risk management, Increase market share, Improved financial performance, or Competitive edge

Preservation of all recourses

There are many potential benefits of adopting sustainable practices for a company. Which of the following is not one of those reasons identified or discussed in class?

Preservation of all resources

Approach to the management of natural resources that stress the spiritual / aesthetic value of wilderness.

Preservationists

Approach to the management of natural resources that represents a "wise use" of those resources. The motives are economic rather than just aesthetic.

Progressive Conservationists

Basic lack of calories and protein

Protein-Energy Malnutrition

The chief aim of interpretation is ...

Provocation

The United Nations identified 17 goals for Sustainable Development. Which of the goals relates to universal primary and secondary education, affordable vocational training, access to higher education and more for all people?

Quality Education

Based on our class discussion, when looking at the history of the ideas behind sustainability what is one thing that can be attributed to the following? ROMAN REPUBLIC: EARLY FARMING/PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIONISTS: IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY: RACHEL CARSON/RECREATION MOVEMENT:

ROMAN REPUBLIC: Planning and development EARLY FARMING/PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIONISTS: Wise use IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY: Long-term view RACHEL CARSON/RECREATION MOVEMENT: Both a rural and an urban

Resources where the use by one person does not deplete availability for future generations so long as the rate of use is within the limits of regeneration and natural growth

Renewable Resources

Written by Rachel Carson, this book helped to transform the environmental debate from one that was primarily based in peripheral areas to one that was urban-based

Silent Spring

Social networks and the associated norms of reciprocity, and also refers to features of the social organization including trust, the density, and knowledge of relationships within networks and obligations and expectations

Social capital

The basic process in the formation both of human nature and of the social order and cohesive society is said to hang together, in part, through this

Social interaction

The arrangement of social relationships in a group of people with a common interest

Society

In class, we identified 4 sides to sustainable development. We used an image such as the one below to show how these sides overlap and impact each other. Which of the following are the 4 sides of sustainable development/ (Hint - you will select 4 items)

Sociocultural Economy Environment Aesthetic

Considering the environment, context, and expected experience seen in the picture above. Which of the following would not be sustainable from an aesthetic standpoint.

Sound of airplanes taking off from an airport

One of the keys to effective interpretation is

Starting where your audience is

Aesthetics is

Subjective

A dizzying array of labels has cropped up in response to companies' desire to communicate to consumers their environmental efforts. But the success of ratings like Energy Star show show resoundingly people respond when, in considering products in a category, they are presented with a single rating.

TRUE

Economic growth and development obviously involve changes n the physical ecosystem. Every ecosystem everywhere cannot be preserved intact

TRUE

Environment and development are separate challenges; they are not linked

TRUE

Globalization refers to the eve-increasing network of connections between individuals and organizations made possible by technology and transportation

TRUE

In his discussion, Steve Howard said that the vast majority of people care about sustainability after the day-to-day issues

TRUE

Poverty is more than just lack of money

TRUE

The scale of a business operation makes a clear difference in its environmental footprint, but small businesses grouped together by environmental and economic impacts have a combined significance that is sometimes ignored because of their relatively small individual size

TRUE

The triple bottom line (TBL) consists of three Ps: profit, people and planet.

TRUE

The triple bottom line aims to measure the financial, social and environmental performance of the corporation over a period of time

TRUE

There is no single blueprint of sustainability, as economic and social systems and ecological conditions differ widely among countries, communities and businesses

TRUE

VCI provides a way to make apples- to- apples comparisons of products on the basis of the impacts that accure to them at each phase of their journey from raw material to consumed, discarded good

TRUE

The ratio of direct, indirect, and induced changes in an economy to the direct initial change itself

The multiplier effect

John Kasaona dissced a program developed by the IRDNC to pay local people to look after the wildlife. They turned to the "poachers" who lived in the local villages. The idea was to help men reclaim their abilities to manage their peoples and their rights to own and manage wildlife. And thus, as people started feeling ownership over wildlife, wildlife numbers started coming back, and that's actually becoming a foundation for conservation in Namibia. What were three things he stated that helped to build this foundation?(Strong regulations and rules, Enforcing punishments for those who were found to be poachers, The villagers wanted to have better life where they could benefit through many things, Honoring of tradition and being open to new ideas, partnerships)

The villagers wanted to have better life where they could benefit through many things; Honoring of tradition and being open to new ideas; Partnerships

In the article The Sustainable Economy, the authors state that, "Developments on three fronts ... make it not only possible but inevitable that successful business will become synonymous with sustainable business." Which of the following is not one of those three fronts? (a)Capital is flowing into companies known to manage the cost of things that had been considered priceless well (b)Indices are being established that allow disparate contributors in a supply chain to converge on sustainability standards (c)Prices are now being calculated for many things that had been considered priceless (d)There is more awareness and understanding of the environmental, sociocultural, economic, and aesthetic impact business has on a community

There is more awareness and understanding of the environmental, sociocultural, economic, and aesthetic impact business has on a community

There are multiple strengths to using carrying capacity measurements. Which of the following is not one of those strengths? (It is a true measure of cumulative effects against a threshold, It addresses time factors, It addresses the effects in a system context, This type of regional information is often developed in the United States)

This type of regional information often is developed in the United States

The tendency of any resource that is unowned, and hence nonexcludable, to be overused and under-maintained.

Tragedy of the Commons

A philosophical orientation whereby organizations develop and implement not just a traditional economically sustainable strategy, but also explicitly include environmental and social sustainability strategies. Companies/ organizations monitoring the following 3 areas profit, people, and the planet.

Triple Bottom Line

Wilson-Rich found that urban beehives have a longer life span that rural and suburban beehives, and bees in the city are more biodiverse; there are more bee species in urban areas. This was due to ...

Urban areas have the most habitat and the best habitat for bees

At times during the year, eating patterns of one or more household members were disrupted and food intake reduced because the household lacked money or other resources for food

Very low food security

Promoting sustainable agriculture and supporting small farmers are methods (ways) to address which UN Sustainable Development Goal?

Zero Hunger

1 in _________ Americans are food insecure.

6

According to the Encyclopedia of Sustainability, "The U.S. government estimates that ______ percent of its economy is composed of small businesses."

99.7%

From a business perspective, the environment can be viewed as (select all that are correct)

A brand A resource of raw material A recruitment tool

Environmental and economic problems are linked to many social and political factors

TRUE

any individual or identifiable group that can affect or is affected by the achievement of the organization's objectives

Stakeholder

The process of working collaboratively with a group of people in order to achieve a goal.

Teamwork

Relating to the process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought. The study of scarcity, how people use resources, and decision-making

Economics

Groups of interconnected, mutually interdependent parts linked by the exchange of energy, matter, and information. An interconnected community of living things, including humans, and the physical environment with which they interact.

Ecosystem

Economic growth and development do not necessarily have to involve change in the physical ecosystem. Every ecosystem everywhere can be preserved intact.

FALSE

Sustainability is solely an environmental issue

FALSE

Sustainability is solely an environmental issue.

FALSE

Sustainable development can be defined as, "Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations' needs"

FALSE

The environmental difficulties that confront us are new and complex

FALSE

The nee for these natural resources by business and industry does not provide an economic rationale for protecting and preserving such resources

FALSE

Urban social sustainability can only occur in neighborhoods with 'high' environmental quality

FALSE

We do not depend on one bioshperes for sustaining our lives

FALSE

Wilson-Rich found that urban beehives have a longer life span than rural and suburban beehives, and bees in the city are more biodiverse; there are more bee species in urban areas. This was due to the lack of pesticides in urban areas.

FALSE

Youn (3 Reasons Why We Can Win the Fight Against Poverty video) argues that conventional fertilizer, even if used responsibly, is not environmentally sustainable.

FALSE

An environment where people have transformed the natural environment to produce crops and raise livestock

Farmed environment

An area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food. An area that is more than one mile from a supermarket in urban or suburban areas and more than 10 miles from a supermarket in rural areas

Food Desert

There are three main characteristics/ elements for a group of people to be considered a team. What are they?

Interdependence, Common goal, Working collaboratively

a communication process that forges emotional and intellectual connections between the interests of the audience and the inherent meanings in the resource

Interpretation

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Sustainable Development

Places where people want to live and work, now and in the future. They meet the diverse needs of existing and future residents, are sensitive to their environment, and contribute to a high quality of life. They are safe and inclusive, well planned, built and run, and offer equality of opportunity and good services for all

Sustainable community

Fresh fruit and vegetables are difficult to find in food deserts.

TRUE

Interpretation is a communication process that forges intellectual and emotional connections between the interests of the audience and the inherent meanings in the resource

TRUE

Joe Mooallem in his discussion argued that "stories have very real consequences, because now, how we feel about an animal affects its survival more than anything that you read about in ecology textbooks. Storytelling matters now. Emotion matters. Our imagination has become an ecological force."

TRUE

Our Common Future brought the concept of sustainable development to a global issue.

TRUE

People need to feel safe before they can address the need to conserve cultural traditions

TRUE

Research shows that people are supportive of sustainable ideas and issues if they understand these issues

TRUE

Sam Ohu Gon stated that in the past people had less impact on the natural environment (<15%) in Hawaii yet were 100% self sufficient. Today people have a much larger impact of the natural environment (>70%) but are less (<15%) self sufficient. In other words, people in Hawaii rely on imports to survive. This was due to a change in the way the land (natural resources) was viewed and managed. He argues that any formula for land use that replaces huge native diversity for a single thing will ultimately destroy the foundation upon which our lives and identity depend.

TRUE

Steve stated that giving and using names for the animals (which he did multipule times during the presentation) makes a difference because it makes a connection to the animal

TRUE

We all depend on one biosphere for sustaining our lives.

TRUE

When done correctly teams allow for tasks to be accomplished that would be impossible or extremely difficult for an individual.

TRUE

Wilson-Rich argues that one of the reasons for concern over the decline in bee populations is that without pollinators (such as bees) we would be without foods that we rely upon: fruits, vegetables, crunchy almonds and nuts, tart apples, sour lemons. This will lead to causing global hunger, economic collapse, and a total moral crisis across earth

TRUE

Without social interaction, people living in a given area can only be described as a group of individuals living separate lives, with little sense of community or sense of pride or place attachment

TRUE

You cannot make good products from bad raw material

TRUE

An interdependent group of people that work collaboratively with each other to achieve a common goal

Team


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