24.08.28 Sustainability

Bozeman Science:

http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-es-001-environmental-science

Link to chapter 1 of the cengage Miller text:

https://elab.hpa.edu/apes/_pdf/cengage/chapters/cengage_ch1.pdf

Chapter 1.1 homework:email answers before next class

Cengage, chapter 1.1

1. How many mass extinctions?
2. How does gecko tape work?
3. What is the difference between ecology and environmentalism?
4. Give an example of each of the three first principles of sustainability in our community here in Hawaii: opportunities and threats
5. Explain in your own words the three additional sustainability principles in section 1.1 of the text
6. Look up the term LDC and explain why you need to know this
7. p. 24 has a section on ecological footprint analysis. Answer the following:

1. Which three countries have the largest ecological deficits? For each of these countries, why do you think it has a deficit?

2. Rank the countries with ecological credits in order from highest to lowest credit. For each country, why do you think it has an ecological credit?

3. Rank the countries in order from the largest to the smallest per capita ecological footprint.

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