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Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Major Human Cultural Changes Agricultural Revolution n Industrial Revolution n
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Impacts of Major Human Cultural Changes Increased energy supply n New technologies to alter and control the planet to meet our needs n
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Impacts of Major Human Cultural Changes Expanded food supplies n Increased population n Increased life spans n Increased resource use and pollution n
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Hunter-gatherers Lived in small nomadic bands n Subsisted on wild plants, hunting, fishing n Possessed expert knowledge of their natural surroundings n
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Hunter-gatherers n Had available to them three main energy sources: – Sunlight captured by plants (perpetual and potentially renewable resources) – Fire – Their own muscle power
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Hunter-gatherers High infant mortality rates n Estimated life span = 30 -40 years n Very slow population growth rates n
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Hunter-Gatherers n Environmental Impacts – Use of fire converted forests into grasslands – Possible extinction of some large animals
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Hunter-Gatherers n Environmental Impacts – Changes in plant diversity distribution – Overall, the impacts were localized, limited, and easily repaired by natural processes
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Agricultural Revolution Began 10, 000 -12, 000 years ago n Earliest form of agriculture was n subsistence farming – Family only grew enough food/livestock for itself – Depended on human muscle and crude implements
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Agricultural Revolution n Methods of subsistence farming: – Agroforestry – Slash-and-burn – Shifting cultivation
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Agricultural Revolution n Subsistence evolved to farming methods that relied extensively on domesticated animals – Pulling plows – Hauling loads – Meat and milk – Manure
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Agricultural Revolution n Environmental Impacts – Using domesticated animals allowed for the expansion of agriculture – Increase in birth rates and population due to a larger and more reliable food supply
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Agricultural Revolution n Environmental Impacts – Increases in farm area as people cleared more land – Widespread use of irrigation systems to transfer water
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Agricultural Revolution n Environmental Impacts – Surplus of food – Growth of cities and development of merchant and artisan professions
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Agricultural Revolution n Environmental Impacts – Expansion of commerce and trade – Increased demand for metals and other nonrenewable mineral resources
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Agricultural Revolution n Environmental Impacts – Land water disputes – Loss of biodiversity – Soil erosion – Increased waste generation – Spread of disease – Fall of civilizations
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Industrial Revolution Began in England in mid-1700 s n Major transformations: n – Potentially renewable to nonrenewable energy sources to fuel technology explosion – Increased per capita energy consumption – Expansion in production, commerce, and trade
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Cultural Changes – Industrial Revolution n Environmental Impacts – Increased urbanization – Forced child labor – Unsafe working conditions – Pollution-pollution! – Isolation of more people from nature
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Environmental Worldviews – Worldview - how people think the world works, what they think their role in the world should be, and what they believe is right and wrong environmental behavior (environmental ethics)
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Environmental Worldviews – Two Major Environmental Worldviews Individual Centered (Atomistic/Frontier) n Earth-Centered (Holistic) n
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Environmental Worldviews – Individual-Centered Worldviews Human-Centered (Anthropocentric) n Life-Centered (Biocentric) n – Species-Centered – Individual-Centered
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Environmental Worldviews – Earth-Centered Worldviews Biosphere-Centered n Ecosystem-Centered n
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Environmental Worldviews – Human-Centered Worldview - Basic Beliefs Grounded in the concept of “planetary management” n Human beings are the planet’s most important species, and we are in charge of the rest of nature n
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Environmental Worldviews – Human-Centered Worldview - Basic Beliefs Nature can be conquered and controlled n Earth has unlimited resources n Resource conservation and environmental management is unnecessary n
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Environmental Worldviews – Human-Centered Worldview - Basic Beliefs n Focuses on short-term economic growth regardless of long-term consequences
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Environmental Worldviews – Earth-Centered Worldview - Basic Beliefs Nature cannot and should not be conquered n All life forms have inherent value n Earth does not have infinite resources n
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Environmental Worldviews – Earth-Centered Worldview - Basic Beliefs Nature cannot and should not be conquered n All life forms have inherent value n Nature is interconnected and integrated, not fragmented n
Cultural Changes and Environmental Worldviews n Environmental Worldviews – Earth-Centered Worldview - Basic Beliefs Humans are part of nature, not apart from nature n Earth does not have infinite resources n Must not engage in activities that degrade earth’s life-support systems n
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