Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
15. Sustainable Development
2. Petra Kelly
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Origins of Green Party, Germany.
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Die Grünen. West German Greens. Early 1980s.
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1983. Gained entry into Parliament.
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1998. Formed coalition with Social Democrats.
3. Peter Berg
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Bioregionalism.
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Geographic areas having common characteristics of soil, watersheds, climate,
and native plants and animals.
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Ideas about how to live in a place.
4. Kirkpatrick Sale
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Dwellers in the Land: The Bioregional Vision, 1991.
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Bioregional cities.
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Growing food in urban gardens and farm belts
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Returning waste to the land as compost.
5. Bioregional Versus Industrial Paradigms
6. Gro Harlem Brundtland
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Sustainable development.
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Norwegian Prime Minister.
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United Nations, Our Common Future, 1987.
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"Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their needs."
7. Sustainable Netherlands
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Solar Panels in Netherlands.
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Environmental space.
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Sustainable consumption.
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Limited meat consumption; water use; air transport.
8. Urban Regeneration
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Local markets; local bus transit.
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Low-cost, infill housing.
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Water, bathroom, kitchen upgrades based on conservation of water and energy.
9. Ecoforestry
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Goals: Beauty, health, and permanence.
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Productivity as a by-product: clean air, wood, water.
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Ends over means.
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Quality over quantity.
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Working with nature.
10. Agroforestry
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A sustainable land use system.
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Crops and trees grown together.
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Nitrogen-fixation improves soil.
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Replanting upland watersheds.
11. Community Forestry
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Communities plant woodlots and fuelwood plantations.
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School children raise seedlings.
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Forestry as part of rural development.
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Conservation and recycling of paper.
12. Soil Management
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Intensive use of good land; arid tolorant crops on drylands; soil fertility.
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Crop and grazing rotations; mixed, multiple-croping.
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Mixing crops and livestock.
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Green mulch; legumes; animal manures.
13. Aerodynamic Windbreaks
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Tall trees adjacent to roads.
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Shrubs next to fields.
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Small trees in between.
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Designed to lift wind away from fields.
14. Malawai Waterpump
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Clean water for village.
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Gravity piped water rather than bore wells.
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Village based self-help.
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Local villagers provide labor.
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Government provides technicians.
15. Wildlife Conservation
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Great Blue Heron.
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New conservation.
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World Conservation Strategy. (WCS) 1980.
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Integrated approach to global conservation.
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Species and populations.
16. Conservation Biology
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Gray Wolf. Yellowstone National Park.
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In-situ conservation of ecosystems?plants, animals, and micro-organisms.
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Scientific research and monitoring of the environment.
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UNESCO: Man and the Biosphere Programme.
17. Wilderness
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Protection of habitats as parks and wilderness areas.
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Large charismatic animals versus unseen natural biota.
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Partnership with wildlife.
18. ESPM 161 Readings
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Radical Ecology. C. Merchant (2005) Overview of environmental philosophies
and movements.
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Ecology. ed. C. Merchant (2008). Selections by environmental philosophers
and activists.
19. ESPM 161 Course Reader
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Recent, controversial articles on environmental issues.
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From the Presocratics to Bill Joy
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From GMO foods to Julia Butterfly
20. The Global Ecological Crisis leads to Global Revolution: 1970-2050
21. Partnership Ethics: People and Nature
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The Greatest Good for the Human and Nonhuman Communities is in their Mutual
Living Interdependence.
22. Partnership Ethics
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Equity between the human and nonhuman communities.
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Moral consideration for both humans and other species.
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Respect for cultural diversity and biodiversity.
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Inclusion of women, minorities, and nonhuman nature in the code of ethical
accountability.
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An ecologically sound management that is consistent with the continued
health of both the human and nonhuman communities.
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