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natural capital |
the sum of natural resources and natural services |
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environmental science |
interdisciplinary study of how humans interact with the environment |
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environmentalism |
social movement that is dedicated to protecting the earth's life support systems for all forms of life |
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ecological footprint |
measure of the average environmental impact of populations in different countries and areas |
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ecological tipping point |
threshold level where irreversible damage occurs to a natural system |
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ecosystem |
group of living things interacting with one another and with their living/nonliving environment |
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nutrient cycling |
the circulation of chemicals necessary for life, from the environment through organisms and back to the environment |
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environmental ethics |
beliefs about what is right and wrong with how we treat the environment |
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poverty |
the state of being unable to fulfill one's basic needs for adequate food, water, shelter, health, and education |
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recycling |
collecting waste materials and processing them into new materials |
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stewardship worldview |
the belief that we have an ethical responsibility to be responsible, caring managers of the earth |
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reuse |
using a resource over and over in the same form |
