Global Environmental Studies midterm flashcard

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What does it mean to say that nature and society are socially constructed?

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It means that our understanding of nature and society is shaped by cultural contexts, rather than being universal.

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Complete the sentence: "environmental issues will not be solved simply through more_____, but through confronting political and economic______?"

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science; power

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From a sociological perspective, how does​ an environmental impact become a problem, risk, or crisis?

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When society view and talk about the impact as a problem, a risk, a crisis.

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How are geopolitical dynamics in terms of carbon emissions and environmental impacts?

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Countries from the global north are more responsible for overall emissions while countries form the global south suffer more environmental impacts.

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What is environmental justice?

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The study of how people who have less power experience more harms of environmental impacts.

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What is environmental racism?

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The systematic practice of overlooking, accepting, and justifying environmental impacts because they affect racialized communities.

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What kind of solutions for environmental impacts will be less effective?

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Those depend on the cumulative decisions of individuals.

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Which factor does have more environmental impacts? Population growth, Overproduction and overconsumption, Environmental harmful individual behavior, No education in green consumption.

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Overproduction and overconsumption.

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What is true about GDP and well-being indicators?

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GDP is pushing us beyond planetary limits while high well-being rates can be achieved with low carbon emission.

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What role do social movements play in social change?

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Social movements play a key role in driving social change by advocating for justice and equality.