Sustainability

Sustainability

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Sustainability

the ability of a system to last or endure; meeting current human needs without endangering our descendants

The Ecological Footprint 

measures the amount of biologically productive land and sea area required to provide for the demand of population, including the the areas for growing the food, fiber, and timber they consume, the space they occupy with their houses and roads, the area needed to sequesters the carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuel.

Biocapacity

refers to the capacity of a given biologically productive area to generate an on-going supply of renewable resources and to absorb its waste. Unsustainability occurs if the area's ecological footprint exceeds its biocapacity

Ecological overshoot 

occurs when human demand exceeds the regenerative capacity of a natural ecosystem. Global overshoot occurs when humanity demands more than what the biosphere can renew. In other words, when humanity’s Ecological Footprint exceeds what the planet can regenerate.

Earth Overshoot Day

marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources (fish and forests, for instance) and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. 

Multiple Choice

refers to the capacity of a given biologically productive area to generate an on-going supply of renewable resources and to absorb its waste.

• Overshoot

• Biocapacity

• Footprint

Multiple Choice

the ability of a system to last or endure; meeting current human needs without endangering our descendants

• Biocapacity

• Biosphere

• Sustainability

Multiple Choice

occurs if the area's ecological footprint exceeds its biocapacity.

• Unsustainability

• Sustainability

• Super powers

Multiple Choice

occurs when human demand exceeds the regenerative capacity of a natural ecosystem.

• Ecological Equilibrium

• Ecological Ecology

• Ecological Overshoot