WorksheetsLESSON 2
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 14mins
The _____ is able to consume, the wealthier it is. The more the person can buy stuff, the higher it is in the development scale.
population
production
product
How do you think overconsumption puts the planet and society at risk?
crowded
overproduction
overpopulation
biocapacity
He is the one that states about "Forget ‘developing’ poor countries, its time to ‘de-develop’ rich countries"
aristotle
Peter Edwards
Jason Hickel
copernicus
Rather than pushing poor countries to develop, we should look at rich countries to ‘slow down’
true
false
What do we need to have LONG and HAPPY LIFE?
US = 79 years ($53,000)
US = 79 years ($35,000)
•CUBA = 79 years ($6,000)
•CUBA = 79 years ($60,000)
Quality of life
Life expectancy and literacy
Difficulty in acceptance = stop moving forward, improving and growing
Costa Rica = highest happiness indicator (1/4 0f per capita income of US = 1.9 ha)
Interventions
De-development
Costa Rica = highest happiness indicator (1/4 0f per capita income of US = 1.9 ha)
We must slow down or it will be done for us (climate change)
Difficulty in acceptance = stop moving forward, improving and growing
Ecological and development imperative
Buen Vivir means
comfortable life
hardship
good life
How Much is Enough?
Robert Skidelsky , Edward Skidelsky
Charles Skidelsky , Edward Skidelsky
Charles Skidelsky , David Skidelsky
Robert Skidelsky , David Skidelsky
He states that...
"Rather than pushing poor countries to develop, we should look at rich countries to ‘catch down’"
Looking for societies (people= happy and high life expectancy but with low income and consumption
Jason Edwards
Peter Edwards
Jason Hickel
Peter Hickel
It means to improve lives and reduce our consumption
save money
intervention
impulsive
We must "catch down" or it will be done for us (climate change)
True
False
• Ecological and development imperative
Quality instead of quantity (truer forms of progress)
theory of progress
Shift to new concept of progress
De-development
Not imposing harsh limits but reaching higher level of understanding and consciousness about what we are doing here and why (flourishing)
Development imperatives
Shift to new concept of progress
De-development
theory of progress
The SDGs are …
A set of 18 goals for the world’s future, through 2030
True
False
The SDG are...
Backed up by a set of 196 detailed Targets
True
False
The SDG are....
Negotiated over a two-year period at the United Nations
True
False
• Agreed to by nearly all the world’s nations, on ______
25 Sept 2016
25 Sept 2015
27 Sept 2015
27 Sept 2016
Poverty Occurs when a person or group of person suffers from abundance of the essential resources for minimum standard of living and life
True
False
Sources of Poverty
Chemical Resources
Material Resources
Social Resources
Socio-Economic Resources
Kinds of Poverty
Rural Poverty
Absolute Poverty
Relative Poverty
Urban Poverty
Condition of having fewer resources or less income than others within a society or country or compared to the worldwide average
Absolute Poverty
Relative Poverty
Measured by poverty line • $1.95/day • Varies in different countries (developed and third world)
Absolute Poverty
Relative Poverty
Global Hectare is common unit that encompasses the average productivity of all the biologically productive land and sea area in the world in a given year. Biologically productive areas include cropland, forest and fishing grounds, and do not include deserts, glaciers and the open ocean
True
False
• SDG aims to eradicate poverty by using growth strategies. • 1980 = 380%
True
False
Antropologist, London School of Economics
Jason Hickel
copernicus
Peter Edwards
Aristotle
