Environmental Ethics

Value Worth in importance placed on something or someone by a person.

Moral What is right vs. what is wrong.

Ethic The body of moral principles or values followed by an individual. These are your ACTIONS!!

Environment Your total surroundings; includes both biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) factors

Environmental Ethic The body of moral principles or values followed by a person in regards to their total surroundings.

Ecology The study of organisms and their interactions with their environment The study of organisms and their interactions with their environment

SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE ESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF LIFE ARE NEITHER LESSENED NOR DEPLETED. AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE ESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF LIFE ARE NEITHER LESSENED NOR DEPLETED. ESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF LIFE: ESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF LIFE: –OXYGEN, FOOD, WATER, NUTRIENTS, WARMTH, SHELTER,

UNSUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE ESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF LIFE ARE LESSENED OR DEPLETED. AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE ESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF LIFE ARE LESSENED OR DEPLETED.

Ecosystem An area composed of biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) components, which interact with one another. An area composed of biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) components, which interact with one another.

Ecological Footprint A measure of how much land and water an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates. A measure of how much land and water an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates. (aka how much humans impact an ecosystem by their use of land, water and other natural resources) (aka how much humans impact an ecosystem by their use of land, water and other natural resources)