What law empowers BLM?
Federal Lands Policy and Management Act
What law empowers USFS
Multiple-use sustained-yield Act and National Forest Management Act
What law empowers the National Park Service
National Park Service Organic Act
What law empowers the US Fish and Wildlife agency?
National wildlife refuge system administration act
What are 10 sustainability metrics?
- Ecological footprint analysis
- Carbon footprint
- Life-cycle analysis
- Energy return on investment
- UN Human development index
- Genuine progress indicator
- Happy planet index
- Triple bottom line
- Ecolabels
- Certified organic
- Fair trade
- Food miles
Define ecological footprint analysis as a sustainability metric
Measures human demand on nature. Measures how much land and water area a human population uses to generate a number that indicates if a population is living within its means or is in a state of ecological overshoot.
Define energy return on investment as a sustainability metric
determines if an energy source takes more energy to produce than it yields
Define UN Human Development Index as a sustainability metric
Often criticized for lacking ecological components. Measures social well-being using data on life expectancy, education, income, etc.
Define genuine progress indicator as a sustainability metric
Takes GDP info and adjusts for social factors like income distribution, environmental damage, crime, etc.
Define triple bottom line as a sustainability metric
Rates financial, social, and environmental aspects of sustainability
What three sustainability metrics would you choose and why?
- Triple bottom line because it includes financial, social, and env. components
- Energy return on investment because society will be energy dependent for the foreseeable future.
- Ecological footprint because the environment supports the overall social and economical wellbeing of society
What are the 10 challenges faced by the sustainability movement?
- Shared vision
- Economic growth ideals
- Resiliency
- Inequality
- Repair and protect env.
- Climate change
- Not climate change
- Greenwashing
- Politicization
- Finance
What sustainability challenge would you add to Caradonna’s list?
Responsibility blame: the struggle between individuals blaming corporation and corporations blaming individuals.
Do you agree with the SCOTUS decision in Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
No, like Sierra Club v Morton the case was too focused on technicalities.
