Final Exam Prep PDF

Title Final Exam Prep
Author Lauren Wishart
Course Introduction to Environmental Studies
Institution University of Victoria
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Full set of notes that includes everything necessar​y to know for the final exam....


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ES 200: Final Prep Tutorial Lauren Wishart #V00874778 ES 200 -- Topics

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- Main reasons 1. Ecological, 2. Bioeconomic, 3. Cognitive - *Ratchets 1. Odum’s, 2. Ludwig’s, 3. Pauly’s - Definitions: Jevons Paradox, Blue Revolution (protein to protein), Green Revolution

Lecture notes, textbook, + assigned reading

1 hour

high

Barriers to Achieving Food Security

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- Barriers 1. Fences, 2. Cash crops, 3. Climate change - Definitions: Paradox of Plenty, Penny pinch, Cash cropping, Mitigation, Adaptation

Lecture notes + textbook,

45min

medium

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Marine Sustainability

Rules to Eat By - Rules 1. eating locally, 2. eating organic, 3. eating less meat - Criticisms of eating localNot a guarantee it is better for the environment - Benefits of Organic 1. No GMO, 2. No growth hormones, 3. No antibiotics - Eating less meat benefits 1. economic, 2. ecologic, 3. health - *2 Problems Addressing Structural Tension - Individualization

Lecture notes, textbook, + assigned reading

ES 200 Topics

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Limits of Individual Action and the Power of Collective Action to Change Systems 1

- Community Cabbage (waste reduction) - 1/2 of UVIC food is local - Challenges : 1. Maintaining price, 2. Buying local (100 miles), 3. Providing healthy food - need collective action for improvements rather than individual input (limits)

Lecture notes + “Food Change” documentary

25min

Low

Lecture notes, textbook, + assigned reading

20min

Low

Lecture notes, + textbook

30min

High

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Lecture notes, + video

45min

Medium

Neoliberalism -

Food chains 5 features of neoliberalism Fair food program Neoliberalism (toolkit)

Power and Limits of Environmental Law and Policy -

Policy vs. Regulation (water + food) *Early water policy: 1. settlement, 2. security of use, 3. availability Water law: water sustainability act FITFIR (first in time first in right) Virtual Water

ES 200 Topics Community Economies -

Mainstream economic + entrepreneurship theory Community-based enterprise (entrepreneur vs. enterprise) Achievements: security, jobs, civic democracy, umbrella effect (small business) *Internal Challenges: (balancing ind. + community interests) External Challenges: (government, fiscal policy, economic globalization)

Decolonizing Food Systems

2

**MISSED LECTURE**

Lecture notes + article

Plants to Know -

garry oak camas oceanspray willow cattail salmonberry western red cedar douglas fir salal arbutus crab apple

nature walk + online slides

1 hour

High

Root Causes

3

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Consuming too much too quickly because of fear of death Adam Smith: Vanity - 2 definitions Ernest Becker: Fear of death, cosmic specialness, TMT Potlach ceremonies

Final: - non cumulative (starting with Volpe) - short answer + m/c - 6/11 plants on exam (table w/ picture: name, description, habitat/ecology, indigenous use) Terms: - Capitalism vs. Neoliberalism Political system (tax cuts, privatization) vs. Economic process-based system (profit, philosophy of action) - Individualism vs. Collective Action They are linked - Enviro. Law: Policy vs. Regulation - External vs. Internal Challenges - Food Security vs. Food Sovereignty everybody has access to nutritional food. vs. the right to have access to food, being able to produce food (broader) - Blue Revolution vs. Green Revolution aquaculture vs. agriculture - Enclosure Movement vs. Paradox of Plenty - Wild Salmon vs. Farmed Salmon - Ludwigs Ratchet vs. Agricultural Treadmill

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