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1.1-Environmental-Value-Systems B5

The document discusses different perspectives on the high rate of species extinction - Ecocentrists, Anthropocentrists, and Technocentrists. Ecocentrists would see species extinction as a major problem and argue that humans need to change their lifestyles to use fewer pollutants and protect natural habitats. Anthropocentrists may not view extinction as a significant problem and believe economic development is more important. Technocentrists think extinction is not a major issue and that human ingenuity can address any problems later. The document asks to complete a table summarizing these viewpoints and their perspectives on why extinction is a problem and what should be done about it.

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1.1-Environmental-Value-Systems B5

The document discusses different perspectives on the high rate of species extinction - Ecocentrists, Anthropocentrists, and Technocentrists. Ecocentrists would see species extinction as a major problem and argue that humans need to change their lifestyles to use fewer pollutants and protect natural habitats. Anthropocentrists may not view extinction as a significant problem and believe economic development is more important. Technocentrists think extinction is not a major issue and that human ingenuity can address any problems later. The document asks to complete a table summarizing these viewpoints and their perspectives on why extinction is a problem and what should be done about it.

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5. Complete the table to summarise some possible viewpoints of the following types of people.

largely a consequence of human activities.


currently a lot more than it has been through most of geological time. This high extinction rate is
The rate of extinctions world-wide is currently very high; the number of species going extinct is
Ecocentrists Anthropocentrists Technocentrists

______________________________ ______________________________ (This is mainly a cornucopian


______________________________ ______________________________ viewpoint): It is not a major
______________________________ ______________________________ problem. Species are going extinct
______________________________ ______________________________ because of pollutants,
deforestation etc. but these
______________________________ ______________________________
activities are the result of
______________________________ ______________________________ economic development and this is
Why is this
______________________________ ______________________________ perhaps more important than
a
______________________________ ______________________________ conserving some species; we can
problem?
______________________________ ______________________________ fix any problems this might cause
later using human ingenuity.
______________________________ ______________________________
______________________________ ______________________________
______________________________ ______________________________
______________________________ ______________________________
______________________________ ______________________________
____________ ____________
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Change our lifestyle: we need to
use fewer harmful chemicals, stop ______________________________ ______________________________
burning fossil fuels etc. We need to ______________________________ ______________________________
accept having fewer luxuries in ______________________________ ______________________________
order to stop polluting the
______________________________ ______________________________
environment and destroying
What natural habitats. ______________________________ ______________________________
should we ______________________________ ______________________________
do about ______________________________ ______________________________
it? ______________________________ ______________________________
______________________________ ______________________________
______________________________ ______________________________
______________________________ ______________________________
______________________________ ______________________________
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Historical Influences on EVSs

1. Draw a timeline to mark some of the major events in history that have influenced
environmental value systems. As a minimum, you must include the following (but you are
encouraged to add others):
The agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution, the green revolution,
founding of Greenpeace, Carson’s “Silent Spring” published, at least two major
environmental disasters

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What is Your EVS?

1. What is your environmental value system? Justify your opinion using examples of
environmental systems.
Note: You may have a combination of different viewpoints, this is fine. There is no wrong answer when
giving your opinion but you do need to be able to justify it.
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