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Name: __________________________________
Date: ________________________
Class: _______________
IB ESS
1.1 Environmental Value Systems
Significant Ideas: Historical events, among other influences, affect the development of environmental value systems and environmental movements.
There is a wide spectrum of environmental value systems each with their own premises and applications.
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What is an EVS
1. Define “Environmental Value System”
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2. Look at the systems diagram for an EVS. Add any additional inputs and outputs that you can think of.
(Hints: think about what things influence a person’s knowledge and opinions on the environment.)
3. Define the following value systems
Ecocentric
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Anthropocentric
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A person’s environmental values
education opinions of friends
decision to recycle waste
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Technocentric
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4. Summarise the viewpoint of the following types of people
Cornucopians
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Environmental Managers
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Deep ecologists
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The rate of extinctions world-wide is currently very high; the number of species going extinct is currently a lot more than it has been through most of geological time. This high extinction rate is largely a consequence of human activities.
5. Complete the table to summarise the possible viewpoints of the following types of people.
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6. Choose two of the above environmental value systems and evaluate their implications for the situation stated.
This is a good opportunity to practice the “section B” (from paper 2) essay marking criteria.
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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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