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• How can we slow world population growth?– Improving education - literacy
• health- reproductive, physical, mental, social• family planning• employment• corporate investment in literacy in developing countries
– Family Planning• counseling• pre and post natal care
– Investing in Social Security– Economic Security (alleviate poverty)
• more jobs (especially for women)• education for employment
– Education on resource management• greenbelt movement
• What is the current world population?
Quiz
• 1. What resource is “absolutely fundamental to life as we know it”.
• 2. What % of the Earth’s water is useable freshwater?a. 0.77% b. 2.5% c. 30% d. 70%
• 3. What is a rain shadow?• 4. The greatest consumer of water in society
today is:a. households; b. industry; c. agriculture
Water - ecology & resource
• De 8:7 For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills, (>600)
• Why did God create water?• What is the role of water in Creation?• The anthropic principle or “the functional
integrity of Creation” principle
What role does water play for organisms?
• hydration
• growth
• cleaning
• habitat
• majority of body
• cooling
Water - ecology & resource• Most of every living organism is water.
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• Osmoregulation
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• Organismic balance
Water - ecology & resource• What roles does water play on Earth?
– Take 5 minutes, use your text, and make a list of the roles
• water cycle• irrigation• weather and climate• growth• energy• life sustaining
Water - ecology & resource• What roles does water play on Earth?
– A temperature and climate regulator• High specific heat (1 cal/g)
• High heat of freezing (80 cal/g)
• High heat of vaporization (540 cal/g)
– A weather machine in interaction with the sun.
• Water keeps the earth livable.
What role does water play for human society?
• Take 5 minutes, use your text, and make a list of the roles
Water - ecology & resource• What role does water play for humans?
– Physiological water • 2.3 liters per day
– Functional integrity of climate systems • 97.418 %
– Living water • 100 gallons/person/day (8%)
– Growing our food• 700 gallons/person/day
– Technological water - 970 gallons/person/d
Water - ecology & resource• What role does water play for humans?
– personal water
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Water - ecology & resource• What role does water play for humans?
– Technological water - 970 gallons/person/d
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Water - ecology & resource• What role does water play for humans?
– 1770 gallons/person/day
Water Use in U.S.
Agriculture39%
Power production
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Industry21%
Residential6%
Principles of sustainability as related to water
• Ecosystems use sunlight as their main source of energy
• Ecosystems are built upon interrelationships not independence
• Ecosystems dispose of wastes and replenish nutrients by recycling
• Ecosystems, regulate the size of member populations
• Ecosystems, maintain (bio)diversity