TOIPC 1: Foundations of
environmental systems and
societies
Topic Overview
 This
topic covers the following sub-topics
1.1 Environmental value systems
1.2 Systems and models
1.3 Energy and equilibria
1.4 Sustainability
1.5 Humans and pollution
Topic Overview
 This
topic covers the following sub-topics
1.1 Environmental value systems
1.2 Systems and models
1.3 Energy and equilibria
1.4 Sustainability
1.5 Humans and pollution
Topic Overview
 This
sub-topic covers
1.1.1 Environmental movement
1.1.2 EVS spectrum
1.1.3 Contrasting EVS
1.1.3 EVS and decision making process
Topic Overview
 This
sub-topic covers
1.1.1 Environmental movement
1.1.2 EVS spectrum
1.1.3 Contrasting EVS
1.1.3 EVS and decision making process
TOPIC 1
1.1 Environmental value system
1.1.1 Historical influences on
environmental movement
TOPIC 1 1.3.1
Learning Objective
 Students
 outline
should be able to:
at least 3 in-depth examples of
significant historical influences that affected the
environmental movement
 Justify,
using examples and evidence, how
historical influences have shaped the
development of the modern environmental
movement
Environmental Movement
 What
 the
is environmental movement?
worldwide campaign to raise awareness,
and coordinate action, to tackle the
negative effects that humans are having on
the planet
 Can
you use your own words to define it?
Environmental Movement
 What
is environmental movement?
What
triggered it?
Who is
involved?
• Originated from concerns about the growth of cities
and industries as early as 1800s
• A number of significant milestones marked the
development of modern
environmental movement,
Environmental
which
movement
1. Caused concern over environmental impacts
2. Elicited the responses of individuals, groups of
individuals, governments and the United Nations to
these impacts
Environmental Movement
 Who
is involved
Rachel
 Influential individuals Carson
 Independent
 Corporate
pressure groups NGOs
businesses MNCs
 Governments
Al
Gore
Make
policy
 Intergovernmental
UN
TNCs
Work with other
goverments
bodies
Environmental Movement
 Significant
historical influences on the
development of the environmental movement
have come from:
1.
environmental disasters
2.
literature and media
3.
international agreements
4.
technological developments
Environmental movement
Influences
TOPIC 1 1.1.1
Examples
Literature/
media
Silent Spring; ‘The limit of Growth’; Gaia
hypothesis; ‘Inconvenient Truth’
Environmental
disasters
Minamata disaster; Bhopal Disaster;
Chernobyl disaster; Fukushima Daiichi
International
agreements
Stockholm Declaration; Rio Earth Summit;
‘Our Common Future’; Johannesburg
World Summit; Rio+20; Durban
Conference
Technological
development
Alternative energy source other than
fossil fuel; Green revolution (technology
in farming)
TOPIC 1 1.1.1
Literature/Media
 1962
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
TOPIC 1 1.1.1
Literature/Media
 Rachel
Carson’s Silent Spring (literature & media)
“For the first time in the history
of the world, every human being
is now subjected to contact with
dangerous chemicals, from
the moment of conception
until death.”
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962
TOPIC 1 1.1.1
Literature/Media
 James
Lovelock published Gaia – A new look at life
on Earth. (literature & media)
TOPIC 1 1.1.1
Literature/Media
 James
Lovelock published Gaia – A new look at life
on Earth. (literature & media)
1979
2006
To Learn more about him:
2009
2014
http://europe.newsweek.com/james-lovelock-saving-planet-foolish-romantic-extravagance-327941
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/mar/29/james-lovelock
TOPIC 1 1.1.1
Environmental Disasters
 Chernobyl
disaster.
TOPIC 1 1.1.1
Environmental Disasters
 Minamata
disaster
TOPIC 1 1.1.1
International Agreements
 Rio
Earth Summit 2012 (Rio+20)
Environmental Movement
 These
1.
major landmarks led to:
establishment of environmental pressure
groups, both local and global
2.
the concept of stewardship
3.
increased media coverage raising public
awareness.
Environmental Movement
 Class
activity
 work
in pairs.
 Choose
at least 1 key historical events from
each category (5 in total)
 Use
the Pearson textbook as your major
reference
Environmental Movement
 Summarize
each event on the paper by:
1.
noting the time and name of the event
2.
Outline what happened, the immediate
results and impacts, as well as how it affect
environmental movement (use your own
words, if you copy the textbook you will not
remember)
Environmental Movement

Sample:
Chernobyl Disaster, 1986
A reactor at the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine
exploded. Highly radioactive dust (fallout) was
released into the atmosphere and fell over an
extensive area. The disaster itself resulted in the
evacuation and resettlement of over 33,6000 people,
the fallout caused increased incidents of cancers in
the most exposed areas. The incident raised issues
concerning the safety of nuclear power plants. The
worries remain even today.
Homework (1)
 Research
one local environmental disaster
and one local environmental pressure
group/society. State what happen and
how the disaster and the actions of the
group/society affect the environmental
movement in China
Homework (2) not for this time
 Find
pictures or diagrams online
 Make
a timeline poster of the events you
have summarized
 Due:
Friday before 3:30pm