Avainsana: environmental philosophy
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Elysium – A Good Earth in the Year 2122
I present a thesis: the world’s problems are caused by relationships. Ecological problems, i.e. environmental problems, arise from the fact that man’s relationship with nature is broken, and social, i.e. societal problems, such as wars and poverty, from the fact that man’s relationship with other people is broken. In the Bible, the relationship between God…
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The roots of capitalism and fair economics – in fair play everybody wins
Bhopal, India On December 3, 1984, Union Carbide’s insecticide factory, owned by the US giant Dow Chemicals, releases huge amounts of toxic methylisocyanate into the air and water bodies in a short period of time. 3,500 people die from terrible poisoning symptoms, tens of thousands are injured, and later another 50,000 locals die from diseases…
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Systems thinking in environmental sciences – nothing is isolated in nature
Systems thinking is all about relationships, how the parts together affect the whole and trends, changes and problems. By analyzing these, we find solutions. People often want to simplify things, but in reality nature is very complex. Systems thinking is very important in environmental science. First of all, natural systems are very complex in their…
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Science, economy, consumption and environmental degredation
The development of natural science is the basis for new innovations and the development of technology. The development of technology is basis for economical growth, energy consumption and population growth. The biggest single factor in economical growth is the development of techonology. All of these, economical growth, energy cosumption, population growth and the development of…
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