module 66 - regulations and equity

• environmental worldview

  one's sense of proper environmental behavior
• anthropocentric worldview

  a worldview that focuses on human welfare
• biocentric worldview

  "humans are just one of many species on earth, all of which are equal"
• ecocentric worldview

  a worldview that places equal value on all biotic and abiotic elements
• united nations environment programme

  a program of the UN, addresses environmental problems
• human development index

  measurement of life expectancy, knowledge, and education. index of well-being, higher value = more development
• human poverty index

  developed by UN, investigates proportion of a population suffering from deprivation in countries with a high HDI
• OSHA

  enforces health and safety regulations
• department of energy DOE

  advancers for energy and economic security within the US
• the environmental protection agency was established in 1970 by richard nixon to protect human and environmental health
• command and control

  use of regulation and enforcement mechanisms to prevent pollution
• incentive based

  financial incentives for reducing emissions
• green tax

  tax placed on environmentally harmful activities/emissions, intends to internalize externalities of activities/products
• triple bottom line

  sustainability = social + environmental + economic factors