Personal profile Environmental Ethics Education Background 中环境伦理学 .Research Interests .Environmental Planning and Dr.Guo Ru sion Reduction CESE&IESD,Tongji University Envir nental ethics to me Email:grlinda@gmail.com Your Time this course in 1 Course Introduction Course Outline 美Textbook Science Fthics and Em nen History of Environmental Ethics .Jardins,Des,Environmental urth e ration b hing .Biocentrism Des 三版),北京大学 2004] 1
1 Environmental Ethics 环境伦理学 Dr. Guo Ru CESE&IESD, Tongji University Email: grlinda@gmail.com Personal profile Education Background Research Interests Environmental Planning and management Carbon Emission Reduction Environmental ethics to me Academic Daily life Your Time Can you describe your expectation in this course in 1~3 sentences? Course Introduction Course Outline Science, Ethics and Environment Concept and History of Environmental Ethics Anthropocentrism Animal Right/ liberation Biocentrism Ecocentrism Land ethics Deep ecology Case discussion Textbook Jardins, Des, Environmental Ethics (Fourth edition), Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2002 [Jardins,Des, 环境伦理学(第三版),北京大学 出版社,2004]
Reference Reference .The journal Environmental Ethics .Light,Andrew and Rolston,Holmes .Rachel Carson,Silent Spring,1962 ·Aldo Leopold,an County ne Booksi Reference Assessment ·聚是失梦份鞋的理论走向实践首 Attendence and hor 水环境伦理学.中国因环境科学出版社 意磊道等经.外语敏学与研究出版社, (30%) 。孔子论语外语教学与研究出版社, 逍遥游远方出版社.2005 Why We need Environmental Ethics 2
2 Reference The journal Environmental Ethics Rachel Carson, Silent Spring,1962 Aldo Leopold, Sand County Almanac (Outdoor Essays & Reflections), Ballantine Books; Reissue edition, 1986 Paul W. Taylor, Respect for Nature, Princeton University Press,1986 Reference Light, Andrew and Rolston, Holmes (Editors), Environmental Ethics: An Anthology, Blackwell Publishers, 2002 Newton, Lisa H.;Dillingham, Catherine K.; and Choly, Joanne H.; Watersheds: Ten Cases in Environmental Ethics (Fourth Edition), Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2002[L.H.牛顿等. 分水岭:环境伦理学的10个案例.清华大学出 版社,2005] Reference 余谋昌,生态伦理学:从理论走向实践,首 都师范大学出版社,1999 许鸥泳.环境伦理学.中国环境科学出版社 2002 老子.道德经.外语教学与研究出版社, 1998 孔子.论语.外语教学与研究出版社, 1998 庄子.逍遥游.远方出版社.2005 Assessment Attendence and homework (20%) Class discussion and presentation (30% ) Final Term Report and presentation (50%) Why We need Environmental Ethics Nature
Enrionmental Ethics Focus on Relationship between human being and nature. XINHUANET The State of the Planet Modem Science and technology Climate Change (1) The State of the Planet Climate Change (2) Sign of Stress .Temperature raising 。The ice is melting Sea lev de ve storm .Facing water scarcity 3
3 Human Being Enrionmental Ethics Focus on Relationship between human being and nature. Modern Science and technology The State of the Planet Climate Change (1) Diagram from IPCC The State of the Planet Climate Change (2) Diagram from IPCC Sign of Stress Temperature raising The ice is melting Sea level raising More destructive storm River drains dry Falling water tables Facing water scarcity
Sign of Stress biodiversity .Forest shrinking .Fishery collapse ·c freshwater fish spe ened,or endangered in .Rangeland deteriorating Soil eroding Species disappearing Population Growth Ecological Footprints e The State of Our Planet Consequences:Four Earths needed in 2100 Inequalities in Consumption 3 0
4 Sign of Stress Forest shrinking Fishery collapse Rangeland deteriorating Soil eroding Species disappearing biodiversity More than 20% of the world's freshwater fish species have become extinct, threatened, or endangered in recent decades Half of the world’s tropical forests have been lost. Population Growth Ecological Footprints 1900 2003 2050 2100 The State of Our Planet Consequences: Four Earths needed in 2100 Inequalities in Consumption 1.3 billion people live on less than 1 US dollar a day The overall consumption of the richest fifth of the world’s population is 16 times that of the poorest fifth Nearly 160 million children are malnourished More than 880 million people lack access to health services 1.5 billion lack access to sanitation and clean water
MILLENNIUM DECLARATION 2000 Unsustainable Consumption 之r MDG #7 without adequate sanitation at e00 mionslum dwellers,by2020 Goal 7 ·eeiobroegniaopedsstnabe en drivers environment make solutions complex. .As a result,action has been limited on some issues. 5
5 Unsustainable Consumption Energy consumption (TJ) Greenhouse gases (t) CFCs (Kg) Waste (t) Toxic waste (T) Passenger cars Steel consumption 158 13700 450 400 187 443 655 22 1300 16 120 2 6 5 1000 people harm the environment annually by the following factor In Germany Developing Country MILLENNIUM DECLARATION 2000 http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/# MDG #7 ¾ Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs; reverse loss of environmental resources ¾ Reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water (1.2 billion) ¾ Reduce by half the proportion of people without adequate sanitation (2.4 billion) ¾ Achieve significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers, by 2020 http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Default.aspx Goal 7 Some progress toward sustainable development has been made. However, interlinkage between drivers and pressures on the global environment make solutions complex. As a result, action has been limited on some issues