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Globalism & The Ecosystem: 1990-1994

Globalism & The Ecosystem: 1990-1994. By Tracy Crothers. Things to Understand. All of the world’s inhabitants and their environments come together to make up the global ecosystem. history politics climate Science ethics biodiversity Resources sustainable design life.

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Globalism & The Ecosystem: 1990-1994

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  1. Globalism & The Ecosystem: 1990-1994 • By Tracy Crothers

  2. Things to Understand All of the world’s inhabitants and their environments come together to make up the global ecosystem. • history • politics • climate • Science • ethics • biodiversity • Resources • sustainable design • life (Fiero, 157-159)

  3. Leisure: 20th Anniversary of Earth Day • This was in 1990. • There were 140 nations celebrating, but this was just the beginning of nations coming together for nature. (EHT: 1990-1999)

  4. Science: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 • President Bush signed the bill on November 15th • lots of regulations to coerce and promote the reduction of pollution by industry • resulted in many technological advancements that reduce emissions and the 3 main problems (Environmental Protection Agency)

  5. Leisure: “Y.E.S!” Organization for Kids • Youth for Environmental Sanity • Started in 1990 by 2 teenagers • For a “thriving, sustainable life for all” • Long serving organization to help pull kids into caring about nature (20 Years of Transformation)

  6. Architecture: Austin Energy Green Building • Began in 1991, first sustainable building association in the U.S. • won an award at the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit (Austin Energy)

  7. Event: United Nations 1992 Earth Summit • June 3-14 in Brazil • 172 governments participated • Discussed different methods of development, industry, and laws to help keep the world’s ecosystem healthy • Helped changed the attitudes of people around the world – highly publicized. (UN Conference on Environment and Development)

  8. Literature: The Diversity of Life • sociobiologist Edward Osborn Wilson - 1992 • early evolutionary parallels & “scientific humanism” (E.O. Wilson Biography) (Fiero 157)

  9. Architecture: Greening of the Whitehouse • 1993 – President Bill Clinton • daylighting & solar heating • Energy & water efficient devices • Example for more sustainable buildings (Greening Status Project Report)

  10. Event: 1993 Storm of the Century • March 12-15 • everything from snow storms to storm surges and tornadoes • entire eastern coast of N. America - all airports shut down for days • result- 4th costliest storm in U.S. history, impact on 26 states, and at least half of the U.S. population (The Storm of the Century)

  11. Science: Biosphere 2 • 1991-1993, using ecology to make the biomes the most similar to real life • 4 men, 4 women, 3,800 different plants and animals, 7 different biomes • Still the longest closed system human experiment (6 months) (Biosphere 2 Engineering and Scientific Accomplishments)

  12. Event:1994 Northridge Earthquake • January 17 - most costly quake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 6.7 • Epicenter in Northridge, highly populated urban area • Los Angeles felt aftershocks for weeks during recovery, along with areas like the San Fernando Valley around them (Northridge Earthquake) (U.S.G.S. Response to an Urban Earthquake)

  13. Conclusion: “Environmentalists” and some others did put a lot of effort into protecting the world and nature, but it was still possible for the world to do even better, for itself.

  14. Works Cited Austin Energy. Leading the Transformation of the Building Industry to a Sustainable Future. Austin Energy Green Building. Web. 18 July 2011. <https://my.austinenergy.com/wps/portal/aegb/aegb/home/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gLAwMDZydDRwP3EG8XA09nywBD55AwYyM_Y_1wkA48Kgwh8gY4gKOBvp9Hfm6qfkF2dpqjo6IiAFSVM1o!/dl3/d3/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/>.  "Biosphere 2 Scientific and Engineering Accomplishments." Biosphere Foundation. Biosphere Foundation. Web. 18 July 2011. <http://www.biospherefoundation.org/>. “EHT:1990-1999." Environmental History Timeline. Radford University. Web. 18 July 2011. <http://www.radford.edu/~wkovarik/envhist/11nineties.html>. Environmental Protection Agency. "The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990." The Clean Air Act. US Environmental Protection Agency, 19 Dec. 2008. Web. 18 July 2011. <http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/caaa_overview.html>. "E.O. Wilson Biography." Academy of Achievement Main Menu. Academy of Achievement, 11 Dec. 2007. Web. 18 July 2011. <http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wil2bio-1>.

  15. Works Cited Fiero, Gloria K. The Humanistic Tradition. 6th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2011. Print. "Greening Project Status Report: The White House." EERE: EERE Server Maintenance. U.S. Department of Energy, Apr. 2001. Web. 18 July 2011. <http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/>. "Northridge Earthquake." American Red Cross: Los Angeles Region. American Red Cross, 6 Jan. 2011. Web. 18 July 2011. <http://redcrossla.org/news/northridge-earthquake-jan-17-1994-remembered-as-the-day-the-earth-moved>.  "The Storm of the Century." National Severe Storms Laboratory. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Web. 18 July 2011. <http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/primer/winter/century.html>. “Twenty Years of Transformation." Yes! Web. 18 July 2011. <http://www.yesworld.org/>. "UN Conference on Environment and Development." It's Your World. United Nations, 23 May 1997. Web. 18 July 2011. <http://www.un.org/geninfo/bp/enviro.html>.  "USGS Response to an Urban Earthquake -- Northridge ‘94." USGS Publications Warehouse. U.S. Geological Survey, 16 Nov. 2005. Web. 18 July 2011. <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1996/ofr-96-0263/introduc.htm>.

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