Environmental Value Systems (DP IB Environmental Systems & Societies (ESS): SL)

Explain what is meant by the term environmental value system.

Outline two inputs and two outputs of environmental value systems.

Include examples of each input and output in your answer.

Compare and contrast anthropocentrism and technocentrism as different environmental value systems.

Different environmental value systems can lead to varying approaches in addressing the challenge of global warming.

Discuss how an ecocentric perspective can contribute to the management of global warming.

Discuss the impact of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring on the development of the environmental movement.

Explain how a named major environmental disaster has influenced the development of the modern environmental movement.

James Lovelock’s book Gaia (1979) played an important role in the environmental movement.

Outline how the Gaia hypothesis acts as a model of the global ecosystem.

Traditional anthropocentric ideas about how the global ecosystem works differed somewhat from the Gaia hypothesis when this model was first proposed by James Lovelock in the 1970s.

Suggest how.

Discuss the implications of two contrasting environmental value systems, ecocentrism and anthropocentrism, in addressing the environmental issue of deforestation.

Evaluate the effectiveness of international agreements in promoting global environmental sustainability.