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| Economic growth that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. |
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| The use of goods and services that satisfy basic human needs and improve the quality of life but that also minimize resource use. |
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| A field of applied ethics that considers the moral basis of environmental responsibility. |
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| A worldview based on how the environment works, our place in the environment, and right and wrong environmental behaviors. |
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| A worldview based on human superiority over nature, the unrestricted use of natural resources, and economic growth to manage an expanding industrial base. |
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| A worldview based on harmony with nature, a spiritual respect for life, and the belief that humans and all other species have an equal worth. |
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| The right of every citizen to adequate protection from environmental hazards. |
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| The maximum population that can be sustained by a given environment or by the world as a whole. |
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| The number and variety of Earth's organisms. |
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| The condition in which people live with chronic hunger and malnutrition. |
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| Enhanced greenhouse effect |
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| The additional warming produced by increased levels of gases that absorb infrared radiation. |
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