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Ideas of nature: from human impacts on the environment to socio- natures to the Anthropocene WEEK 2  Introduction Understand the human impact on the Investigate the concept of the Analyze the complex feed...

Ideas of nature: from human impacts on the environment to socio- natures to the Anthropocene WEEK 2  Introduction Understand the human impact on the Investigate the concept of the Analyze the complex feedback loops environment Anthropocene Explore the intricate relationships between Explore how human activities such as Examine the proposed geological epoch human actions and environmental changes, industrialization, urbanization, and resource where human influence has become the including positive and negative feedback loops extraction have significantly altered the Earth's dominant force shaping the planet's natural ecosystems and climate environment By understanding the complex interplay between human activities and environmental changes, we can develop more sustainable and resilient strategies to address the challenges of the Anthropocene. Ideas of Nature: Exploring the Anthropocene  Understanding the Anthropocene The Anthropocene is a proposed geological epoch that reflects the dominant influence of human activities on the environment and climate. This epoch is characterized by the profound and lasting impact of human-driven changes, such as the acceleration of greenhouse gas emissions, deforeestion, and the alteration of global biogeochemical cycles.  Theoretical Frameworks Systems theory Environmental history Examines the interconnected and interdependent Explores the historical relationships between human nature of human activities and natural systems, societies and the natural world, including the long-term focusing on feedback loops and emergent properties. impacts of human activities on ecosystems. Political ecology Ecological modernization Analyzes the power dynamics, social inequalities, and Examines how technological innovation, policy reforms, political forces that shape human-environment and market-based approaches can be leveraged to interactions and environmental change. reduce the environmental impacts of human activities. Socio-ecological resilience Investigates the capacity of social-ecological systems to adapt and transform in the face of disturbances and environmental change.  Socio-Natures The Anthropocene Socio-Natural Interactions Coupled Human-Natural The Anthropocene is the proposed Socio-natures examines the complex Systems geological epoch that acknowledges the interplay between social, cultural, and Socio-natures recognizes that human significant impact of human activity on political systems and the natural societies and natural systems are deeply the Earth's ecosystems and natural environment, leading to the co-production intertwined, with feedback loops and systems. of hybrid landscapes. mutual influences shaping the development of both. Sustainable Futures Socio-Ecological Frameworks Understanding socio-natures can inform the development of Socio-natures draws on interdisciplinary frameworks, such as more sustainable and resilient approaches to environmental political ecology and social-ecological systems, to analyze the management, urban planning, and resource use. dynamic relationships between social and natural elements.  Environmental Impacts Percentage of global ecosystems affected by various human impacts 90% 85% 80% 75 % 65 Climate Change Biodiversity Loss % Resource Depletion Pollution Habitat Destruction  Sustainable Solutions Renewable Energy Energy Efficiency Sustainable Circular Sustainable Agriculture Economy Urban Design Examine the potential of Investigate strategies Explore sustainable Discuss the concept of a Investigate urban renewable energy and technologies that farming practices, such circular economy, where planning and design sources, such as solar, can improve energy as organic agriculture, waste is minimized strategies that promote wind, and hydroelectric efficiency in buildings, regenerative through reuse, recycling, sustainable, livable, and power, to provide transportation, and techniques, and and repurposing of environmentally-friendly sustainable and clean industrial processes, precision farming, that materials, creating a cities, including green alternatives to fossil reducing overall energy minimize the use of more sustainable and infrastructure, public fuels. consumption and synthetic fertilizers and closed-loop system. transportation, and environmental impact. pesticides while walkable communities. enhancing soil health and biodiversity.  Case Studies Deforestation in the Amazon Plastic Pollution in the Oceans Urban Sprawl and Loss of Melting Glaciers in the Arctic Rainforest Farmland Satellite imagery showing the rapid Aerial view of a large, swirling Aerial photograph of a rapidly Time-lapse imagery showing the clearing of the Amazon rainforest in mass of plastic waste and other expanding suburban development retreat of a glacier in the Arctic Brazil for agricultural and economic debris floating in the Pacific encroaching on previously region, a visible indicator of climate development, with significant Ocean, highlighting the global agricultural land, demonstrating change and its effect on fragile implications for biodiversity, climate, scale of plastic pollution and its the human-driven transformation ecosystems. and indigenous communities. impact on marine ecosystems. of natural landscapes into built environments.  International Frameworks 1992 2015 2018 United Nations Framework Convention Paris Agreement reached Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to limit global on Climate Change (IPCC) (UNFCCC) adopted to temperature increase to published a special report address global climate well below 2°C above on the impacts of global change. pre-industrial levels. warming of 1.5°C. 1997 2016 Kyoto Protocol Kigali Amendment to established binding the Montreal Protocol emissions reduction agreed to phase down targets for developed hydrofluorocarbons countries. (HFCs).  The Future of the Anthropocene Climate Change Projections Biodiversity Loss and Technological Advancements Explore the predicted impacts of global Ecosystem Collapse Discuss the role of emerging temperature rise, sea level increase, and Examine the potential for further technologies, such as renewable extreme weather events on ecosystems, species extinctions, habitat energy, carbon capture, and human settlements, and infrastructure. degradation, and the disruption of geoengineering, in shaping the future critical ecosystem services due to of the Anthropocene. human-driven environmental changes. Socioeconomic Impacts Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies Explore the potential effects of climate change, resource Analyze the various approaches to addressing the challenges of depletion, and environmental degradation on global the Anthropocene, including international cooperation, policy economies, social structures, and human well-being. initiatives, and individual lifestyle changes.