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Environmentally Sustainable Society, Matter and Pollution
What is the difference between environment, ecology and environmental science"
Environment is everything that affects a living organism (any unique form of life). Ecology is the biological science that studies the relationships between living organisms and their environment.
What is an Environmentally Sustainable Society"
An environmentally sustainable society satisfies the basic needs of its people without depleting or degrading its natural resources and thereby preventing current and future generations of humans and other species from meeting their basic needs.
Population Growth, Economic Growth, Environmentally Sustainable Development, and Globalization
What is the difference between linear growth and exponential growth"
Linear growth is a quantity, which increases by a constant amount per unit of time. How long does it take the world's resource use or population size or money in a savings account that is growing exponentially? A quick way to calculate this doubling time in years...
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