mediate居中
delicate精美的,雅緻的
wayward難捉摸的,反覆無常的;不規則的
enlivening使有生氣;使活躍
Environmeatl science is a study of connections in nature
1環境的定義
def environment: is everything around us(living and nonlilving things).
2.環境科學的定義
def environmental science:an interdisciplinary study of humanity's relationships with living and noliving things(including natural science, social science and. 目標是how nature works, how the environment affect us, how we affect the environment, and how to deal with environmental problems and live more sustainably.
3.生態學的定義
def ecology and its study focus is ecosystem.
4.何謂環境主義
Environmentalism is a social movement centered on a concern for the conservation and improvement of the natural environment, both for its own sake as well as its importance to civilization.(wiki)
depleting用盡;使減少
degrading降低品質的
utterly完全地;徹底地
humanities人文學科
organism生物,有機體
arena 活動場所
Sustainablility is the central theme of this book
1.何謂永續力
def sustainability : to surivie and adapt to changing environmental conditions indefinitely
2.永續的主要成份
natural capital自然資本 (compares natural resources and ecological processes to "money in the bank" (i.e. "capital"))(wiki). natural resource自然資源(materials and energy:renewable and nonrenewable),nature service自然服務.
3.營養循環
4.太陽資本，光合作用
5.自然資本劣化（降級）
many human activity can degrade natural capital
6.科學研究與經濟政治系統介入
scientific search solutions to environmental problems
7.解決環境問題是一種交換與妥協的過程
resolve conflicts by making trade-offs, or compromises
11.朝向環境永續的轉向是以科學的概念與專家研究為基礎，個人扮演重要的角色
individuals matter (the power of one)
indefinitely無限期地
biofuel生質燃料
residues 殘餘,剩餘
trade-off 交換
compromise妥協方案,折衷辦法
pocketbook錢包,女用手提包
Environmentally sustainable societies protect natural capital and live off its income
1.環境永續社會的目標
meet the current basic needs in a just and equitalbe manner without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their basic needs.
"proctct your capital and live off the income it provides."living off natural income
2.樂透的例子
3.古老的教訓
4.全球信託基金
5.壞消息，自然資源的濫用；好消息，我們擁有解決的知識與工具
the bad news, we are living unsustainably by wasting, depleting, and degrading the earth's natural capital. (62% of the natural services are degrading or overusing)
the good news is we have the knowledge and tools to slove the problems.
"台灣的水資源主要來自降雨，以年平均降雨量2500公釐估算，台灣每年可生產水量900億立方公尺，平均約有670億立方公尺的水量從河川流出，其中約100億立方公尺以上的水量可直接自河川引用作為灌溉或民生用水，另由水庫調節供應約36億立方公尺，由地下水平衡抽用約40億立方公尺，因此在目前每年可獲得平均的供水量約176億～180億立方公尺左右的水量
。但依經濟部估計，民國79年的總用水量即達195億立方公尺"(水資源的開發利用與保育)95年水資源供給概況：年總供(用)水量 174億立方公尺(）=地面水118億立方公尺+地下水55億立方公尺(經濟部水利署)
income定期收入
adequate適當的
equitable公平的;公正的
compromising危害,妥協
live off 以...為食物,靠...生活,靠...供養
indefinitely無限期地
strain 拉緊,濫用
taken for granted理所當然
crash program應急措施
