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Seminar <br />on<br /> Culture and Environment<br />-Akshat Jain<br />

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OBJECTIVE<br />To realize the importance<br />of the relationship between culture and environment, which helps us to plan for a sustainable future…….<br />

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Culture is a way of life.<br />-Raymond Williams<br />

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Reciprocating Relationship<br />

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Easter Island<br />

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a sad story……….<br />The inhabitants faced the crash of their ecosystem.<br />Excessive cutting of trees to move the huge stone heads to the sites where they were erected ,resulted in soil erosion. The soil get washed away into the sea.<br />

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When a society fails to care for the environment that sustains it,<br />the civilization collapses.<br />This makes it important for us<br />to understand relationship between culture and environment.<br />

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Some major challenges that need’s to be overcome…<br />

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Climate change and global warming<br />Scientists refer to what has been happening in the earth’s atmosphere over the past century as the “enhanced greenhouse effect.” <br />By pumping man-made greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, humans are altering the process by which naturally occurring greenhouse gases trap the sun’s heat before it can be released back into space.<br />

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CO2 level have risen dramatically since the start of the industrial revolution. Globally, energy-related CO2 emissions have risen approximately 145-fold since 1850 - from 200 million tons to 29 billion tons a year. <br />

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Developed countries contribute a lot to global warming: <br />From 1850 to 2000, the United States and the European Union were responsible for about 60% of CO2 emissions, while China contributed 7% and India 2%.<br />

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GHG emission by different sectors<br />

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Temperature rise<br />Global average surface temperature has increased by 1.4 °F from 1920 to the present.<br />According to the National Academy of Sciences, this change is the largest global temperature rise in a the last 2,000 years . <br />The sharpest rise occurred between 1975 and 2005, when temperature rose steadily by about 1 °F. <br />

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Melting of polar ice cap<br />This figure compares the extent of the summer arctic sea ice in 1979with the extent of the sea ice in summer 2005. Since 1979, more than 20% of the Polar Ice Cap has melted away in response to increased surface air and ocean temperatures.<br />

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Loss of biodiversity<br />Threats to biodiversity<br />1.Nutrient loading <br />2.Pollution<br />3.Climate change<br />4.Habitat change<br />5.Overexploitation <br />Nitrogen and phosphorus from the fertilizers can have severe impacts on the environment. The human production of nitrogen has increased sharply since 1960.<br />

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Over the last 50 years, humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history.<br />

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Once a species is extinct it<br />is gone forever…<br />

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What will it take to move<br />our civilization in the direction of long term sustainable relationship with the natural world?<br />

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Strategic themes<br />Integrative themes<br />Goal<br />

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Sustainability<br />A process is sustainable if it can be continued indefinitely , without depleting any of the material or energy sources required to keep it running.<br />Many of our actions are not sustainable.<br />How to resolve this dilemma?<br />

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Sustainable Development<br />It is a form of development that meet the needs of present without comprising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.<br />Special level of dedication and commitment to our natural world is required.<br />

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Stewardship<br />Stewardship is ethical and moral framework that should inform our public and private actions. <br />It is an ethic that guides actions taken to benefit the natural world and other people.<br />Some of the examples include participating fully in recycling efforts, turning off the lights in a empty room, supporting organizations hat promote sustainable practices.<br />

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Science<br />Science is simply a way of gaining knowledge called scientific method.<br />A scientific method is used to provide information to promote health of natural systems that sustain societies.<br />How do a scientific method work?<br />

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Working of Scientific Method<br />Formulation of theories<br />S <br />Experiments<br />Questioning<br />Observation<br />Supporting Hypothesis<br />

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For a sustainable future<br />With this development in scientific knowledge we developed modern technology but ill effects of modern technologies are threatening sustainability of all beings on this globe.<br />So now the need of the hour is to develop a technology which will fulfill our requirement but at the same time will not harm our immediate surroundings giving us a sustainable future.<br />

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Need for an appropriate technology:<br />Intermediate technology requires improvising on indigenous technology by incorporating sophisticated modern technology . <br />We may start with existing techniques in traditional industry and to utilize knowledge of advance techniques to transform them suitably. <br />Production is limited to the level of fulfilling the requirement. There is no extra production. In the process we conserve our energy and raw material.<br />

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It makes conservation a way of life! <br />

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Keep innovating for a sustainable future……<br />Special thanks : Guide - Dr. Sukanya Sharma <br />