DO YOU THINK THE

WORLD OF WALL E
WILL BE OUR
FUTURE?
IN THE ENVIRONMENT
TABLE OF

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE ANTHROPOCENE

3. ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

4. SUMMARY
ATTENTION CHALLENGE
 COUNT THE NUMBER OF
JUMPS THE PAIR WEARING A
GREEN SHIRT MAKES
HOW MANY JUMPS DID THE
GREEN PAIR MAKE?
TOTAL JUMPS:
38
DID YOU NOTICE THE
CHICKEN?
DID YOU NOTICE THE
CHICKEN?
 DID YOU NOTICE THE
BACKGROUND COLOR
CHANGE?
DID YOU NOTICE THE ROPE
TURNERS SWAP?
 WHAT ARE YOUR
REALIZATIONS
CONCERNING HUMAN
ATTENTION?
 KEY TAKEAWAYS

1 2 3

WE CAN ONLY WE FIND IT WE FORGET

FOCUS ON A DIFFICULT TO OTHER
FEW THINGS NOTICE ASPECTS WHEN
AT ONE TIME. GRADUAL WE TUNNEL
CHANGE. VISION.
 ATMOSPHERIC C02 LEVELS
200

150

100

50

0
175 185 190 195 202
0 0 0 0 0
IMPACTS OF 1 -2°C WARMING
IMPACTS OF 1 -2°C WARMING
THE
ANTHROPOCENE
A PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH
HUMAN ACTIVITIES HAVE IMPACTED
THE ENVIRONMENT ENOUGH TO
CONSTITUTE A DISTINCT GEOLOGICAL
CHANGE.
 ETYMOLOGY

1 2

ANTHROPOS CENE
HUMAN NEW
INNOVATION
EXPLOSION
A RISE IN
COMPLEXITY
THE ANTHROPOCENE IS MARKED BY
RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN OUR
TECCHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES AND
THE RISING COMPLEXITY OF HUMAN
LIFE.
THE PROS

SUPPLIES A GREAT DEMAND
THE TECHNOLOGICAL
ADVANCEMENTS HAVE ENABLED
US TO CLOTH AND FEED A LARGE
POPULATION.
THE PROS
HARNESSING OF ENERGY
THE SAME ADVANCEMENTS HAVE
ENABLED US TO HARNESS THE
POWER OF NATURE AND TURN IT
TO USABLE ENERGY.
COLLECTIVE BRAIN POWER
AN INCREASE IN POPULATION
ALSO RESULTED IN AN INCREASE
OF COLLECTIVE LEARNING
CAUSING BREAKTHROUGHS IN
AGRICULTURE, MEDICINE, ETC.
THE CONS
 THE CONS

WEALTH INEQUALITY CLIMATE CRISIS OVERPOPULATION

IT IS MOSTLY THE DEVELOPED MOST OF OUR ENERGY RESOURCE THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY
COUNTRIES THAT REAP THE COMES FROM NON-RENEWABLE INCREASE OF HUMAN POPULATION
BENEFITS OF THE ANTHROPOCENE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY HARMFUL WHICH PUTS INTO QUESTION
AND THERE HAS BEEN AN SOURCES. WHETHER WE WILL BE ABLE TO
INCREASE IN THE WEALTH SUSTAIN A CONTINUED INCREASE.
INEQUALITY.
ENVIRONMENTAL
ETHICS
THE CHALLENGES OF THE
ANTHROPOCENE HAS GIVEN RISE TO
ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY
PARTICULARLY AN ENVIRONMENTAL
ETHICS. THIS AIMS AT A PARADIGM
SHIFT REGARDING OUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.
THEORIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL
ETHICS
 DEEP ECOLOGY
THE ANTHROPOCENE PLACES A LOT OF EMPHASIS
ON HUMAN BEINGS RELEGATING NATURE TO THE
BACKROUND. DEEP ECOLOGY AIMS AT DEPARTING
FROM ANTRHOPOCENTRISM (FOCUS ON MAN)
TOWARDS ECOCENTRISM (FOCUS ON NATURE).

THIS DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WE IGNORE MAN BUT

DEEP ECOLOGY AIMS AT RESTORING MANS ORIGINAL
POSITION AS BEING PART OF NATURE RATHER THAN
VIEWING MAN AND NATURE AS A DUALITY.
 SOCIAL ECOLOGY
SOCIAL ECOLOGY EMPHASIZES THE FACT THAT OUR
TREATMENT OF NATURE IS MERELY A REFLECTION OF
THE INEQUALITY WITHIN OUR SOCIETY; WHERE
AUTHORITARIAN SOCIETIES TREAT ITS CITIZENS AS
SOMETHING TO EXPLOIT RATHER THAN EQUALS.

THIS INEQUALITY EXTENDS ITSELF TO HOW WE TREAT

NATURE AS A MEANS TOWARDS AN END - PROFIT
MAXIMIZATION. SOCIAL ECOLOGISTS ARGUE THAT IN
ORDER TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS, WE MUST
FIRST ADDRESS FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS WITHIN
OUR SOCIETY.
 ECOFEMINISM
ECOFEMINISTS ARGUE THAT ECOLOGICAL
PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY PATRIARCHAL
DOMINANCE. MOREOVER, THEY ARGUE THAT A MALE
DOMINATED SOCIETY, WHICH PLACES EMPHASIS ON
SUPERIORITY, IS THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY'S DESIRE
TO TAME NATURE.

FOR THE ADHERENTS OF THIS VIEW, FREEING NATURE

AND HUMANITY MEANS REMOVING THE SUPERIOR VS
INFERIOR IN HUMAN RELATIONS.
WE ARE PRONE TO ACCEPT
DEATH BY A THOUSAND
LITTLE CUTS
MARK L. WINSTON, BEE TIME: LESSONS FROM THE HIVE
SUMMARY
 SUMMARY

ANTHROPOCENE PROS CONS ENVIRONMENTAL

ETHICS
A PERIOD IN HISTORY • SUPPLIES A GREAT • WEALTH INEQUALITY
THE EFFECTS OF THE
MARKED BY AN IMPACT DEMAND
• CLIMATE CRISIS ANTHROPOCENE HAS
ON THE PHYSICAL • HARNESSING OF
GIVEN RISE TO
ENVIRONMENT DUE TO ENERGY
• OVERPOPULATION ENVIRONMENTAL
HUMAN ACTIVITY. • COLLECTIVE BRAIN
ETHICS WHICH SEEKS
POWER
TO ADDRESS THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
CRISIS.
 SUMMARY

ENVIRONMENTAL
DEEP ECOLOGY SOCIAL ECOLOGY ECOFEMINISM ETHICS
DEEP ECOLOGY SOCIAL ECOLOGY ECOFEMINISM ARGUES THE EFFECTS OF THE
ADVOCATES SEEKS TO ADDRESS THAT MALE DOMINANCE ANTHROPOCENE HAS
ECOCENTRISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MUST BE TEMPERED BY GIVEN RISE TO
EMPHASIZING THAT PROBLEMS BY FEMININE TRAITS SUCH AS A ENVIRONMENTAL
MAN AN NATURE ARE ADDRESSING ITS ROOTS CARING NATURE OVER ETHICS WHICH SEEKS
ONE. IN SOCIETAL SUPERIORITY. A SHIFT IN TO ADDRESS THE
PROBLEMS. VALUES CAN CHANGE HOW ENVIRONMENTAL
WE TREAT THE CRISIS.
ENVIRONMENT.