3.3 Resource stewardship

Divergent  thinking about population and resource consumption trends

Pessimistic view: Neo-Malthusian

Population, Sustainability, and Malthus: Crash Course World History 215

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAkW_i0bDpQ&t=605s

Source: https://study.com/academy/lesson/malthusian-theory-of-population-growth-definition-lesson-quiz.html

Source: https://environmentalethicsblogeisenhardt.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/earths-growing-problem-different-theories-on-resource-depletion/

Source: http://slideplayer.com/slide/6179184/

Article - Perhaps Malthus Was Right After All

Optimistic view: Anti-Malthusian

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ester_Boserup

Source: http://slideplayer.com/slide/6179184/

Balanced view: resource stewardship

Source: https://www.slideshare.net/adorngeo/what-is-resource-stewardship

The circular economy

Source: https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/images/4/4a/Circular-economy2.png

Re-thinking Progress: The Circular Economy

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=111&v=zCRKvDyyHmI

Google & The Circular Economy

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8jDyodCFEM

Need Inspiring Examples of Circular Economy? Here are 5!

Sustainable Development Goals

Source: https://www.ecohz.com/facts/un-sustainable-development-goals-sdgs/

The World's Largest Lesson Introduced by Malala Yousafzai

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=243&v=ry_9SU0eq9M

Follow the link below for information on all SDGs targets and progress

Sustainable Development Goals

Synthesis and evaluation

Use the content from this post to plan an answer to the following question:

‘Examine different perspectives on global resource use and the likely effectiveness of management actions at varying scales’. 10 marks

Use mark scheme on page 56 from the new syllabus guide (AO3)