Topic 1.5: Human-Environment Interaction

Determinism vs. Possibilism & Sustainability (PSO-1.B)

1. The Great Debate

How much does the physical environment control human behavior?

🐪 🚶 Result: Nomadism "No water means we cannot settle. The desert decides our lifestyle."
🏙️ Result: Modification "We built a dam to store water. Now we can farm and live in the desert."

2. Concepts of Nature & Society (PSO-1.B.1)

Sustainability is finding the balance between using resources and saving them.

Balanced
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Development
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Nature

Sustainable Development meets present needs without compromising future generations.

3. Natural Resources

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Renewable Resources

Resources that replenish faster than they are used.

Solar Wind Timber (Managed)
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Non-Renewable Resources

Resources that exist in finite amounts and are depleted by use.

Oil Coal Natural Gas