Which of the following historical time periods are put forward as possible signals for the onset of the Anthropocene?(Please choose all that apply)
A. The invention of agriculture (the Neolithic revolution) 8000 years ago
B. The industrial revolution and the shift to fossil fuels as the dominant energy source during the 19th century
C. The detection of artificial radio-nucleotides in the atmosphere following the ‘trinity’ test firing of the atomic bomb
D. The release of the Apple Mac computer in the late 1980s
E. The oil shocks in the late 1970s
F. 1955 when the Global Acceleration of the human enterprise begins
G. The signing of the UN Charter following the end of the second world war
H. The collapse of the gold standard and the dissolution of Bretton Woods system in the 1970s
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Taking into consideration Professor Peterson's paradigm of fairness, prosperity and sustainability, what should be included as things to think about when considering the latent capacity for building a good Anthropocene?: (Please choose all that apply)
A. The potential for making economies more efficient, i.e., internalizing the costs of environmental damage
B. Education to improve people's understanding of the world
C. The potential to shift from unhealthy and environmentally damaging diets to healthier and less environmentally damaging diets
D. The potential for building better green infrastructure in cities
What does Professor Peterson propose as minimum criteria to assess a good Anthropocene? (Please choose all that apply)
A. Fairness
B. Sustainability
C. Health
D. Prosperity
E. Peace
F. Exponential technological development
G. The closing of the digital divide
H. Global vegetarianism
Why is ‘re-connecting to the biosphere’ considered to be important? (Please select one answer)
A. Reconnecting to the biosphere will lead to an unprecedented increase in global GDP due to increased understanding of how to use lessons from nature to drive economic productivity and innovation.
B. Reconnecting to the biosphere is important to ensure the long-term wellbeing of humanity on Earth
C. Reconnecting to the biosphere is purely a philosophical process whereby humans in urban areas can create visions of nature in their mind even in the absence of actual nature and green spaces around them.
D. Reconnecting to the biosphere will provide new insights into how best to continue to exploit our remaining natural resources optimally.
According to Prof. Folke, globalizing human-environment interactions are characterized by increasing:(Choose three that apply)
A. Scale
B. Speed
C. Flexibility
D. Connectivity
E. Autonomy
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