1. Describe the range of ways that people in different partsof the world live and interact with their environments.2. What factors brought about the collapse of the Easter Is-land civilization? Draw parallels and counterparallelsbetween the current global situation and the prelude tothe collapse of the Easter Island civilization.3. Cite four global trends that indicate we are "still losingthe environmental war."4. List some indications that things are not all bad and thatprogress toward sustainability is possible.5. Define sustainability and a sustainable society.6. Define and give features of sustainable development.7. Describe the origins of the stewardship ethic and itsmodern usage.8. What are the concerns of the environmental justicemovement?9. How does justice become an issue between the indus-trialized countries and the developing countries?10. How and when did environmentalism arise?11. What are the successes of the environmental movement?12. What are the grounds and concerns of present critics ofenvironmentalism?13. Explain the role of observation, experimentation, andtheory formation in the operation of scientific work.14. Give several reasons for the existence of scientific con-troversies.15. Describe the major distinction between sound scienceand junk science.16. What are the new directions, new focus, and new ad-herents of modern environmental concern?