The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role & Childhood
CBSE · Class 11 · English
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What to Focus On
- The Green Movement changed human perception of the earth.
- The earth is presented as a living organism.
- Sustainable development protects the needs of future generations.
- Four biological systems: fisheries, forests, grasslands, croplands.
- Forests are essential for biodiversity and industry.
- Firewood pressure increases forest destruction.
- Population growth puts pressure on resources.
- The population reached one billion around 1800 and two billion by 1900.
- World population was estimated at 5.7 billion at the time.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
The Green Movement and sustainable development are the same thing.
The essay about the ailing planet and the poem Childhood are the same text or have the same author.
The quote about borrowing the earth from our children belongs to Margaret Thatcher.
Memory Tips
Green Movement and its rapid rise
Shift from mechanistic view to holistic and ecological view
Copernicus analogy for a revolutionary change in perception
Sustainable development definition
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- NCERT Official — ncert.nic.in
- CBSE Academic — cbseacademic.nic.in
- CBSE Official — cbse.gov.in
- National Education Policy 2020 — education.gov.in
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