Ecosystems, Pollution, and Use of Resources in Textbooks of 14 Countries: An Ecocentric Emphasis

Table 2

Part of the Use of Resources grid related to Human as guest versus Humans as owners of nature.

Content (themes, topics)	Indicators	Page number of images	Figure number of images	Occurrences in text
Resource availability	Finite (limited) availability of resources
	Infinite (unlimited) availability of resources
	Renewable or nonrenewable resources, including food
Sustainability	Ecological sustainability
	Social sustainability
	Economic sustainability
	Ecological-social-economic sustainability
Equity	Resources distribution
	Differences in distribution
	Relevant factors for equity of distribution
	Ecological conditions
	Cultural conditions (knowledge, technology, education,…)
	Ethical, moral norms
	Economic conditions
	Political decisions
	International agreements