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    This document provides an introduction to environmental science through a series of definitions and explanations. It begins by defining environmental science as an interdisciplinary field that studies human interaction with the natural environment using both physical and social sciences. It then discusses some key concepts in environmental science including resources, which are classified as utilitarian and renewable or non-renewable, as well as non-utilitarian resources. The document also briefly introduces environmental worldviews, ethics, and environmentalism as areas of focus within the field.

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    This document provides an introduction to environmental science through a series of definitions and explanations. It begins by defining environmental science as an interdisciplinary field that studies human interaction with the natural environment using both physical and social sciences. It then discusses some key concepts in environmental science including resources, which are classified as utilitarian and renewable or non-renewable, as well as non-utilitarian resources. The document also briefly introduces environmental worldviews, ethics, and environmentalism as areas of focus within the field.

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    Rubelisa S. Pongon, MSc.
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    1. Introduction to
    Environmental science
    Lecture 1: 1.1 Introduction/ Overview
    Content 1.2 Environmental and
    Resources Problem
    1.3 Principles of
    Sustainability

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    • Environmental Science

    Interdisciplinary study that uses


    Introduction to information and ideas from the physical
    Environmental sciences (such as biology, chemistry, and
    science geology) with those from the social
    sciences and humanities (such as
    economics, politics, and ethics) to learn
    how nature works, how we interact with
    the environment, and how we can to
    help deal with environmental problems.

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    • is the study of the
    interaction of humans with
    the natural environment.
    • The environment includes
    Environmental
    all conditions that surround
    science living organisms:
    •Climate
    •Air and water quality
    •Soil and landforms
    •Presence of other living
    organisms
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    Food Source
    ✓ Agriculture

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    “The earth can live
    without us, but we
    can’t live without
    the earth”

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    • L: “re”=again/anew
    • “surgere”=to rise
    • The means available to fulfill
    Resources
    an end; the means to fulfill a
    function; a stock or supply that
    can be drawn on; a country’s
    collective wealth

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    Utilitarian- the resources we use to live
    or make products
    • Inexhaustible (cannot be exhausted
    but become polluted & unusable):
    sunlight, water and air
    Resources

    Utilitarian • Non-renewable (finite): fossil fuels,


    Non-utilitarian minerals

    • Renewable (finite as long as don’t


    exceed their rate of renewal):
    -living (fish, bird, plankton, trees)
    -non-living (water, soil, air)
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    Non-utilitarian – human resources
    which have value, and which are used,
    but not used up
    Resources
    • economic- businesses, corporations,
    Utilitarian land, living space, homes, buildings,
    Non-utilitarian plant, knowledge, patents, franchises
    • social- clean water, clean air, sunsets,
    parks, amenities
    • cultural- resources which have value
    within a culture; i.e. professions, skills,
    knowledge, religious

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    Photos

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    • Is how people think the world
    works and what they believe
    Environmental their role in the world should
    World Views be.

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    • what one believes about what
    is right and what is wrong in
    our behavior toward the
    Environmental
    ethics
    environment.

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    • Refer to a way of thinking and a
    movement of political activism based
    on a common conviction that our
    natural environment should be
    Environmentalism protected. It takes many forms, from
    local homeowners organizing
    grassroots activities to fishermen
    banding together to stop pollution,
    and extends to national and
    international activities.

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    • what one believes about what
    is right and what is wrong in
    our behavior toward the
    Environmental
    ethics
    environment.

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    Environmental
    Worldviews
    1. Planetary
    Management
    2. Stewardship
    3. Environmental
    wisdom

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