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    “Anyone who proposes to cure the environmental crisis

    undertakes thereby to change the course of history.”


    - Barry Commoner, The closing Circle.

    Session 1
    Meeting the challenge of Human survival on Earth
    Preamble
    Content

    • Introduction to Environmental Management


    • Some terms to get familiar with in this chapter
    • Main problems facing the planet
    • Predictions of the standard of living for the future
    • The concept called NIMBY to NIMBI
    • Types of systems used to combat environmental problems
    Discuss terms

    • The Ecosystem
    An ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other
    organisms, as well as weather and landscapes, work together to form a
    bubble of life. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/ecosystem/
    • The environmental crisis
    Refers to the fact that we as human beings are destroying planet earth
    progressively.
    • Industrial development
    • Degradation
    • Deforestation
    • Agricultural and industrial revolutions
    • Sustainable living
    What do you
    think?
    What are the environmental problems we
    have now that our forefathers didn’t have
    and what contributed to these
    environmental problems?
    The main problems
    facing planet earth
    right now
    • Population
    • Natural resource depletion
    • Climate Change
    • Ultraviolet light
    • Species facing extinction
    • Shrinking Forests
    • Water Problems
    • Soil erosion
    Predictions of the standards of living from Miller 1994
    What do you think?

    • What are the disadvantages


    of removing natural
    resources from the earth’s
    crust? Did the universe
    make these minerals for the
    “advancement of human
    technological evolution”?
    NIMBY to NIMBI
    Sustainability
    The role of human decision making:
    All living things are part of the biosphere. The environment and the human body
    must always be in dynamic equilibrium and humans have a privileged
    occupation which is “ecological dominant”
    How do we then start solving these environmental
    problem?
    A systems approach:
    A certain ordering of actions and one action directly or indirectly (lower down
    the line) influences the other.
    Example is a
    • motor engine
    • Production line in a factory
    What is a system and how does it function?

    Characteristics of a system:
    • it exhibits a structure
    • It imply some sort of functioning- a flow of matter or energy is represented
    • It implies the presence of some kind of motive power;
    • Linkages do not only occur between internal units but also between
    contiguous systems
    Types of systems
    Energy/ Thermodynamic system has schematic representations of the energy system:

    • Isolated System:
    -No interaction between the system and the surroundings
    -They do not exist in real life
    -Only exist for research purposes in laboratories for instance

    • Closed system:
    -Matter is not exchanged with the environment but energy may flow through the system
    -rare
    -examples are light bulb, a watch, the earth

    • Open system:
    -Energy and matter flow freely between systems.
    -There are systems in a system
    -Flow is in the system and out of the system
    -It is not independent
    The functioning of a system

    Input input

    is

    processed

    Output
    Examples of dynamic equilibrium

    • Compost Heap as an
    example
    The Ecosystem
    The earth system and sustainable living
    Reflection from your Textbook:
    Let’s Talk

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