ISCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ecological Footprint, The Blue Marble, Natural Science
10 Sep 2015
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1967 (nov 9): 1st photos of earth from space (not whole earth) 1972: apollo 17- 1st photo of entire earth (illuminated: blue marble image (kick-started modern environmental movement) The two-word definition of sustainability is one planet . Everything we want/need -> contained on this isolated planet. Environment (most inclusive: biotic components (natural environment, built environment (buildings, roads, stuff , cultural environment (scientific, ethical, political, economic, social relationships, institutions) Explores interaction b/w humans & physical/biological world. Part b: human population (us census bureau: date human population. Need understand the science pov (point of view) Universe functions in accordance w/ fixed natural laws that don"t change from place to place or time to time. All events arise from some cause &, in turn, lead to other events. We can use our senses & reasoning abilities to detect & describe natural laws that underlie the cause & effect relationships we observe in nature.
