ENV100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Environmentalism, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences

• School: UTM
• Department: Environment
• Course: ENV100Y5
• Professor: Barbara Murck

Document Summary

Pursuit of knowledge about the natural world. How nature resources and processes support life (human and other) A social movement dedicated to protect the natural world. Environmental science requires many disciplines such as geology, ecology, ethics and many more in order to deal with environmental problems for example, needing experts to manage a large oil spill near a beach. Environment envompasses biotic, abiotic, built, and social/cultural environments, and the interactions that involve them. Science informs our attempts to solve and prevent problems. Environmental science helps us understand how the environment works and our relationship with the environment.