ENV100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Paradigm Shift, Thought Experiment

• School: UTM
• Department: Environment
• Course: ENV100Y5
• Professor: Monika Havelka

Document Summary

Env session 2: introduction to environmental science (i) (11-9-15) Legal issues the environment is a legal entity. Can"t really stop hurricanes (ex katrina) but more should have been done to stop loss of life, preserving, etc. How do we think about and relate to the environment: we all have a relation: philosophical, culturally, religious/ spiritual, aesthetic, emotional. Most environmental scientists define themselves as environmentalists. Nature written as entity: meaning people can sue government on behalf of the environment ex say you"re damaging the environment. How science operates: thinking like a scientist : science is trial and error, observing questioning, and experimentation, assumptions: Use logic, systematic testing, and senses to understanding natural laws (cause and effect) Environmental sciences explores the interactions between humans and the physical an biological world. Encompasses the biogeochemical-physical system in which people and other organisms exists. Dynamic interrelationships among organisms (including people) and their surrounding (physical chemical, biological, geological, social/ cultural )