ENV100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Environmental Science, Systems Theory, Scientific Method
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Lecture 2 intro to environmental science ii. System thinking helps you look at the world differently. How language and worldview influence our understanding of the environment. The environment is a legal entity and polices/practices need to be defined by various organizations. Every individual interacts with the environment, so we need to think of ways in which we relate to it. Mother nature is an entity under the constitution in ecuador. People can sue the government on behalf of the environment (ecuador) Because of this bill, fish habitat has been protected. Some of the conflicts are artificially pumped up in the media as being a conflict. The frequency of forest fires is quite directly to our policies of fire suppression and removing water from the area (we have to deal with things in advance or right when they happen) In beijing, the air quality is a terrible situation and is the direct result of a damage caused to human health.
