ES110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Environmental Science, Environmentalism, Cognitive Development
ES110: Environmental Studies Lecture 1
Environment:
Everything that affects a living organism
• ● us and the environment
• ● animal environment
• ● the things around you
• ● natural environment
• ● biotics
• ● Diseases
• ● living and nonliving
Ecology: the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one
another
and to their physical surroundings.
Environmental Studies:
multidisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction
with the environment in the interests of solving complex problems.
Environmental science:
is the science of the interactions between the physical, chemical, and biological
components of the environment
Environmentalism:
Is a social movement dedicated to protecting the earth’s life support systems for us and
other species.
attitude
Activism
Beliefs in preserving the environment
Tree hugging
Natural Capital:
Document Summary
Everything that affects a living organism: us and the environment, animal environment, the things around you, natural environment, biotics, diseases, living and nonliving. Ecology: the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. Environmental studies: multidisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment in the interests of solving complex problems. Environmental science: is the science of the interactions between the physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment. Is a social movement dedicated to protecting the earth"s life support systems for us and other species. attitude. Air, atmosphere as the world"s stocks of natural assets which include geology, soil, air, water and all living things. Environmental goods (sun, air, land, water, living organisms: food, fuel, fibre lomoar cpsd| 5490467. Environmental services: refer to qualitative functions of natural non produced assets of land, water and air (including related ecosystem) and their biota.
