EVPP 108 Lecture 1: EVPP le1.1

• School: George Mason University
• Department: Environmental Science and Public Policy
• Course: EVPP 108
• Professor: Kim Largen

Document Summary

This is concerned with the environmental disturbances and the minimisation of their impacts through changes in the society (social sciences: environmental science. This is the study of the technical processes which are used to minimise the pollution and assess their impact on the environment (engineering sciences) Man-environment relationships: period of hunting and food gathering, period of animal domestication and pastoralism, period of plant domestication and agriculture, period of science, technology and industrialisation, period of hunting and food gathering. He was concerned with food (fruits) and shelter (caves, on trees) He had a friendly relationship with environment. Had very less impact on environment (low population, disorganised society: discovery of fire, invention of tools. Careless mistakes led to forest fires, destruction of forests. Fire was the first major ecological tool used by human beings to change the environment for their own benefit: period of animal domestication and pastoralism. This also led to the first community life among people.