ENVS195 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake And Tsunami, Asian Carp, Geochemistry
27 Mar 2016
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Nature: a social creation as well as in the physical environment that includes human beings. Nature is not just objects, but a relection of: philosophies, belief systems and ideologies. Society shapes how we think about nature and how we use it. Society: sum of inventions, institutions, and relationships created and produced by human beings across particular places and times. Nature is both a physical realm and a social creation: understand social ideas of nature present in society today, history of those ideas. Animism: belief that natural phenomenon possesses a spirit or consciousness. Buddhism: humans cannot be separate from nature humans and the planet are one and the same. 3 ways religion/culture impacts perspectives: shapes beliefs about natural world and its importance, rituals may impact the way which resources are used, ethical systems may impact the way resources are used. Resources: speciic components of the environment (e. g. forest, wildlife, oceans, rivers and lakes, minerals and petroleum)
