Environmental Science Prepared by: Keith Ferrariz / E1A
Prelim reviewer Date: 02/18/23
Ma’am Nimfa Marcelo
Environmental Science
Prepared by: Keith Ferrariz / E1A
Date: 02/18/23
Science and
Environment
Environmental Science
• Deals with the study of our environment, either
globally or locally, and its living and non-living
components. It is interdisciplinary study that
examines the role of human on the earth. It uses
concepts and information from ecology,
chemistry, geology, engineering, economics,
politics, ethics, and philosophy.
Environment
• Refers to all the things that surround us
• Refers to all external conditions and factors that
affect living organisms
Goals of Environmental Science
1. To develop a sustainable world – a world in which
the supply of food, water, clean air and other
resources can sustain human population
2. To study environmental problems and issues;
priorities regarding acceptable environmental
preservation of natural species and habitats;
freedom of nations to do as they please within
their own boundaries and issues on the quality of
life, fairness and ethics
Sustainable Development
• Meeting our needs without preventing future
generations of humans and other species from
meeting their needs. We have the right to use the
earth’s resources and earth capital to meet our
needs but we have an obligation to pass on the
earth’s resources and services to future
generations in as good or better shape that these
conditions were passed on to us
Causes of Environmental and Resource Problems
1. Poverty
2. Rapid Population Growth
3. Failure of Economic and political system to
encourage Earth-sustaining forms of economic
development
4. Rapid and wasteful use of resources
Resource Management and Resource
Technology
• Ecological Resources – anything required by an
organism for normal maintenance, growth and
reproduction. Examples: habitat, food, and water
• Economic Resources – anything obtained from
the environment to meet human needs and
wants. Examples: transportation, communication,
manufactured goods, recreation
Types of Resources
• Non-renewable resources that cannot be
replaced. They exist in fixed quantity.
• Renewable that can be replaced or replenished.
Environmental Education
• Is the process by which people develop
awareness, knowledge and concern to the
environment.
• Preserving, conserving and utilizing the
environment for the present and future
generations.
• Involves skills, motivations and commitments to
work together to solve current environmental
problems.
Goals of Environmental Education
1. Must develop in each citizen an awareness and a
sensitivity to the environment and its problems. It
must teach the students the knowledge,
understanding and skills needed to solve the
problems and must foster positive attitudes
towards the environment.
2. Must consider all aspects of the environment –
natural & man-made, technological, social,
economic, political, cultural, aesthetic and
knowledge.
3. Must emphasize an enduring continuity, linking
actions of today to the consequences for
tomorrow & needed to think globally.
4. Must aid young citizens in developing a sense of
responsibility and commitment to the future and
prepare them to carry out the role in safeguarding
and improving the environment.
5. Teaches the students critical thinking and informs
them the true meaning of Environmental Science.
6. Molds the students into smug crusaders.
