Lesson 1: Introduction to Environmental Science

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everything around us. It includes living and non-living things.

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Environment

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an interdisciplinary study of how humans interact with living and non-living parts of their environment.

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Environmental Science

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Environmental Science integrated ideas from 3 branches of science

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1. Natural Sciences: biology, chemistry and geology
2. Social Sciences: geography, economics, and political sciences.
3. Humanities: philosophy and ethics

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3 Goals of Environmental Science

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1. To learn how nature works
2. To understand how we interact with the environment
3. To find ways to deal with environmental problems and live more sustainably.

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the natural resources and natural services that keep us and other forms of life alive and support our economics.

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Natural Capital

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are the materials and energy in nature that are essential or useful to humans.

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Natural Resources

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2 Classification of Natural Resources

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1. Renewable: air, water, plants, wind
2. Nonrenewable: copper, oil, coal

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are processes in nature such as purification of air and water, which support life and human economies.

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Natural Services

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[8] Some Example of Key Natural Resorces

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1. Air
2. Water
3. Soil
4. Land
5. Renewable Minerals
6. Non-Renewable Energy
7. Renewable Energy
8. Life

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is a vital natural service. It is the circulation of chemicals necessary for life, from the environment through organisms and back to the environment.

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Nutrient Cycling

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[10] Some Example of Key Natural Services

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1. Air Purification
2. Climate Control
3. UV Protection
4. Water Purification
5. Waste Treatment
6. Soil Renewal
7. Food Production
8. Nutrient Recycling
9. Population Control
10. Pest Control

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2 Type of Solutions

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1. Scientific Research
2. Political Solution

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is the scientific solution

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Scientific Research

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solution that includes political processes

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Political Solution

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is the ultimate goal. This is the one that meets the current and future basic resources needs of its people in a just and equitable manner without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their basic needs.

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Environmentally Sustainable Society

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anything obtained from the environment to meet our needs and wants.

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Resources

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can be replenishes in days to several hundred years through natural processes as long as it is not used up faster than it is renewed.

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Renewable Resources

Examples: forests, grassland, fish population.

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the highest rate at which a renewable resource can be used indefinitely without reducing its available supply.

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Sustainable Yield

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occurs when the use of a renewable resource exceeds its natural replacement rate, the available supply begins to shrink.

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Environmental Degradation

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[6] Some Result of Environmental Degradation

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1. Air pollution
2. Climate Change
3. Soil Erosion
4. Shrinking Forests
5. Decrease Wild Life habitat
6. Species extinction

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is a biologist that published the essay, Tragedy of the Commons.

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Garrett Hardin (1968)

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2 Ways to deal with Environmental Degradation [Garett Hardin]

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1. Use shared renewable resource at rates below their estimated sustainable yields.
2. Convert open-access renewable resources to private ownership