Lesson 15 & 16 Flashcards
encapsulated explanation of environmental phenomena, issues and problems
7 Environmental Principles
What does Mirriam College’s “PEACE” stand for?
Public Education and Awareness
Campaign for the Environment
What are the 7 environmental Principles
- Nature knows Best
- All forms of life are important
- Everything is connected to everything else
- Everything changes
- Everything must go somewhere
- Ours is a Finite Earth
- Nature is Beautiful and We are Stewards of God’s Creation
This principle is the most basic and in fact
encompasses all the others
Nature Knows Best
a tendency mechanism to maintain balance
homeostasis
Each organism performs a fundamental role in nature. When we lose any species, we are breaking one bond in the web of life
All forms of life are important
From the community of Organisms associated with one single tree to the community in an ecosystem to processes among ecosystems to the global community of life and the air, water and land that support it, the interactions are intricate and far – reaching.
Everything is connected to everything else
Nature is constantly changing but the changes are like a coordinated symphony.
Everything changes
The environment – air, water land- has the ability to absorb waste and recycle them to become useful resources
Everything must go somewhere
Non- renewable resources are finite in amount. Renewable resources are finite in the rate at which they can be renewed.
Ours is a finite earth
Sometimes there is no other practical reason why we should protect a piece of nature except that it is beautiful.
Nature is beautiful and We are Stewards of God’s Creation
The establishment and management of forests in urban environments for the physiological and psychological well- being of the people
Urban Forestry
establishes the Metro Greening Program and known as the “Luntiang Kamaynilaan” Program.
Memorandum Order 198
Who issued the Metro Greening Program (Memo Order 198), and when?
Corazon C. Aquino (1988)
It was primarily created to transform Metro Manila into a four (4) persons per tree for the more 8 million Metro Manilans.
Hardin ng Bayan (1989)
Contribution of Fidel V. Ramos to Urban Forestry in 1992
launched the Clean and Green Program through Memorandum Circular No. 5
Contribution of Fidel V. Ramos to Urban Forestry in 1993
Launched the Ecological Revolution (EcoRev 93-98)
What launched the nationwide tree planting drive which mobilized millions of grade and high school students
Department of Education, Culture, and Sports (1993)
launched the Let’s Go Green Program with the component projects such as OPLAN SAGIP PUNO and the Green Scout Movement.
Sec. Antonio H. Cerilles (1988)
Requires planting of trees and other plants in certain places and penalizing and unauthorized cutting, destruction, damaging and injuring of trees, plants and
vegetation.
Presidential Decree 953
Benefits of Urban Forestry
Climatic Amelioration
Architectural Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Engineering Uses
Trees, shrubs and grass controls solar radiation. Leaves of trees intercept, reflect, absorb and transmit solar radiation.
Climatic Amelioration
Trees and shrubs can be used to perform the following functions: space articulation, screening, privacy control and anticipation enhancement.
Architectural Uses
Trees and shrubs in frame views soften
architectural lines, enhance and complement architectural elements unify divergent elements and introduce a naturalness to otherwise stark setting.
Aesthetic Uses
Trees and plants are also used in solving
environmental problems involving not only landscaping but also for soil erosion, air pollution, noise abatement, traffic control and glare and reflection reduction
Engineering Uses
