Human person in the environment

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  • ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY 

    The moral relationship of human beings with the environment and its non-human content is being studied
  • ANTHROPOCENTRISM

    focuses on the significant role of humans in the world and considers nature as the means to survive
  • BIOCENTRISM

    believes that humans are not the only significant species on the planet, and that all organisms have inherent value and should be protected.
  • ECOCENTRISM

    This view believes that humankind is part of a great biological system or community and that we have a significant role as stewards or guardian of nature.
  • ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS

    natural beauty of the world and leads to the well-being of the humans and other species living within it.
  • Typhoon Haiyan

    known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda
  • Super Typhoon Yolanda 

    one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded. On making landfall, Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines
  • The 1990 Luzon earthquake struck the island of Luzon in the Philippines at 4:26 p.m. on July 16 with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.7 a and produced a 125 km-long ground rupture that stretched from Dingalan, Aurora to Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija
  • environmentalism

    seeks to protect and conserve the elements of earth's ecosystem, including water, air, land, animals, and plants, along with entire habitats such as rainforests, deserts and oceans.
  • environmentalism

    can be described as a social movement or as an ideology focused on the welfare of the environment.
  • sustainable development

    This focuses on reconciling human activities and economic development with the protection of the environment.
  • Three important principles of sustainability
    ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY EQUITY
  • ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY

    maintaining the state of the environment.
  • ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY

    prudence in decision – making regarding the use of resources to ensure that there is minimum to zero waste.
  • EQUITY

    demands that we use our resources in such a manner that these are conserved so that the next generation will be able to use them.
  • PRUDENCE

    ability to regulate one’s actions and behavior.
  • FRUGALITY

    being thrifty with the use of one’s resources.