Chapter 1

• Environmental Science Discipline - understand interactions of the life support system and the human sphere
• Students in Environmental Science - learns how humans interact with the environment especially issues and concerns which aims on reducing stress and degradation of life support system or environment
• Earth Life support system is composed of - Water (Hydrosphere), Air (Atmosphere), Soli and rocks (lithosphere) , and Life (Biosphere)
• Water - Hydrosphere
• Air - atmosphere
• Soil and rocks - lithosphere
• Life - Biosphere
• Human Culture sphere is composed of - Worldviews & ethics, Population size, Economics, and Politics
• Environmental Science - is the body of knowledge which requires holistic and systemic approach in understanding environmental issues, concerns and problems
• Environmental Science anchors on different disciplines - natural (physical, chemical, biological sciences) and social sciences
• natural - physical, chemical and biological sciences
• BIOLOGY - study of living things or organisms
• ECOLOGY - study of how organisms interact with one another and with their non living environment
• BOTANY - study of plants
• ZOOLOGY - study of animals
• CHEMISTRY - study of chemicals and their interactions
• BIOCHEMISTRY - study of the chemistry of all living things
• EARTH SCIENCE - study of the planet as a whole and its non living systems
• CLIMATOLOGY - study of the earth's atmosphere and climate
• GEOLOGY - study of the earth's origin, history, surface and interior processes
• HYDROLOGY - study of the earth's water resources
• PALEONTOLOGY - study of fossils and ancient life
• SOCIAL SCIENCES - study of human society
• ANTHROPOLGY - study of human cultures
• DEMOGRAPHY - study of characteristics of human populations
• GEOGRAPHY - study of relationships between human populations and earth's surface features
• ECONOMICS - study of the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services
• POLITICAL SCIENCE - study of the principles, processes and structure of government and political institutions
• HUMANITIES - study of the aspects of human condition not covered by the physical and social sciences
• HISTORY - study of information and ideas of humanities past
• ETHICS - study of moral values and concepts concerning right and wrong human behavior and responsibilities
• PHILOSOPHY - study of knowledge and wisdom about the nature of reality, values and human condition
• Subjects in Environmental Science - emphasize on what causes the problems and how to respond to it applying the environmental science discipline
• Environmental Ethics (1970) - morality and values of human towards the whole of the environment: physical & biological component
• Environmental Ethics - tackles about the view, values, attitudes, actions and policies of humans to non human components of the environment
• Environmental Ethics - "how humanity view and act on the environmental problems"
• Rachel Carson (environmentalist - 1963) - Silent Spring
• Silent Spring - impacts of pesticides of food web that damage environment and human health
• Environmental crises follows Silent Spring - Population Bomb and Limits to Growth
• Limits to growth - " basic change of values and goals"