Introduction to Environmental Science
• an interdisciplinary field that includes both
scientific and social aspects of human
impact on the world.
• study of the interaction of Earth's system
and Human system.
•Geology
•Hydrology
•Mineralogy
•Pedology
•Oceanography
•Climatology
•Meteorology
•Molecular Biology
•Taxonomy
•Genetics
•Economics
•Geography
•Psychology
•Sociology
•History
•Anthropology
•Political Science
Earth’s Environmental System Human System
• the surrounding conditions that
affect organisms
• is everything that affects an
organism during its lifetime
• process used to solve problems
or develop an understanding of
nature that involves testing
possible answers.
• process of building knowledge
• scientific knowledge
• a mixture of the traditional science, individual
and societal values, economic factors, and
political awareness that are important to
solving environmental problems.
• involves an understanding of scientific
principles, economic influences, and political
action.
• a decision that may be
supportable from a
scientific or economic
point of view may not be
supportable from a
political point of view
without modification.
• is a core concept to Environmental
Science
• The high degree of interrelatedness
among seemingly unrelated components
is a central factor that makes the
study of Environmental Science so
interesting, frustrating and challenging.
• important approach in dealing with
environmental problems.
• Environmental Science involves an
understanding that the natural world is
organized into interrelated units called
ECOSYSTEM.
- region in which the organisms and the
physical environment form an interacting unit;
complex network of interrelationship
• To develop a sustainable world
• To study environmental problems
and issues
• Sustainable development has been
defined as development that meets
the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own
needs. (United Nations)
• resources that can be retrieved from the
environment once, but are not generated.
• resources that can be renewed, adjusted and
manipulated (biological resources).
• process to develop awareness, knowledge, and
concern of the environment and its diverse values
and processes, and learn to use this understanding
to preserve, conserve and utilize the environment
in a sustainable manner for the benefit of present
and future generations.
• involves the acquisition of skills, motivations and
commitments to work individually and collectively
towards solving current environmental problems
and preventing new problems from cropping up.
• adopts an integrated approach to the environment,
both natural and manmade, and promotes a holistic,
dynamic and interactive view of its biological,
physical, social, economic, technological and cultural
components.
1. Society prepares its citizens to carry out
their responsibilities through its system of
education.
2. E.E. must consider all aspects of the
environment - natural and manmade,
technological, social, economic, political,
cultural, aesthetic and knowledge.
3. E.E. must emphasize an enduring continuity,
linking actions of today to the consequences for
tomorrow and the need to think globally.
4. E.E. must aid young citizens in developing a
sense of responsibility and commitment to the
future - carry out the role of safeguarding and
improving the environment.
5. It teaches students critical thinking and
informs them of environmental science as
it really is - an ongoing search for truth.
6. E.E. is valuable part of science
instruction
United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
(UNDESD) - 2005-2014
• Overcoming Poverty
• Gender Equality
• Health Promotion
• Environmental Conservation and Protection
• Rural Transformation
• Human Rights
• Intercultural Understanding and Peace
• Sustainable Production and Consumption
• Cultural Diversity and Information and Communication
Technologies
• Poverty Reduction
• Social Equity
• Empowerment and Good Governance
• Peace and Solidarity
• Ecological Integrity
As a process, education for sustainable development
is used to:
• create awareness of sustainable
development issues
• enhance knowledge and understanding skills
• influence values and attitudes
• encourage more responsible behavior
• promote learning that leads to action
