Understanding Our Environment

What Is Environmental Science?

Current Conditions
We Live On A Marvelous Planet

No other known planet is remotely habitable

We Face Many Serious Environmental

Problems
There Are Also Many Signs of Hope
Calculating Your Ecological Footprint

We are using more than one Earth

Need 4 Earths to sustain U.S. Standard for
everyone

A Brief History of Conservation and

Environmentalism
Nature Protection Has Historic Roots
Resource Waste Inspired Pragmatic, Utilitarian
Conservation
Ethical And Aesthetic Concerns Inspired The
Preservation Movement
1890-1910: John Muir, Sierra Club, Teddy
Roosevelt
93 s: Dust Bowl, CCC, New Deal

A Brief History of Conservation and

Environmentalism
Rising Pollution Levels Led To the Modem
Environmental Movement
97 s: Earth Day
99 s: Kyoto A ords, Glo al war i g
Environmental Quality Is Tied To Social
Progress

Human Dimensions Of Environmental

Science
We Live In An Inequitable World
Is There Enough For Everyone?
You a t get a i fi ite a ou t of a ythi g (like
people) into a finite world
You a t get a i fi ite a ou t of a ythi g (like
petroleum) out of a finite world

Recent Progress Is Encouraging

Life Expectancy-1930

Life Expectancy-1960

Life Expectancy-1990

Global Corruption

Human Rights Index

Religious Freedom

Sustainable Development

Can Development Be Truly Sustainable?

Can Freedom Exist in a No-Growth World?
What Is The Role Of International Aid?
Indigenous People Are Important Guardians
Of Nature

Environmental Ethics
We Can Extend Moral Value To People And
Things
Faith, Conservation, And Justice
Many Faiths Support Environmental
Conservation
Environmental Justice Combines Civil Rights
and Environmental Protection
Environmental Racism Distributes Hazards
Inequitably