ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

BSN INTRODUCTION: ENVIRONMENT

PROF. MARK JOHN PEPITO
COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND
SCIENCES EDUCATION

GE15 - 2791 h3b

INTRODUCTION: ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY AND CARRYING

CAPACITY
ENVIRONMENT
SUSTAINABILITY
it is defined as the circumstances sustainability means meeting our own
surrounding an organism or group of needs without compromising the ability of
organisms or the complex social or cultural future generations to meet their own needs.
conditions affecting each organism in the
 types of sustainability
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given biotic and abiotic community.
sustainability of resources
forms the relationship of the man and
specific
environment.
sustainability of ecosystem
it has biotic and abiotic
general
anything that non-living
CARRYING CAPACITY
has life things
the maximum number of individuals of a
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE species that can be sustained by an
environment without decreasing the capacity
it is the systematic study of our environment
of the environment to sustain the same
and our proper place in it. It is considered
number in the future. There are limits to the
separate from environmental studies, which
Earth's potential to support humans.
emphasizes the human relationship with the
environment and the social and political
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SCIENCE
dimensions thereof.
1. EMPERICISM
KNOWLEDGE CONTRIBUTE TO
we can learn about the world through careful
SOLUTIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL
observation of empirical (real, observable)
SCIENCE
phenomena, we can expect to understand
GOAL: Clean Energy Future fundamental processes and natural laws by
1. Ecology. How does energy production affect observation.
populations? real and observable evidences.
2. Chemistry. How can we make better 2. UNIFORMITARIANISM
batteries?
basic patterns and processes are uniform
3. Urban Planning. What urban designs can
across time and space; today's forces are the
reduce energy use?
same as those that shaped the world in the
4. Sociology. How does people adopt new
past, and they will continue to do so in the
ideas?
future.
5. Political Science. Which policies lead to 3. PARSIMONY
sustainable solutions? when two plausible explanations are
6. Engineering. Can we design better reasonable, the more straightforward (more
vehicles? parsimonious) one preferable. This rule is
7. Economics. What are the benefits and costs also known as Ockham's razor, after the
of energy sources? English philosopher who proposed it.
more straightforward (more real).

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