THE HUMAN

PERSON IN THE
ENVIRONMENT
LESSON 4
INQUIRE AND DISCOVER
• Have you ever wondered about the changes happening in
our environment?
• What have you noticed about the weather and your
surroundings?
• Which of the following statements regarding its state are
true for you and your community?
It is hotter now than it usually was during the summer months.

Typhoons are stronger and there is more rain during the rainy season.

We experience more flooding in our community.

We evacuate our homes more frequently due to natural calamities.

Our community is now dirtier and more disorderly compared to the past few
years.
Scientists say:

Our world is
changing not for
the better but for
the worse, and
humanity is
responsible for
this.
“No man is an ISLAND, entire of itself;
every man is a piece of the continent, a
part of the main.”

-John Donne
Humankind is part of the world, and we
significantly affect our environment in
the same way that changes in our
environment.