ENV100Y5 Lecture 1: ENV100 - 01 - Environment
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The rights of nature - giving a non-human entity rights like a human being. Politics has a huge effect (can have ripple effects) on the environment. Legal issues - the environment is a legal entity. Environmental policies/practices need to be defined by various organizations. Interactions between humans and the physical/biological world encompasses the biogeochemical-physical system in which people and other organisms exist dynamic interrelationships among organisms (including people) and their surroundings (physical, chemical, biological, geological, social/cultural) Our understanding is greater than a sum of the parts . A systematic process for learning about the world and testing our understanding of it. The accumulated body of knowledge that arises from this dynamic process. Science is not static - it is constantly being shaped. Events arise from causes, and cause other events. We use logic, systematic testing, and our senses to understand natural laws. The scientific method is a key element of science.
