ENV100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scientific Method, Future Earth, Margarine
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Bill of rights gives citizens right to participate in env. Environmental problems: flooding in pakistan, poverty- disproportional affect those who have least means, smog really bad, tourists take pictures with fake skyline ( had a fab day ) ppl live in self-delusion. Nature is nurturing, also romantic and spirituality, surreal calm place to escape. Environmental science not same environmentalism: environmentalist- people who feel strong connection to value of environment, a social movement (speak about how nature needs protecting, not what we talk about in this course, env. Science is how natural world works, how resources support life, human activity. How would you do it: travel to countries around world, argo float system and track bc its recording data, science vs. pseudoscience. If this then that - used to explain patterns of nature to humans affecting that, ask about way natural world functions. Predictions: cause or relationship of what you expect to happen, e. g.
