Environmental Science 1021F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Wangari Maathai, Rachel Carson, Scientific Method
26 Oct 2018
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----------> the ecosystem - living space around us - habitat - living an non-living - sustainability - your surroundings. --------> the ideology of the environment - lifestyle - environmentalist - doing something to protect the environment - activism - social movement. --------> studying the environment/nature - systematic - objective - analytical - social and physical sciences included. The perception of what constitutes a problem varies between individuals and societies. Good in developping countries because it has reduced the spread of malaria. Bad because its disrupting the food chain - killing insects, birds, and so forth. Silent spring by rachel carson -> book that sparked the modern environmental movement. Environmental science - is an interdisciplinary field of research. Science is a body of facts and explanations and the process used to gain that knowledge. Facts may change as more data is collected * it is a systematic process and a dynamic process observation, texting and discovery.
