01:460:103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Environmental Science, Environmentalism

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Geological Sciences
• Course: 01:460:103
• Professor: professor Feignson

Document Summary

The capacity of the earths natural systems and human cultural systems to survive, flourish, and adapt to changing environmental conditions into the very long term future. An interdisciplinary study of how humans interact with the living and nonliving parts of their environment. The biological science that studies how living things interact with one another and their environment. A group of organisms that has a unique set of characteristics that distinguish it from other group of organisms. A set of organisms within a define area or volume that interact with one another and with their environment of nonliving matter and energy. A social movement dedicated to trying to protect the earths life support systems for all forms of life. The sun warms the planet and provides energy that plants use to produce nutrients. The chemicals necessary for their own life processes along with those of most other animals, including humans.