SNES 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Capital, Ecological Debt, Environmental Ethics

• School: Cornell University
• Department: Science of Natural & Environmental Systems
• Course: SNES 1101
• Professor: madsen

Document Summary

Environment includes all of the living and the nonliving things with which we interact. An interdisciplinary study of how humans interact with the environment of living and nonliving things. Key subfield of environmental science the biological science that studies how organisms, or living things, interact with their environment and with each other. A group of organisms with distinctive traits and , for sexually reproducing organisms, can mate and produce fertile offspring. A set of organisms interacting with one another and with their environment of nonliving matter and energy within a defined area or volume. Sustainability textbook"s definition: the ability of the earth"s various natural systems and human cultural systems and economies to survive and adapt to changing environmental conditions indefinitely. Brief version: the ability to live indefinitely. Natural capital = natural resources + natural services the natural resources and natural services that keep us and other forms of life alive and support our economies.