EVR-1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: United States Forest Service, Ecological Footprint, John Stuart Mill
21 Mar 2018
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Environment: consists of all the living and nonliving things around us. The fundamental insight of environmental science is that we are part of the natural world and that our interactions with the rest of it matter a great deal. Environmental science explores our interactions with the world. Environmental science: the scienti c study of the how the natural world works, how our environment a ects us, and how we a ect our environment. Environmental scientists study the issues most centrally important to our world and its future. Natural resources: the substances and energy sources we take from our environment and that we rely on to survive. Renewable natural resources: natural resources that are replenished over short periods of time. Timber, water, animal populations, fertile soil-may be used at sustainable rates or may be depleted if we consume them after than they are replenished.
