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- 4. I. MST (Environmental Science) This area focuses on how ecology emerged as science starting from historical perspectives. It provides important ecological concepts to understand interrelationships among components (biotic and abiotic factors) of the natural world and how these interactions benefit all organisms of the planet for their adaptation and survival.
- 5. II. MST (Human Reproduction) This area is a combination of bio cultural and ecological perspectives of human reproduction and identifies the environmental, socioeconomic, and cultural factors that affect it.
- 6. III. MST (People and Earth’s Ecosystem) This area evaluates the impact of human activities on the environment and assesses the consequences of environmental modification on human activity. This attempts to propose preventive measures and alternative solutions to environmental problems and interprets data relating population to population using appropriate statistical tools.
- 7. IV. MST (Living in the Information Technology or IT Era) This area assesses the science, culture and ethics of information technology, its influence on modern living and human relationships and its use for personal, professional, and social advancement.
- 8. Rimberio Co Presentation Design Science is a vast accumulation of knowledge based on facts, observations, and experimentations conducted over time. Environmental Science (ES) is just one of the smaller branches of this big Science “tree”.
- 9. What is Environmental Science? S A V E E N V I R O N T M E N T Environmental Science (ES) studies mainly the “interactions” of humans with the natural environment. Natural environment refers to all conditions which surrounds a living organism, which includes climate, air and water quality, soil and landforms, and presence of other living organisms on the planet.
- 10. Rimberio Co Presentation Design PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
- 11. Ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment; it seeks to understand the vital connections between plants and animals and the world around them. Ernst Haeckel, a German zoologist coined the word, oikologie which came from two Greek words, “oikos” and “logos”; meaning “household” and “to study”.
- 12. Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms.
- 13. Chemistry is the branch of science that deals with the properties, composition, and structure of elements and compounds, how they can change, and the energy that is released or absorbed when they change.
- 14. Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and space time and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its motion
- 15. Geology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time.
- 16. Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.
- 17. Anthropology is the study of the origin and development of human societies and cultures. Culture is the learned behavior of people, including their languages, belief systems, social structures, institutions, and material goods.
- 18. Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".
- 19. Philosophy is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language.
- 20. Political Science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and laws.
- 21. Environmental Science is Interdisciplinary Think of a student organization represented by various leaders of every college. Each provides significant voice and role to keep the whole organization executing its main objectives and platforms. That same applies to ES. The issues studied in ES are complex and interdisciplinary because it includes concepts and ideas from multiple fields of study or specialization and at the same time, decisions have impacts in all these fields of study. For instance, consider the way our government dealt with the current COVID-19 pandemic; various sectors actually were just some of the few of the whole “interdisciplinary team” that provided contribution to deal with this pressing environmental and health issue.
- 22. Greek philosophers Below are some ancient proponents who lead to the emergence of ecology as science: • Thales of Miletus proposed that matter is made up of water since its presence is abundant. • Heraclitus suggested that matter is made up of fire since fire is a good representation of a “changing world. • Anaximenes : Matter is made up of air. • Empedocles : Matter is made up of four elements. “The concept of balance of nature”
- 23. Presentation Design Greek philosophers “The concept of balance of nature” ● Aristotle suggested that all space is filled up with matter, thus, implying that there are no empty spaces. ● He described each element as a balance between two qualities.
- 24. Greek philosophers “The concept of balance of nature” 1.Pythagoras (c.560-480 BC) • “There are numerical harmonies in nature, and that mathematics is the key to finding them.” 2. Alcmaeon (born c. 535 BC) • applied Pythagorean idea of harmony to medical thought. “There are body “forces” (hot and cold, sweet and bitter, and so on) that properly “balance with each other when one is healthy, and illness occurs when the forces are out of balance.” 3.Hippocrates (460—c. 370 BC) • Hippocratic Corpus, Waters and Places: Books that correlate diseases in a community with changing weather conditions that are affected by seasonal changes. Hippocrates is famously known as the Father of Medicine and an oath named after him, the Hippocratic Oath taken and sworn by medical practitioners such as physicians.
- 25. Presentation Design According to a 20th century philosopher, Karl Popper, He described the manner of how natural philosophers presented their thoughts through progression of ideas. meaning they don’t prove their opinions and their opinions persists until proven false. This, for some of you may think, this is suspicious because we don’t have proofs to support such notions. Exactly. That’s how science started, out of curiosity, we create first speculations or theories to describe how things as they are.
- 26. Rimberio Co Presentation Design The environment must be maintained in order to protect the survival of life in the future.
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- In this unit we will explore how our life as living things continue to thrive and survive successfully at present and even at the most challenging times.
- Environmental science brings together the fields of ecology, biology, zoology, oceanography, atmospheric science, soil science, geology, chemistry and more in an interdisciplinary study of how natural and man-made processes interact with one another and ultimately affect the various biomes of Earth. Biotic factors are living things within an ecosystem; such as plants, animals, and bacteria, while abiotic are non-living components; such as water, soil and atmosphere.
- Reproduction can be defined as the biological process of producing a new individual or an offspring identical to the parents The major function of the reproductive system is to ensure survival of the species. Biocultural ecology is the study of characteristics of a specific ethnic group. This might be their language, or religious practice or their health. Social economics is a social science and a branch of economics that focuses on the relationship between social behavior and economics. Environmental factors include everything outside of DNA that affects your traits.
- The major function of the reproductive system is to ensure survival of the species. Biocultural ecology is the study of characteristics of a specific ethnic group. This might be their language, or religious practice or their health. Social economics is a social science and a branch of economics that focuses on the relationship between social behavior and economics. Environmental factors include everything outside of DNA that affects your traits.
- We are indeed living in the information technology era. This refers to the time period in which technology, specifically computers and the internet, have greatly affected the way we access and utilize information. This has led to advancements in areas such as communication, entertainment, education, and many aspects of business and industry. It has also had a significant impact on society as a whole, changing the way we interact and connect with each other.
- What is the purpose of observation in science? To collect and record data. So just think like this, through observation we get different facts and we test or experiment on them to see if these really make the deal out of it and that’s it—that’s how ES came into being, as simple as that.
- Our environment is what is around us in the natural world, but also what we produce. ES is the study of how humans interact with the environment.
- Ethics is based on well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues. Using different approaches and techniques. Political science is the scientific study of politics which is a social science dealing with the analysis and implementation of systems of governance and its impact on societies Ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment; Economics is a social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Demography is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings.
- Ecology is the branch of biology that studies how organisms interact with their environment and other organisms. Every organism experiences complex relationships with other organisms of its species, and organisms of different species.
- The word biology is derived from the greek words /bios/ meaning /life/ and /logos/ meaning /study/ and is defined as the science of life and living organisms. An organism is a living entity consisting of one cell e.g. bacteria, or several cells e.g. animals, plants and fungi. There are four primary categories: botany, human biology, microbiology and zoology Botany This is the study of plants and all subcategories including algae, fungi and flowering plants. Human Biology This is the branch of biology studying human physiology, evolution, genetics and culture. Microbiology This is the study of all living organisms that cannot be seen with the naked eye. This includes bacteria, viruses, fungi, prions and archaea. Zoology This is the study of all non-human members of the animal kingdom, including mammals, reptiles, fish, amphibians, birds and invertebrates.
- the branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed; the investigation of their properties and the ways in which they interact, combine, and change; and the use of these processes to form new substances.
- Physics is the scientific study of physical phenomena like the motion of matter and energy and force. It helps us to understand the world around us.
- example of environmental geology includes the identifying and managing natural hazards like earthquakes, floods, volcanoes wildfire. Geology can also include the study of the solid features of any terrestrial planet or natural satellite such as Mars or the Moon.
- Geography is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.
- anthropology, “the science of humanity,” which studies human beings Anthropology is the study of what makes us human. Anthropology is the study of people, past and present, with a focus on understanding the human condition both culturally and biologically.
- the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles.
- Quite literally, the term "philosophy" means, "love of wisdom." In a broad sense, philosophy is an activity people undertake when they seek to understand fundamental truths about themselves, the world in which they live, and their relationships to the world and to each other. As an academic discipline philosophy is much the same.
- Political science broadly refers to the study of governments, public policies and political behavior
- It is combining two or more academic fields An interdisciplinary approach to research or education involves the integration of knowledge from two or more academic disciplines into one activity. Collaboration of knowledge and ideas to in an organization.
- Some of the Greek philosophers had both mixed mythical and critical thoughts when they describe a certain phenomenon. Through their contemplative speculations over things, the concept of “balance of nature” became the earliest ecological idea and remained to be a fundamental aspect so far in ecology. Below are some ancient proponents who lead to the emergence of ecology as science:
- Some of the Greek philosophers had both mixed mythical and critical thoughts when they describe a certain phenomenon. Through their contemplative speculations over things, the concept of “balance of nature” became the earliest ecological idea and remained to be a fundamental aspect so far in ecology. Below are some ancient proponents who lead to the emergence of ecology as science:
- Pythagoras believed there was a system of principles existed behind numbers. He also believed that numbers were the elements of all beings and the universe as a whole was composed of HARMONY AND NUMBERS.