Natural Resources and Environmental Management System. Module 1: Introduction to Environmental Management
Lesson Outline
Environment
The Management of Resources
Environmental Management, Planning and Management System
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
EMS Frameworks
ISO 14001
2. Introduction to Environmental Management
Module 1 is like the starting point for understanding
how we take care of our environment. It talks about
important ideas for doing things in a way that keeps
our planet healthy. In this module, you learn about
how the environment, managing resources, and
organizations all work together to make things
sustainable, which means making sure we don't harm
the Earth.
3. Learning Objectives
● Define and connect environment, management, systems and organizations
to environmental management.
● Realize the significance of systems and their role in environmental
management.
● Describe how environmental management can manage risks and be used as
environmental protection.
● Recognize and appreciate the benefits of an effective environmental
management system.
● Understand the objective of environmental management system and
practice waste reduction.
4. Learning Outcomes
❏ Support classifications and explanations of environment, management,
systems in relation to environmental management as a complex system.
❏ Describe people, process, and discipline, and their respective roles in
environmental management.
❏ Appreciate the use and practicality of all systems working together toward
the betterment of the environment.
❏ Expound how environmental management may be operated as
environmental fortification and how we can state, cope, and survive the risks
involved.
5. Lesson Outline
❖ Environment
❖ The Management of Resources
❖ Environmental Management, Planning and Management System
❖ Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
❖ EMS Frameworks
❖ ISO 14001
6. “The earth does not
belong to us; we belong
to the Earth”
-Marlee Martin
7. ENVIRONMENT
Derived from the medieval French
environnement
Used to describe the action of surrounding something
and also refer to conditions in which a person or other
organism lives and develops
10. Classify the following into category of Natural or
Man Made
Soil
Buildings
Mountain
Bottled water
Balloon
River
River
Lake
Sea
Oxygen
Paper Products
Trees
Processed/
canned meat
Fields
Forests
Animals that
provide meat
Land
Water
Air
Plants
Animals that
provide milk
11. Natural
● Land - soil,
mountains, fields
● Water - river, lake,
sea
● Air - oxygen
● Plants - trees, forests
● Animals - provide
meat, milk and wool
Man Made
● Buildings
● Bottled Water
● Balloon
● Paper Products
● Processed/ canned
meat
12. THE MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES
MATERIAL
TOOLS SKILLS
Man Made
Resources
16. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
● Environmental management centers on the development
of human welfare for existing and future generations.
● It also involves People, Process and Discipline.
17. WHY STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT?
1. To discover, understand, and be trained on how to utilize techniques
for evaluating and supervising the environmental consequences of
both public and private sector organizations.
2. To expand individual, specialized and research expertise on how to
contribute to the development of our environment.
3. To implement certain management tools and methodology that can
be applied in relevance to perspective business in accordance to the
rules and laws set forth by government in all levels (local, regional,
national and global).
4. To understand that environmental management is a conscientious
effort of all concerned in bringing together in harmony all efforts to
tackle environmental crises that affect the entire planet.
18. CURRENT CONDITION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS
POLLUTION
CLIMATE
CHANGE
NATURAL
RESOURCE
DEPLETION
OVER
POPULATION
WASTE DISPOSAL
21. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Conservation and
Preservation of
Resources
Environmental
Management
The ethical allocation,
usage, and protection
of indispensable
resources in order to
maintain the natural
habitat for both the
present and future
generations.
Efficient Allocation
Proper Distribution
Efficient Utilization
Proper Usage
23. Seeks protection of
nature from use
Protection of
natural resources
Environmental Status Evaluation
Conservation of
Resources
Seeks proper use of
nature
Protection of
buildings, objects,
and landscapes
Preservation of
Resources
25. 6 M’s in ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Mankind Money Machine Materials Methods Market
An environmental management structure brings collectively in sync the
people, capital, devices, resources, techniques, and mechanisms used to deal
with environmental concerns at a facility or in an organization.
An Environmental Management System objective is an overall goal arising
from the environmental policy statement established by the organization.
An Environmental Management System target is a detailed measurable
performance requirement related to the objective.
26. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
An Environmental Management System objective is an overall goal arising
from the environmental policy statement established by the organization.
An Environmental Management System target is a detailed measurable
performance requirement related to the objective.
EXAMPLE:
Objective: Reduce transportation congestion.
What are the targets?
Targets:
Improve roads and bridges within five years.
Replace old vehicles running for at leasr 10 years.
Invest in public transportation like LRT, MRT.
27. WASTE SEGREGATION GUIDELINES
ORGANIC WASTE DRY WASTE REJECT WASTE
Kitchen Waste
● Vegetable/ fruit peels
● Cooked food/ left overs
● Eggshells
● Chicken/ fish bones
● Rotten fruits and veggies
● Tea bags/ coffee grinds
● Leaf plates
Plastic
● Plastic covers
● Pet bottles
● Plastic cups
● Plastic wrappers
Metal
● Canned foods
Paper
● Newspapers/ magazines
● Pizza boxes
● Paper cups and plates
Sanitary Waste
● Diapers/ sanitary napkins
● Bandages
● Condoms
● Used tissues
● Used syringes
● Injection vials
Garden Waste
● Fallen leaves/ twigs
● Wilted flowers
● Weeds
Other Dry Waste
● Rubber, Light Bulbs
● Old mops/ rags, Batteries
● Ceramics, CDs
● Glass bottles
Construction debris
● Rubber/ bricks
● Paints
● Broken glass
● Silt from drains
29. WASTE REDUCTION HIERARCHY
REDUCE
REUSE
RECYCLE
Most items made of paper, glass, rubber, plastics, and
metal may have a good use in other ways. Be creative. Use
your imagination and save money.
- Buy reusable products
- Consider looking for new ways to make use of old
stuff that are about to be thrown away.
- purchase only what is needed as opposed to
what is desired.
- limit packaging materials
30. RECYCLING IS A PROCESS
● Collection &
Segregation
● Processing &
Remanufacturing
● Purchase & Use
Recipients of Recycling
● YOU
● SOCIETY
● ENVIRONMENT “It is not recycling if no one buys or
makes use the end (recycled)
product.”
31. BENEFITS OF RECYCLING
Benefits of
Recycling
Energy
Reduction
Management
of Resources
Monetary
Benefits
Community
Development
Provision
of Work
Ecological
Security
RECYCLING
IS A
CHOICE…
35. CASE STUDY (BY GROUP)
- NOT MORE THAN 5
MINUTES PRESENTATION
OF THE CHOSEN COURSE
OF ACTION
- PRESENT THE SOLUTION
ARRIVED AND GIVE
DETAILS ON HOW IT WILL
BE IMPLEMENTED.
- TERM PAPER ON THE
PROS AND CONS OF THE
SUBJECT CASE STUDY
BACKYARD CLASS ACTIVITY
- NOT MORE THAN 3
MINUTES PRESENTATION
OF THE FF.:
- IDENTIFIED 5 CAUSES
OF POLLUTION FROM
THE CHOSEN
ESTABLISHMENT
AND MEASURES CAN
BE IMPLEMENTED TO
LESSEN THE
POLLUTANTS
- SOLUTION OF EACH
IDENTIFIES
POLLUTIONS
- SLOGAN
Present on our next class
schedule…