Environmental Science Week 1
Failure of Economic and political
Science and Environment
Environmental Science
- Deals with the study of our
environment, either globally or locally,
and its living and non-living components.
Environment
- Refers to all the things that surround
us.
- Refers to all external conditions and
factors that affect living organism.
Goals of Environmental Science
1. To develop a sustainable world – a
world in which the supply of food, water,
clean air and other resources can sustain
human population.
2. To study environmental problems
and issues; priorities regarding acceptable
environmental preservation of natural
species and habitats; freedom of nations
to do as they please within their own
boundaries and issues on the quality of
life, fairness and ethics.
Sustainable Development
- Meeting our needs without preventing
future generations of humans and other
species from meeting their needs. We have
the right to use the Earth’s resources and
earth’s capital to meet our needs but we
have an obligation to pass on the earth’s
resources and services to future
generations in as good or better shape that
these conditions were passed on to us.
Causes of Environmental and Resource
Problems
1. Poverty
2. Rapid population Growth
3.
system to encourage Earth-sustaining forms
of economic development
4. Rapid and wasteful of resources
Resource Management and
Resource Technology
1. Ecological Resources – anything required
by an organism for normal maintenance,
growth and reproduction.
Example: habitat, food, and water
2. Economic Resources – anything obtained
from the environment to meet human
needs and wants.
Example: transportation,
communication, and manufactured goods
Type of Resources
 Non-renewable
- Resources that cannot be replaced.
They exist in fixed quantity.
Examples: oil, coal, natural gas
 Renewable
- Resources that can be replaced or
replenished.
Examples: water, wind, solar energy
Environmental Education
- The process by which people develop
awareness, knowledge and concern to the
environment.
- Preserving, conserving and utilizing
the environment for the present and future
generations.
- Involves skills, motivations and
commitments to work together to solve
current environmental problems.
 Goals of Environmental Education
1. Must develop in each citizen an
awareness & a sensitivity to the
environment and its problems. It must
teach the students the knowledge,
understanding and skills needed to solve
the problems and must foster positive
attitudes towards the environment.
2. Must consider all aspects of the
environment – natural & man-made,
technological, social, economic, political,
cultural, aesthetic and knowledge.
3. Must emphasize an enduring
continuity, linking actions of today to the
consequences for tomorrow & needed to
think globally.
4. Must aid young citizens in developing
a sense of responsibility and commitment
to the future and prepare them to carry out
the role in safeguarding and improving the
environment.
5. teacher the students critical thinking
and informs them the true meaning of
Environmental Science.
6. Molds the students into smug
crusaders.
United Nations Decade of Education for
Sustainable Development (UNDESD)
2005-2014
The National Environmental Education
Action Plan for sustainable Development
(NEEAP) – through the Environmental
Management Bureau (EMB) the key
elements are:
 Poverty reduction
 Social Equity
 Empowerment and Good
Governance
 Peace and solidarity
 Ecology integrity
Education for Sustainable aims to:
 Create awareness of sustainable
development issues
 Enhance knowledge and
understanding skills
 Influence values and attitudes
 Encourage more responsibilities
behavior
 Promote learning that leads to action
The Millenium Development Goals and
Targets
(Millenium Declaration signed by 189
countries including 147 Heads of States in
September 2000)
Goal 1: Eradicate poverty and hunger
Goal 2: Achieve Universal primary
education
Goal 3: Promotes gender equality
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria &
other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure environmental
sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for
development