Republic of the Philippines

State Universities and Colleges

GUIMARAS STATE COLLEGE
Buenavista, Guimaras
GREEN EDUCATION

ENVIRONMENTAL
STEWARDSHIP: AN
EVERYONE’S CONCERN
CHARMEINE G. GRANDE, CPA LUCIA LAMANERO
Student Professor
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- refers to responsible use

and protection of the
natural environment
through conservation and
sustainable practices.

- responsibility for
environmental quality
shared by all those whose
actions affect the
environment.
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Six Natural Resource Systems And Desired
Outcomes For Each One:
Air: Sustain clean and healthy air
Ecosystems: Protect and restore ecosystems
functions, goods, and services
Energy: Generate clean energy and use it efficiently
Land: Support ecologically sensitive land
management and development
Materials: Consume less, reduce waste, and shift to
environmentally preferable materials
Water: Sustain water resources to ensure quality
and availability for desired uses
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Sustainable Development 
- meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs. (Brundtland, 1987, p. 41)

A related concept is environmental management,

where the natural resources of the environment are
managed through policies designed to protect
natural values while providing a framework for use. 
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Environmental Education 
- includes stewardship provides opportunities for
participants to connect with local ecosystems
and tools that can help them understand how
individual behavior impacts the environment. (
NOAA Education Council, 2015).
 
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Stewardship Action 
- These are the activities, behaviors, decisions, and
technologies carried out by stewards--individuals,
groups, or networks of actors.
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Stewardship Measure 
- Quantifiable benefits to the environment that are
a result of a stewardship action or project.
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Types of Stewardship
1. Restoration and Protection

Actions that assist in the recovery or

preservation of an ecosystem that have been
degraded, damaged or destroyed and allow that
ecosystem to evolve with minimal human influence
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Types of Stewardship
3. Community Awareness

Actions that inform others in an effort to

convince them to take action to address
community-level environmental issues
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Types of Stewardship
2. Everyday Choices

Actions that reduce resource inputs and

emissions per unit of output through technological
change and consumer purchasing, use and disposal
behaviors
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Types of Stewardship
4. Civic Action

Actions that inform public or organizational

policy decisions that can improve environmental
outcomes for many people or organizations at
once
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Types of Stewardship
5. Stewardship Science

Actions that collect and report monitoring data

in an ecosystem that inform management of the
natural resource.
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Environmental Stewardship Theory

Some basic concepts of environmental
management and ethics, especially as they apply to
tourism, include carrying capacity, footprint,
tragedy of the commons, and the tourism paradox.
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Environmental Stewardship Theory

1. Carrying capacity

“the average maximum number of individuals of

a given species that can occupy a particular habitat
without permanently impairing the productive
capacity of that habitat” (Rees, 2001, p. 229).
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Environmental Stewardship Theory

2. Ecological Footprint

is essentially a tool to analyze the impact of a

population on Earth (Rees, 2001).
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Environmental Stewardship Theory

3. Tragedy of the Commons

an economic theory first proposed by Garrett

Hardin in 1968, which states that if individuals are
given the chance to overuse a common property,
they will, in order to realize the maximum personal
benefits
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Environmental Stewardship Theory

3. Tragedy of the Commons

an economic theory first proposed by Garrett

Hardin in 1968, which states that if individuals are
given the chance to overuse a common property,
they will, in order to realize the maximum personal
benefits
 “Progress is impossible without
change, and those who cannot
change their minds cannot change
anything.”
-George Bernard Shaw