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ESM Terms 1
Environmental Science Management
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Environmental Science | Interdisciplinary study uses information/ideas from phys sciences (bio/chem/geo) social sciences (econ/poly sci) and humanities (history/ethics) to learn how nature works, how we interact w/ the environment, and how we can deal w/ environmental problems |
| Critical Thinking | Involves developing skills for analyzing info/ideas, judging their validity, and making decisions |
| Sustainability | Ability of earth's various systems, including human cultural systems and economies, to survive and adapt to changing environmental conditions indefinitely |
| Environment | All external conditions and factors, living and nonliving (chemicals and energy), that affect any living organism or other specified system |
| Environmentalism | Social movement dedicated to protecting the earth's life support systems for us and other species. |
| Natural Capital | Natural resources and natural services hat keep us and other species alive and support our economies |
| Environmentally Sustainable Society | Society meets the current and future basic needs of its people for basic resources in a just and equitable manner w/out compromising the ability of future generations of humans and other species from meeting their basic needs |
| Natural Income | Renewable resources such as plants, animals, and soil provided by natural capital |