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Sustainability
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The capacity of the earth's natural systems and human cultural systems to survive, flourish, and adapt to changing environmental conditions into the very long-term future.
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Environment
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Everything around us.
"Everything that isn't me." -Einstein It includes living and nonliving things (air, water, energy) with which we interact in a complex web of relationships that connect us to one another and the world we live in. |
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Environmental Science
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An interdisciplinary study of how humans interact with the living and nonliving parts of the environment.
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Natural Sciences
Social Sciences Humanities |
Biology, Chemistry, Geology
Geography, Economics, Political Science Philosophy, Ethics |
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3 Goals of Environmental Science
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1. Learn how nature works.
2. Understand how we interact with the environment. 3. Find ways to deal with environmental problems and to live more sustainably. |
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Ecology
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The biological science that studies how organisms interact with one another and with their environment.
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Organisms
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Living things.
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Species
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A group of organisms that have a unique set of characteristics that distinguish them from all other organisms and, for organisms that reproduces sexually can mate and produce fertile offspring.
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Ecosystem
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Set of organisms within a defined area or volume that interact with one another and with their environment of nonliving matter and energy.
Ex: Forest ecosystem consists of plants, animals and tiny microorganisms that decompose organic materials and recycle their chemicals. |
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Environmentalism
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A social movement dedicated to protecting the earth's life support systems for all forms of life.
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