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Geo 5
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Geography
Undergraduate 3
04/22/2009

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Environmental Science

 

Definition

○ Environment

Circumstances and conditions that surround an organism or group of organisms

Social and cultural conditions that affect an individual or community.


Environmental Science= Is the systematic study of our environment and our place in it, using the scientific method.

  • Highly interdisciplinary (bio, geo, chem, soc, etc.)
  • Inclusive/holistic (environmental scientists incorporate knowledge of social organization, politics, humanities, culture)
  • Mission-oriented (generally applied in a problem-solving sense)

 

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Science as a way of knowing

Definition
  • Process of producing knowledge
  • Assumes the world is knowable through empirical study and logical analysis
  • Reduced tendency to rely on emotional reactions and unexamined assuptions
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