In chapter 1 we learned that the Environment consists of all living things in our surroundings including human relationships. We also found that natural resources are vital to our survival and there are resources that can be renewed over time but also resources that can be depleted.
We were shown that science exists to sort fact from fiction and develop solutions to the problems that we face. We need scientists to test our ideas to see if they are valid as in the show Myth Busters. There are steps to testing these ideas call the Scientific Method. The results will support or reject our ideas for a better environment.
A key point that stuck with me is Sustainability because we should all be responsible for living within our plant's means but that also involves Ethical Standards and when companies are only thinking about a profit I believe their ethics are compromised.
We must become more aware of our natural and social systems if we are going to provide our future humans with a good world to live in.
In chapter 1 we learned how the environment is everything surrounding us, living or non-living, that we interact with and that everything that we do affects the environment. We talked about the importance of the use of our natural resources and how some of them are able to regenerate while others will be completely depleted.
ReplyDeleteWe also discussed different view points on how to preserve out enviroment and what will happen in the future assuming that we are irresponsible with the use of our resources. Something that stuck out to me was how pessimistic people were about our ability to survive if we were to continue on this path, how we have survived but the problems we will be facing shortly. It is everyone’s responsibility to maintain and sustain our environment and every action we take can affect the environment as a whole, not only our state, country, or continent. And important factor in sustaining our environment is ethical standards that preserve and protect our environment.