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This document provides an introduction to an environmental science course, including: - A 3-unit course description covering sustainable development, pollution, waste treatment, and environmental management. - Course objectives to understand pollution effects, environmental laws, waste treatment schemes, and the importance of waste management. - A topic outline covering concepts like ecology, biogeochemical cycles, and pollution of water, air, solid waste, and hazardous materials. - An emphasis on applying environmental science concepts across family, community, industry, and globally.

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Introduction To Environmental Science by CAQ

This document provides an introduction to an environmental science course, including: - A 3-unit course description covering sustainable development, pollution, waste treatment, and environmental management. - Course objectives to understand pollution effects, environmental laws, waste treatment schemes, and the importance of waste management. - A topic outline covering concepts like ecology, biogeochemical cycles, and pollution of water, air, solid waste, and hazardous materials. - An emphasis on applying environmental science concepts across family, community, industry, and globally.

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INTRODUCTION TO

Engr. Carlito A. Quines


Faculty, Industrial Engineering Department
PUP College of Engineering
Course Title: Environmental Science Course
Code: INEN 20013
Credit Units: 3 Units
Course Pre-Requisite: CHEM 30053
Course Description:
This is a 3-unit course in Environmental Science
which is an ecological framework of sustainable
development, pollution environment, water, air, and solid
waste treatment processes, disposal, and management;
government legislation, rules and regulation related to the
environment and waste management; and environmental
management system.
Course Objectives:
• Understand the various effects of environmental
pollution;
• Know the existing laws, rules, and regulations of the
government on environmental issues;
• Identify, plan, and select appropriate design treatment
schemes for waste disposal; and
• Understand the importance of waste management and
its relevance to the engineering profession.
Topic Outline:
Introduction Environmental Engineering
Ecological Concepts: Ecology of Life
Biogeochemical Cycles
Ecosystems
Pollution Environment: Water Environment
Pollution Environment: Air Environment
Pollution Environment: Solid Environment
Pollution Environment: Toxic and Hazardous Waste Treatment
Environmental Management System
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Laws and regulations
Environmental Clearance Certificate
Solid Waste Management
Learning Framework
1.ES Concepts & Principles
2.Engineering & Technical Aspects
3.Industrial Engineering Applications
4.Applicable & Related Laws

Application Framework
Family – Community – Industry - Globally
INTRODUCTION TO

Engr. Carlito A. Quines


Faculty, Industrial Engineering Department
PUP College of Engineering
This introduction will help you understand:
• The meaning of the term environment

• The importance of natural resources


• That environmental science is interdisciplinary
• The scientific method and how science operates
• Some pressures facing the global environment
• Sustainability and sustainable development
Elements of Environmental Science
Environment: the total of our surroundings
• All the things around us with which we interact:
• Living things
• Animals, plants, forests, fungi, etc.
• Non-living things
• Continents, oceans, clouds, soil, rocks
• Our built environment
• Buildings, human-created living centers
• Social relationships and institutions
Elements of Environmental Science
Humans exist within the environment
• Humans exist within the environment
and are part of nature.
– Our survival depends on a healthy, •Natural Environment
functioning planet. •Built Environment
• We are part of the natural world.
– Our interactions with its •Social Environment
•Economic Environment
other parts matter a great deal.
• This idea is fundamental to
environmental science and
conservation biology
Elements of Environmental Science
Humans and the world around us
• Humans depend completely on the environment for survival.
– Enriched and longer lives, increased wealth, health, mobility,
leisure time
• But natural systems have been degraded
– Pollution, erosion, and species extinction
– Environmental changes threaten long-term health and
survival.
• With environmental problems come opportunities for solutions.
Elements of Environmental Science
Natural resources: vital to human survival
substances and energy sources needed for survival
• Perpetually available: sunlight, wind, wave energy
• Renewable over short periods of time: timber, water, soil,
wildlife? These can be destroyed
• Non-renewable resources: Oil, coal, minerals These can
be depleted
Elements of Environmental Science
Global human population growth
• More than 6.7
billion humans
• Why so many
humans?

Thomas Malthus
Population growth
must
be controlled,
or it will
outstrip food
production.
Defining Environmental Science
Environmental science is the study of the
interaction of humans with the natural environment.
How the natural world works. How the environment
affects humans and vice versa
The environment includes all conditions that surround living
organisms:
Climate
Air and water quality
Soil and landforms
Presence of other living organisms
Environmental Science Applications
Environmental science
• Can help us avoid mistakes made by past
civilizations
– Human survival depends on how we interact with
our environment.
– Our impacts are now global.
– Many great civilizations have fallen after depleting
their resources.
Environmental science:
how the natural world works
• Its goal: developing
solutions to
environmental
problems
• An interdisciplinary
field
–Natural sciences:
information about
the natural world
–Social sciences: study
human interactions and
behavior
Mistaken Identity of Environmental Science
Environmental science is not environmentalism
•Environmental Science
• The pursuit of knowledge about
the natural
world
• Scientists try to remain objective
•Environmentalism
• Environmental activism
• A social movement dedicated to
protecting the natural world
The scientific method
• A technique for testing ideas
• A scientist makes an observation
and asks questions of some
phenomenon.
• The scientist formulates a
hypothesis, a statement that
attempts to answer the question.
• The hypothesis is used to generate
predictions: specific statements
that can be tested.
• The results support or reject the
hypothesis.
On Matters of Ethics
• Ethics: the study of good and bad, right and wrong
– The set of moral principles or values held by a person or
society that tells us how we ought to behave
– Will save most of this discussion for the end of the semester
• Environmental ethics
Should we conserve wildlife for Is it OK to destroy a forest to
future generations? create certain jobs for
Should we drive other species to people?
extinction to maintain economic Is it OK to hunt or trap
growth? animals?
Three ethical perspectives or viewpoints
• Anthropocentrism: only humans have rights
– Costs and benefits are measured only according to their impact on
people
– Anything not providing benefit to people has no value

• Biocentrism: certain living things also have value


– All life has ethical standing
– Development is opposed if it destroys life, even if it creates jobs

• Ecocentrism: whole ecological systems have value


– Values the well-being of species, communities, or ecosystems
– Holistic perspective, stresses preserving connections
Three ethical perspectives or viewpoints
Three ethical perspectives or viewpoints

Anthropocentrism Biocentrism Ecocentrism


Major Environmental Problems
Resource Depletion
A great deal of resources are needed to support the human
population (~7 billion).

Renewable resources can be replenished within a human


lifetime. Ex. Timber, water.
The supply of nonrenewable resources is replenished
extremely slowly, if at all. These can be used up.
Coal, oil, minerals.
Major Environmental Problems
Pollution
Pollution is a degradation or an undesired change in air, water,
or soil that affects the health of living things.
– Biodegradable pollution will break down naturally over time.
– Nondegradable pollution does not break down.
Loss of Biodiversity
The number of species on the Earth is unknown, but estimated to
be in the tens of millions. Biodiversity is the number of different
species present in one specific ecosystem.
Extinction, or the complete loss of a species, is a natural event
that can be accelerated by human actions.
Major Issues & Considerations on
MATTERS of ENVIRONMENT
1. Between Economics and Ethics
2. Between Population and Consumption
3. Between Resource Generation or Resource Conservation
4. Between Developed and Developing Countries
5. Between the Present or Future Generation
6. Between Enjoyability or Sustainability
7. Between Science and Pseudosiecnce
Thank You
and
have a nice day everyone!
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