|Environmental science |An interdisciplinary study of human relationship with other organisms and the earth |…
Modern, industrialized society’s technological advancements and emphasis on material possessions, consumerism, and monetary success combine to disconnect people from their natural surroundings which encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally including the interaction of all living species, climate, weather, and natural resources that affect human survival and economic activity. Since the beginning of human (homo- sapiens) existence going back to the Pleistocene Epoch in the Cenozoic Era, humans have been consistently creating, developing, and evolving their means of technology and standard of living throughout time until now. Unfortunately, by doing so humans are furthering themselves form nature, but as Edward Abby, an…
The natural environment is constantly evolving as the elements (characteristics) and processes interact with each other. The level of interaction varies in size (scale) over time and from place to place.…
Nature, it is all around us, or is it? What is nature exactly? (Sternberg 2009) conceptualizes it as a biophysical reality or fact, something quantitive that can be measured or observed. In his text, the word nature was used to describe the small stand of trees visible from the patient’s bedside window, leading to Ulrich’s conclusion that patients with ‘natural’ views from their window recovered faster than those who had views of a brick wall. In (Sternberg 2009)‘s use of the idea, objects such as the brick wall which we have modified from its raw state are not included within the boundaries of nature. Does he mean to exclude humanity from nature? Although it is true that we have made technological advances that can be seen to have set us apart from nature, there can be no argument that we are here due to evolutionary processes. When we compare (Sternberg 2009) with (Cronon 1995), the different interpretations of nature are apparent. Although (Cronon 1995)’s opening idea would seem absurd to many, one of his main arguments points out that we cannot think of ourselves as separate from nature. His stand against…
• Changes of environment – affect organisms through change of climate, temperature, moisture, light, pollutants.…
Ecology is the scientific study of how organisms interact with the environment. When studying Ecology scientists want to know, where organisms live, why they live there, and how many are there. Ecology and environmental biology both stem from Darwin’s interest and observations upon the distribution of organisms and how they adapted to their specific environment. Darwin concluded that the environment interacting with populations could cause evolutionary change. We now know that small changes in the ecological framework can cause changes long down the road. Environments always have both abiotic and biotic components. Abiotic are non-living components and biotic are things that are alive. All organisms in an environment are referred to as “biota”. Subfields of Ecology include, Organismal Ecology, Population Ecology, Community Ecology, Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Ecology. Organismal Ecology is the study of how and organism’s physical being confronts environmental problems. A population is a group or population of alike species all living together in one area or environment. A community is all sorts of organisms all living together in a specific environment. Community ecology concerns the entire spectra of the species in a community. An Ecosystem is all abiotic factors along with the community of species in an area.…
The relation between nature and human beings is us respecting nature. Nature provides the environment that we live in and we as humans must protect it. God created nature and he put it on earth to provide for us, but in return we also must protect it and keep people from destroying it.…
For such a complex concept a direct definition leaves more questions than answers. When a species changes biologically over time, evolution guides the process. All living species on earth effect one and other, during the evolutionary process. We depend on that change for our change and they depend on us to affect their change (Park, 2014). The success of those changes depends on the ever constant fight to adapt to the natural environment. For a species to survive depends on the best genetic mutation to survive the current environment. Humans use natural selection or changing the environment of species to cause the desired mutation to help produce food.…
The Aztecs were a Native American tribe who came to be in 1300. They lived in the…
There is a basic need of human beings to cope with their environment and enhance their existence.…
In the article Earth, Nature and Culture, Yi-Fu Tuan commits a whole section to the relationship between nature and society. Tuan states that, “Human restlessness finds release in geographical mobility.” Tuan states that when telling the human story, it begins with nature. The article says that as humans we have very conflicting feelings towards nature. On one hand we realize that we need nature to survive. It provides us with food and shelter and most of our basic needs. On the other hand, nature has ways of destroying us. It can send disasters to completely throw off the human race. For example, nature can provide soil rich in nutrients that allows humans to plant and grow our own food to survive, but it can also send a drought causing the soil to dry out and our crops to die. According to Tuan, culture is how humans compensate for our conflicting feelings.…
The natural way of how one acts, feels and thinks refers to ones human nature. “Nature” refers to something us as humans have acquired naturally. We’re going to be focusing on if humans are born good or evil by human nature. Good, meaning morally right and evil meaning morally wrong or bad.…
Society is based upon a set of rules created for all men and woman. It represents…
This poem “Kangaroos near Hay” by John Foulcher is a poem that represents man vs nature, this concept is shown through the image of a kangaroo being horse like, through the opening lines “head like a horse.” This reinforces an image of power and full of strength, to being twisted by the back bone into a coil which gives a very powerful, violent and gruesome image in the mind of readers.…
In old days we lived very closely with nature in one form or another. This was necessary, as we did not live in the sophisticated way we do at the moment, but by listening and feeling our connection with nature. By no longer doing so we have mislaid a lot of the ancient knowledge that we once had at our fingertips…