Why study environmental science?

WHY STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE?

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IS LIFE SAVING

YOU MAKE YOUR LIVING FISHING FOR LOBSTER!

THE LESSON OF EASTER ISLAND

THE LESSON OF EASTER ISLAND

“TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS”

Garrett Hardin of the University of California at Santa Barbara disputed the economic theory that unfettered exercise of individual self-interest will serve the public interest.”

“Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all. “

“The individual benefits as an individual from his ability to deny the truth even though society as a whole, of which he is a part, suffers.”

GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL

"Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?" (p. 14)

Diamond was not the first to argue that environmental factors had a decisive influence on human history.

In the late 1850s Henry Thomas Buckle sought to discover laws that governed history.

GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL

THE SCIENTIFIC METHODMake observationsAsk questionsDevelop a hypothesisMake predictionsTest the predictionsAnalyze and interpret the results

NOTES REFLECTION AND QUESTIONSWith your partner or small group, reflect on your notes and fill in any gaps that you may have. Ask your peer those comprehension questions or questions regarding missed points from the lecture.Together develop some HOT questions that you can ask the professor in the questioning segment.

QUESTIONS?

EXIT TICKETIf “Planet Earth is an Island”, what is the benefit of studying environmental science for all life on Earth? Use examples from the past and present to support your claims.