Envitonmental problems

Finiteness of Resources

• Finiteness of Resources
• Ours is a Finite Earth
• Ang Kalikasan ay may Hangganan

• The natural resources needed to maintain the lifestyle of one person in the United States are equal to what is required by 200 to 300 Asians.
• Imagine what would happen if the same North American lifestyle were to be extended to people everywhere.

Materials Cycle/Pollution

• Materials Cycle/Pollution
• Everything Must Go Somewhere
• Ang Lahat ay may Patutunguhan

• THE LINEAR SOCIETY

• Resources

• Production

• Consumption

• WASTE

• Waste Disposal Industry

• Waste Regulation Industry

• Where shall we put it?

• Is it safe?

• GARBAGE DISPOSAL MENTALITY

Balance of Nature

• Balance of Nature
• Nature Knows Best
• Ang Kalikasan ang Mas Nakakaalam

Diversity and Stability

• Diversity and Stability
• All Forms of Life are Important
• Ang Lahat ng Uri ng may Buhay ay Mahalaga

Change

• Change
• Everything Changes
• Ang Lahat ay Nagbabago

CHANGES

• Cyclic
• Seasons
• Night and Day
• Tides
• Biogeochemical: C-O, N, P, S, Cycles
• Hydrologic Cycle

Linear

• Erosion
• Corrosion of metals
• Extinction of Species

Random/Catastrophic

• Volcanic eruptions
• Earthquakes
• Meteor showers
• Landslides, Mudslides
• Floods

Interdependence

• Interdependence
• Everything is Connected to Everything Else
• Ang Lahat ay Magkaugnay

• CONCEPT OF INTERDEPENDENCE

• COMPLEX INTERACTIONS EXIST BETWEEN THE LIVING AND NON-LIVING COMPONENTS OF THE ECOSYSTEM.

• CONCEPT OF INTERDEPENDENCE

• The structure and function of ecological systems are interrelated with socio-economic systems.

• SOCIOECONOMIC SYSTEM

• ECOLOGICAL
• SYSTEM

• Thank you