Chapter 1:ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: AN INTRODUCTION

Environmental science is the systematic study of our environment- natural and human, and our proper place in it. Since the conditions of both worlds affect individual and community, they are essential to our lives, and constitute important components of the environment. It is essentially an inter-disciplinary approach that brings about an appreciation of changes in our natural and built environment. As an applied science, it seeks to provide answers- practical solutions, to the complex problems of how to make human civilization sustainable within the carrying capacity of the global ecosystems. This is why, it is not just a mere collection of facts about the environment;