Over the past several decades it has become increasingly apparent that our physical environment needs to be protected from the after-effects of wanton economic development and an exploding world population. Our natural resources are being depleted at an accelerated rate. The quality of the air we breathe, the water we drink and the land we grow our crops in is rapidly deteriorating all around the world.
In order for our species to survive it is necessary that we find a viable balance that can benefit the environment as well as satisfy some of the baser “needs” of human beings. Our hope is that people who are enrolled in or who have taken environmental courses can find such viable solutions.
People who are passionate about conserving the environment and protecting wildlife often enroll in environmental science courses. Environmental science originated in the nineteen seventies, when it became quite clear that it was necessary to integrate expertise in a variety of scientific fields. The National Science Board issued a report in 1971, “Environmental Science: The Challenge of the Seventies.” It called upon the nation to design an agenda that would integrate “study of the systems of air, land, water, energy, and life that surround man, drawing on all the sciences directed to system-level understanding of the environment.”
Environmental science is also known as ecological science, environmental technology, among others. Whatever the name, these courses focus on environmental problems, primarily those that have been caused by pollution.
The environment is sort of like a gigantic creature. Therefore, in order to understand how all of the elements interrelate and interact it is necessary that an environmental scientist becomes an expert in a wide variety of disciplines.
Ecological science courses are designed to help environmentalists increase their knowledge of the environment while exposing them to pertinent issues that deal with public policy and environmental science as well as atmospheric sciences, oceanography, and biochemistry.
By their very nature, environmental courses are multi-disciplinary. Any student who wishes to pursue this avenue of study should also ideally have a fervent interest in politics and public health issues as well as the environment.
If she or he wants to make significant changes then having a very strong interest in and the ability to become an environmental advocate would be a highly desired trait. With this in mind, environmental advocates need to learn to or to have an innate ability to know how to build organizations and motivate people. In a nutshell, an environmental advocate should also be a very well-educated team leader.
Becoming an environmental scientist is a very serious and complex endeavor because in order to be successful you need to draw from so many different areas of expertise. Each of these individual fields will necessitate becoming intimately familiar with a vast body of knowledge as well as keeping up with quite a bit of ongoing research.
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