artistic skills

1. Activity No. 1
1.Make a comparison
that explains the
relationship between
humans and the
environment.
2.Give a brief explanation on
how they are connected to
each other in more than three
sentences.

2. 5
Criteria:
Team work
pts
Explanation
10pts
Creativity

3. HUMAN-
ENVIROMENT
SYSTEM

4. HUMANS
•Humans have the capacity to
interact with its environment.
•Humans and the environment
have that “mutual” interaction
with each other.
•Humans have the capacity to
change or influence the balance
of the society.
•Humans always have the
capacity to adapt to its

5. ENVIRONMENT
•Is a complex of many variables
which surrounds man as well as
the living organisms.
•Environment includes water, air
and land and the interrelation
ships which exists among and

6. SYSTEMS
•It may be described as a
complex of interacting
components together with the
relationships among them that
permit the identification of a
boundary-maintaining entity or
process.

7. HUMAN-
ENVIROMENT
SYSTEM
•It is also known as the Coupled
Human and Natural System, or
CHANS)
•It is an integrated scientific

8. (e.g., hydrologic, atmospheric,
biological) sub-systems of the
planet (National Science
Foundation).
•This theory follows the idea that
social and natural systems are
inseparable.
•Researches in the Human-
Environment System are
increasing in frequency in

9. •These researches tackle broader
investigations into the complex
nature of reciprocating
interactions and feedbacks
humans on the environment and
the effect of the environment on
humans.

10. A diagram indicating the
relationship between the “three pillars
of sustainability”, in which both
economy and society are constrained
by environment limits.

11. • Tolerable
• Attainabl
Venn diagream of sustainable
development: confluence of three
constituent parts.
• Equal

12. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
(ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION
AND EFFECTS)
Many of the environmental
issues today relate to humans
over use of finite resources for
economic development. As a
species, humans tend to regard
the environment as a never
ending source of materials and

13. Healthy ecosystems and
environments are necessary to the
survival of humans and other
organisms. Ways of reducing
negative human impact are
environmental resources
management, environmental
protection, and environmentally-
friendly chemical engineering.
Environmental awareness,

14. HUMAN
ACTIONS AND
ITS
ENVIRONMENT

15. 1. HUMAN
OVERPOPULATI
ON
Human overpopulation
occurs when the ecological
footprint of a human
population in a specific
geographical location exceeds
the carrying capacity of the

16. •Water
Scarcity

17. •Land
reclamation

18. •Waste Disposal
Management

19. •Urbanization

20. 2. INTENSIVE FA
Intensive farming or intensive
agriculture is a kind of agriculture
where a lot of capital and labor are
used to increase the yield that can
be obtained per area. The use of
large amounts of pesticides for
crops, and for medication for

21. •Intensive
animal
farming

22. •Intensive
crop farming

23. •Pesticide
drift

24. •Plasticult
ure

25. •Slash
and burn

26. •Deforestati
on

27. •Environmental
effects of meat
production

28. 3.
EXHAUSTIVE
LAND USE
It involves exhaustive
management and modification of
natural environment or wilderness
into built environment such as
settlements and semi-natural
habitats such as arable fields,

29. arrangements, activities, and
inputs that people undertake in a
certain land cover type.

30. •Habitat
fragmentation

31. •Habitat
destruction

32. •Land
Degradation

33. •Built
Environment

34. •Desertificat
ion

35. 4.
HY
It is
D
thR
e sc
O
ienL
tifiO
c stG
udy of the
movement, distribution, and
q
Y
uality of water on Earth and other
planets, including the water cycle,
water resources and
environmental watershed
sustainability.

36. •Tile
drainage

37. •Flooding

38. •Landsl
ide

39. STRENGTHS
AND
WEAKNESSES
OF HUMAN-

40. STRENGTHS
 It provides a bigger and
wider view of looking at
environmental issues
 It highlights the importance
of synergy and
interconnection or
interdependence of the
human society and the
environment
 It looks at the human agency
as not just a user of
environmental resources but
also protectors of the
environment and other
species.
WEAKNESSES
 It rest on the idea that
individually and collectively,
humans can resolve

41. THANK
YOU
FOR