ES 201 Principles of Environmental Science in Society

This course will help students to prepare for living in the current and future society's mixture of technology and myth by presenting ideas and concepts about living systems and their environments. Policy makers and citizens' awareness for understanding of environmental science principles is urgently needed in exercising community responsibilities to handle the environmental problems of our times. Water use, solid waste management, global warming, energy use, conservation of irreplaceable natural resources and the preservation of biodiversity are issues we will cover.