Environment
The world ‘environment’ describes our surroundings. It includes every thing present in our surroundings like the living as well as the non-living things. Environment is the sum total of all the living and non-living things present in our surroundings and interacting with each other in a harmonious manner.
Thus, an environment includes biological, physical and chemical components. Environment also has a socio-cultural part. This includes social behaviour, customs, traditions, religious, festivals, religious places and society. These also play an important role in maintaining our environment.
We all depend on the environment. We get food, water and shelter from the environment. These are environment resources. Environment resources may be natural (minerals, food etc.) or artificial (clothes etc.). The quality and quantity of environment resources depend on how we use these resources. Proper and limited use makes the resources available for a long time. However, improper and excessive use reduces the resources quickly. Moreover, our activities bring about changes in the environment. Depending upon the type of activity the changes may be positive or negative. These changes affect us. Thus, it is important for us to know more about out environment. We can do so through environment education.
The world ‘environment’ describes our surroundings. It includes every thing present in our surroundings like the living as well as the non-living things. Environment is the sum total of all the living and non-living things present in our surroundings and interacting with each other in a harmonious manner.
Thus, an environment includes biological, physical and chemical components. Environment also has a socio-cultural part. This includes social behaviour, customs, traditions, religious, festivals, religious places and society. These also play an important role in maintaining our environment.
We all depend on the environment. We get food, water and shelter from the environment. These are environment resources. Environment resources may be natural (minerals, food etc.) or artificial (clothes etc.). The quality and quantity of environment resources depend on how we use these resources. Proper and limited use makes the resources available for a long time. However, improper and excessive use reduces the resources quickly. Moreover, our activities bring about changes in the environment. Depending upon the type of activity the changes may be positive or negative. These changes affect us. Thus, it is important for us to know more about out environment. We can do so through environment education.
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