Environmental Science

How environmental science relates to
sustainability
Environmental science and sustainability are natural partners. Scientists gather

and analyze the data to assess how our natural systems are functioning, and
sustainability specialists coordinate that information to generate sustainable,
innovative, and equitable answers to today’s environmental, economic, and social
justice challenges.
Let’s start with the true-blue definitions

Environmental Science: "Environmental science is an interdisciplinary
academic field that draws on ecology,
geology, meteorology, biology,
chemistry, engineering, and physics to
study environmental problems and
human impacts on the environment. It is
a quantitative discipline with both applied
and theoretical aspects and has been
influential in informing the policies of
governments around the world.”
Sustainability: “Sustainability is
the long-term viability of a community,
set of social institutions, or societal practice. In general, is understood as a form of
intergenerational ethics in which the environmental and economic actions taken by
present persons do not diminish the opportunities of future persons to enjoy similar
levels of wealth, utility, or welfare.
The idea of sustainability rose to prominence with the modern environmental
movement, which rebuked the unsustainable character of contemporary societies
where patterns of resource use, growth, and consumption threatened the integrity
of ecosystems and the well-
being of future generations.
Sustainability is presented as
an alternative to short-term,
myopic, and wasteful
behaviors. It can serve as a
standard against which existing institutions are to be judged and as an objective
toward which society should move.”
While our sustainability major also includes science components like integrative
chemistry and ecology, there is a greater emphasis placed on sustainability within
societal contexts, including in the corporate and political spheres. The sustainability
major is wide-ranging and offers different tracks of emphasis: Natural Resource
Management, Sustainable Energy and Urban Systems, and Sustainable Business,
each of which have their own unique coursework.
Figure 1.1. Environmental science is interdisciplinary character. All disciplines are relevant
to the identification and re solution of environmental issues.

One of the great challenges of today's society is to lead and reorient existing
programs towards true sustainable development, hence the institutionalization of
environmental sciences to avoid continuous environmental deterioration.
From this point of view, higher education by itself is a process that shows
sustainability and innovation, so linking it with a new subject or purpose such as
Environmental Education should result in a harmonious union, where universities,
in this case, are research, teaching and training centers for competent personnel
both nationally and internationally.
On the other hand, one of the concepts that support the research is that of
sustainability, which can be thought of as an ecological and social dimension, as a
new paradigm of social development that goes beyond economic development that
promotes the change of values and attitudes that generate citizen co-responsibility
in the formulation, execution and evaluation of environmental public policies.
Image 1.2. Themes for analyzing environmental issues and topics
Science uses knowledge to better understand environmental issues
. Technology refers to the products and approaches that either create
environmental problems and have the potential to solve them
Bell, C. (2022, 20 septiembre). Environmental Science & Sustainability: What’s the
Difference? Pulse @ ChathamU.
https://www.pulse.chatham.edu/blog-stories/environmental-science-vs-
sustainability
Freedman, B. (2018, 27 agosto). What is Environmental Science and Sustainability

– Environmental Science. Pressbooks.
https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/trentenvironmental/chapter/chapter-1-2/
Arismendy, A. O. (s. f.). Las ciencias ambientales un camino hacia la

sustentabilidad en la educación superior.
http://portal.amelica.org/ameli/jatsRepo/88/88837021/html/index.html

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How environmental science relates to

Environmental science and sustainability are natural partners. Scientists gather

Let’s start with the true-blue definitions

to the identification and re solution of environmental issues.

Freedman, B. (2018, 27 agosto). What is Environmental Science and Sustainability

Arismendy, A. O. (s. f.). Las ciencias ambientales un camino hacia la

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