Talk:Environmental studies/Archive 1

Archive 1

Add Human ecology for interaction clarification.

Add Human ecology for interaction clarification. 97.87.29.188 (talk) 22:17, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Why? — Arthur Rubin (talk) 07:07, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

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Human ecology is the subdiscipline of ecology with focus on humans. More broadly, it is an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study of the relationship between humans and their natural, social, and built environments. Human ecology adds the complex human dimension of cultural inheritance that is mediated by the socio-culturally adapted human brain. The term 'human ecology' first appeared in a sociological study in 1921 and at times has been equated with geography. The scientific philosophy of human ecology has a diffuse history with advancements in geography, sociology, psychology, anthropology, zoology, and natural ecology.

97.87.29.188 (talk) 21:34, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

If you are trying to justify this edit, you need more work. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 08:54, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Early Environmental Studies degree programs

The New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University established a BS in Environmental Studies degree in the 1950s, awarding its first degree in 1956. See: http://www.esf.edu/es/history.htm. This predates the degree program listed in this article at Middlebury College by almost a decade. What other early Environmental Studies programs were there in the US and elsewhere? DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 14:45, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Good point. I'll add it. Shoreranger (talk) 14:55, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Merge environmental social science with this article.

The environmental social science article is redundant with this article. Take a look. Shoreranger (talk) 14:52, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

• Strong oppose. Thanks for your suggestion, but Environmental studies is a transdisciplinary field of study that includes not only the social sciences, but also environmental humanities and biophysical science. Environmental social science -- while the article remains in stub form -- connotes (inter)disciplinary work in the social sciences focused on human interaction with the (external) natural environment. While intersecting, the two fields of study are not the same. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 16:14, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

• Strong oppose. The environmental social science article is in a bad way but the 'main fields' section of the environmental science template and the 'fields' section of the environmental social science template illustrate the difference between the two. --The Vintage Feminist (talk) 19:52, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
• As it currently stands, there's little content in either article. That said, these are distinct (and important) topics and should each be able to support substantial stand-alone articles. So I'd oppose the merge on the general principle that we shouldn't upmerge viable stand-alone daughter articles. Though we really need to flesh both articles out. Guettarda (talk) 20:00, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

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--Alex 08:52, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

This should be merged with Environmental Studies since this is a sub-topic under Environmental Studies (Namrathathandi (talk) 10:27, 24 October 2015 (UTC))

How is this not the same thing as Environmental science? Topically, it is going to be identical. --Hard Raspy Sci 20:51, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Environmental Studies addresses a broad range of social issues that environmental science does not. Ever met a sociologist or linguist or communication scholar employed in an environmental science department? Those sorts of roles are standard features of good Environmental Studies programs.

Raspy: Environmental Studies is focused more on the affect of the environment on social systems. Environmental Science is the other way around. Environmental psychology is not a topic covered in Environmental Science. It is in Environmental Studies. Community organization is not a common topic in Environmental Science. It is in Environmental Studies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Primacag (talk • contribs) 15:47, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Envirnmental science focuses on the application of technology and natural science to environmental solutions, while environmental studies focuses on applying social science solutions and/or when and where to apply environmental science solutions. They both require understanding elements of both social and natural sciences, but not necessarily in the same way. Shoreranger (talk) 15:55, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Bojie: Environmental Studies and Environmental Science should be parallel to one another, since Environmental Studies focuses on understanding human relationship built towards the environment while Environmental Science focuses on the subjective observation of the earth and finding solutions to some environmental problems. (And to implement the technology to solve environmental problems, there is another independent field called Environmental Engineering) — Bojie888 (talk) 13:42, 24 January 2019 (UTC).

Origin

Usually, wikiepdia pages have the origin of the word/definition/item is is talking about. I am asking when the word originated/came from. Also, I was wondering who key, prominent, Environmental Studies people were.

Liaod18 (talk) 22:18, 26 January 2019 (UTC) Danielle

Origin

Usually, wikiepdia pages have the origin of the word/definition/item is is talking about. I am asking when the word originated/came from. Also, I was wondering who key, prominent, Environmental Studies people were.

Liaod18 (talk) 22:19, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Are there more credible sources?

Many of the sources for this article lead to pages that were inactive and did not contain any information. This article could use updated and credible sources from scholarly articles to help improve the quality of information presented. Mitchell11998 (talk) 22:00, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

What is bonsai

Doubt Avi562321Raj (talk) 08:26, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Grammatical Changes.

There are several grammatical errors throughout the article. If any of the changes made aren't agreeable feel free to undo them. Nickyg1028 (talk) 05:38, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

Question

Is there anything that has occurred in recent years that has had a major impact on the field of environmental studies? Geh3km (talk) 16:39, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

I wonder the same thing as the question above, is there anything recently that may have significantly changed the academic discipline that we could add to this? Anything current even that has had a major impact on the field and has reshaped the study? And can we elaborate upon what Environmental Studies encompasses more, i.e., topics it covers such as climate change, pollution, mining, etc.? Cosettepatterson (talk) 04:50, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?

The oldest link to an article did work, but referenced to a database website which is hard to verify claims. All of the articles seem to support the subject matter, but most of them are not journal articles or sources from reputable publishers, most are websites.

This is not really credible as there is only one source which is reliable, coming from the national center of education statistics. There would need to be more from academic sources and more information in general to have a better understanding of the topic.

Ellinap (talk) 16:32, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

It seems that some of the articles are now out-dated, with more recent articles being available. One such example that drew my attention was reference 13. topuniversities has an updated ranking for 2021. I think looking at an alternative website, such as U.S. News, for college rankings could be better.Matinhomafar (talk) 04:50, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Ever16 (talk) 02:03, 10 October 2021 (UTC)How does Environmental studies relate to Economic?

Ever16 (talk) 02:03, 10 October 2021 (UTC)I know that the Environmental studies are mainly focus on Economy. But I didn't know that it could be that broad. How does Environmental studies connect to Economic?

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Clarification of the Sub-topic

What is the main difference with the main topic and the sub-topic? they are all Environmental Studies? Nickita Aurore (talk) 05:28, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Is the article neutral?

This article is very neutral because it gives the overview of what environmental studies are. It is not bias in any way and it is well written and to the point of the topic Konnorp (talk) 02:51, 18 September 2020 (UTC).

The article was generally balanced in nature because of its informative nature. It was factual, well presented and did not contain any biasesSb4482 (talk) 03:16, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

The article is neutral because it only gives facts of environmental studies and how it came to be. It does not say if it agrees with it or not. Samayfield (talk) 00:14, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

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The talk page discusses whether a piece of information is neutral or relevant to the page. Some edits were suggested, and many editors have explained why they have made the changes they did.Elmcdonald180 (talk) 04:51, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

Environmental studies

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