This essay focuses on providing a better environment.In such areas where humans have fundamentally transform landscapes such as urban settings and agricultural land conversion.

providing a better environment

Choose one governmental or non-profit environmental agency (examples are EPA, Clean Water Action. National Zoological Park, National Geographic Society ….etc) and write a three-page essay about its mission and main actions. Relate it to our class discussions. Rubric: Paper length and format( cover page, 3 pages double spaced, times new roman, font size 12, reference page). 30 points Research efforts (two to three articles should be researcheand reference). 60 points Organization (flow of ideas): 60 points This is for an Human Ecology/Environmental Science course.

In contrast to the natural environment is the built environment.

In such areas where humans have fundamentally transform landscapes such as urban settings and agricultural land conversion. The natural environment is greatly change into a simplified human environment. Even acts which seem less extreme, such as building a mud hut or a photovoltaic system. In the desert, the modify environment becomes an artificial one. Though many animals build things  providing a better environment for themselves.

People seldom find absolutely natural environments on Earth, and naturalness usually varies in a continuum. From 100% natural in one extreme to 0% natural in the other. More precisely, we can consider the different environment, and see that their degree of naturalness is not uniform. If, for instance, in an agricultural field, the mineralogic composition. The structure of its soil are similar to those of an undisturb forest soil, but the structure is quite different.

Natural environment is often use as a synonym for habitat, for instance. When we say that the natural environment of giraffes is the savanna.

The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial. The term is most often apply to the Earth or some parts of Earth. This environment encompasses the interaction of all living species, climate, weather and natural resources that affect human survival . The concept of the natural environment can be distinguish as components: